[00:00.90] I come here today to talk about how I feel [00:04.39] And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people [00:09.36] And I don't like how we're treated [00:12.34] Just because of our color doesn't mean anything to me [00:17.69] This just the way I feel [00:23.29] Mind's been racing so long, yeah [00:27.63] It's just no way to deal [00:32.20] With these problems alone [00:35.36] And I really can't take it no more [00:37.79] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord [00:40.17] I'm young and I'm restless [00:42.49] (And I really can't help it) [00:44.74] I never felt selfish before [00:47.00] I've been living so reckless, I know [00:49.31] Tell me Lord, can you help me? [00:51.59] (I said Lord, can you help me?) [00:54.21] Now everybody got problems, yeah [00:56.52] But wouldn't know what way to solve 'em [00:58.80] I really came up from the bottom [01:00.73] Strugglin', my momma on her last dollar [01:02.85] Hustlin' and I've been puttin' in these hours [01:05.20] The government been tryna take away what's ours [01:07.42] It's really all about the money and the power [01:09.82] I just wanna see my people empowered [01:12.15] Uh, uh, tell me how we gon' shape this vision [01:15.02] Complainin' all day, but in the same condition [01:17.46] If you wanna make change, it's gon' take commitment [01:19.60] Some people enslaved by they religion [01:21.89] Can't emancipate them from the mental prisons [01:24.35] What I seen through optics transform to wisdom [01:26.48] Watch me use my prophets, get 'em all to listen [01:28.79] I've been on a mission, ah [01:30.05] And I really can't take it no more [01:32.54] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord [01:34.94] I'm making them restless [01:37.24] (And I really can't help it) [01:39.44] I never felt selfish before [01:41.88] I've been living so reckless, I know [01:44.14] Tell me Lord, can you help me? [01:46.31] (I said Lord, can you help me?) [01:49.37] Now everybody got vices, yeah [01:51.22] But wouldn't know what good advice is [01:53.62] Until they leave 'em lifeless [01:55.54] Another mama cryin', it's another crisis [01:57.76] Lord knows we just tryna live righteous [02:00.17] Are you willin' just to make the sacrifices? [02:02.39] I know we can't continue livin' like this [02:04.68] And I'll never sell my soul 'cause that's priceless, uh, uh [02:07.62] Tell me how we gon' make a livin' [02:09.82] Hustle on the block, who gon' save the children? [02:12.18] Man it's all a plot and I'm just revealin' [02:14.58] The media just tryna make a villain [02:16.50] I just take the pain and a paint a picture [02:18.81] Voices in my head, I hear the whispers [02:21.46] When I feel this way, inhale the swisher [02:23.63] Or I sip the liquor, ah [02:25.36] And I really can't take it no more [02:27.42] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord [02:29.85] I'm making them restless [02:32.05] (And I really can't help it) [02:34.38] I never felt selfish before [02:36.57] I've been living so reckless, I know [02:39.06] Tell me Lord, can you help me? [02:41.17] (I said Lord, can you help me?) [02:44.76] This just the way I feel [02:49.52] Mind's been racing so long, yeah [02:53.91] It's just no way to deal [02:58.75] With these problems alone [03:01.84] And I really can't take it no more [03:04.28] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord [03:06.55] I'm making them restless [03:08.79] (And I really can't help it) [03:10.92] I never felt selfish before [03:13.28] I've been living so reckless, I know [03:15.53] Tell me Lord, can you help me? [03:17.88] (I said Lord, can you help me?) [03:21.21] [03:39.55] Do not stop [03:41.53] We are black people and we shouldn't have to feel like this [03:45.07] We shouldn't have to protest because you are treating us wrong [03:48.87] We do this because we need to and we have rights [03:53.13]