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Mama hold her head and cry 'Cause her son had been shot down in the streets and died "Oh why? Oh why?", is what she cry, she cry The biggest problems in the city Is them daddies ain't there And if it ain't about the money Then nobody don't care And then spoke to an OG He tried to mentor me, he said: "Boy, these streets will suck the love right out your heart So don't believe that bullshit" You know goddamn well this system ain't for us (Oh, no no no) And you know goddamn well the president don't love us (Oh, no no no) Sinking down to the ground on the ghettos and we can't get no lower So I'm askin' God how do we dig ourselves out if when we can't afford the shovel If there's a problem in the hood, everybody come together just to solve that problem But that's the problem in the hood, nobody comes together unless you involve violence 'Cause we was taught to be the tough guys and was told to just remain silent But then you got them niggas telling on the next guy Instead of tellin' 'em what it takes to solve it Is there a problem that I don't know about? (Oh, no no no) Is there a problem that I haven't heard about? (Oh, no no no) 'Cause I speak of kids robbing each other, pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers Letras de cancionesWe won't get much further unless we start helping each other But them non believers will thank You know goddamn well this system ain't for us (Oh, no no no) And you know goddamn well the president don't love us (Oh, no no no) We're sinking down to the ground on the ghettos and we can't get no lower So I'm askin' God how do we dig ourselves out if when we can't afford the shovel We were 16 brothers with no father around I was 16, 14 robberies now Two went to school and got a degree One went to jail, the other ones' stuck in the streets Damn, so nobody really made it out [?] sell a brick just to build a house Momma working two jobs while babysitting hard Ain't even seen my dad when we was in a drill Life crazy, can't dig since we don't have a shovel And now the hoes around digging me with no shovel [?] No Rihanna in the rain, somebody grab my umbrella, yeah Mama hold her head and cry 'Cause her son had been shot down by police and died "Oh why? Oh why?", is what she cry, she cry Mama hold her head and cry 'Cause her son had been shot down by police and died From Letras Mania