Hook

He seems nice
If not, we can change him, right?
But he still acting like he hood

(This is going out-we doing this for,
Mike Brown, huh, Michael Brown
It go
HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT, HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!
It go)

He's well-mannered, right?
He didn't come to fight.
Good, Cause he still acting like he hood
It go,

Verse 1
You can take the man out the hood,
But you can't take the hood out the man
Made me what I am.
I said what instead of who,
Bu I'm somebody
If I needed it, in the street, that was how I got it
S many ways to engage in illegal profit
I learned the ways of cops and,
I figured out they're no longer human
When they pull that badge and gun out,
Then hunt us down like game in safari plains
It's like we're still in Africa
They are the predators and us the prey
Seen my granddaddy pray on his knees,
And heard him say,
"Lord, please don't let my daughter's child fall victim to the streets"
Back then they fought against cone heads and white sheets
Whipped a nigga till his back was down to the white meat and rib cage
Now we catching bullets in our rib cage like a baseball glove
That's how we make the front page,
Unless a better path was laid

Hook
He seems nice
He's well-mannered, right?
But he still acting like he hood
We can change em', right? (Hell Nah)
Cause he walking like,
And he talking like,
Like he came straight up out the hood
Is that right?

Verse 2
A yo, these corporate entities I,
Make em' reminisce about the slave planting cotton seeds,
Working for their companies
What the f..k they want from me? I am what I am
An indentured servant for Uncle Sam
Want me, then they got me,
Doing shit that's not me
Then I become a robot,
Premier carbon copy
But their system's to sloppy,
I see their ways
Expose the truth, mouth loose for the rest of my days.
Want me to keep quit because the truth can start riots
No matter,
We kill ourselves with guns, and who supplies em'
They see a nigga intelligent and improvising,
Sensation stirs up hate for your demising.
You realize it, and yell to the world Hail Mary!
An awakened black Man they don't want clearly
And now they fear me, no need, it's all good
I experienced a mentality that's hood, but it's not me.

He's alright
He didn't come to fight (He didn't He didn't)
But wait,
But He still acting like he hood.
It's not right
(You put me in a box)
Cause he walking like,
(Harassed by the cops)
I hear him talking like
(They keep surveillance on lock)
Like he came straight up out the hood

Verse3
I know it's hard not to say "F..k the world!"
I'm a get what's mine out of it today,
Instead of waiting patiently for it to come your way,
Cause time don't wait.
A yo it comes then it's gone
And soon enough you'll be at the end of this song
I'm trying to put you on.
You won't be locked down man for too long.
Your ways are exploited by the mainstream corporates,
Who'd rather you not be a part unless you're wanted.
You can't be yourself though,
You can't be real.
You can't say you like to smoke treefas and chill.
You can't say you like free government money.
And prison awaits those who cross the line if their hungry.
We grew up in that.
Struggled for a change
No grown but still prone to losing what we've gained.
Too black for the industry
Never chase fame.
They say it changes your soul.
I want mine the same,
Cause I gotta be me!

Hook
He's well-mannered, right?
He didn't come to fight
But He still acting like he hood.
It's not right
He still be walking like
I hear him talking like,
Like he came straight up out the hood
We can change em, right.(3x's)
Cause, we don't want him acting like he hood,
Just want him acting like he should

HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT, HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!
HANDS UP, DON’T SHOOT, HANDS UP, DON'T SHOOT!

We don't mean nothing by that man.
Mean nothing by that man,
It's alright, hey it's alright.
I'm making my own way up out the hood.
Don't mean I occupy the hood,
Don't mean I personify the hood,
Don't mean I walk around hood, Yeah