Take a step in my shoes
Feel the chains on your wrist with your back bruise
And the verbal abuse
All combined equals misuse
With the saying "ni**er this and ni**er that."
Afraid to look into a white person's eyes becuz you were brought up to believe that
Don't hit back
And don't say that
Always a saying to go with this and that
Working in cotton fields
From six in morning, your hands never heal
Taking care of their back @ss kids, yo this **** is so real
Cuz if you don't obey
And do what they say
Your black @ss might be far away
Not on earth, no never that, so you better pray
That you don't do nothing wrong, so watch what you say
Take a step in my shoes
Walk those dirty @ss street
In 90 degree heat
Fightin' for a cause that would take almost half a century
to defeat
And even then it's in front of me
But secretly
Walk those streets with dogs and police
Spraying water at your back and feet
And tell me don't you soon bow down to me
Look those police in the eyes and ask why they took four little girls away from me
Not only that, why did they take Martin and Malcolm
And about six kids away from where I'm from
And see don't you feel deaf and dumb
When they put you in jail cell for obstructing justice
Calling you unless
And defenseless
mindless
and careless
Anything to make you feel less
It's called prejudice
Oh but my bad, you wouldn't know anything about that would you?
Take a step in my shoes
Walk the street with your head held low
Becuz your cuzin' can't find a job so he chose sell drow
Your mama cracked out and crying on the flo'
Daddy gone and you feelin' mighty low
Becuz you can't find a job even though you got a degree though
Affirmative Action, shole ain't helpin' this negro
"Look up", what the he11 am I lookin' up for?
To see my youth walkin' around callin' my princesses and queens "*****3s and hoes"
To see my brothas, my kings, being called "ni66a" and agreeing saying "fa sho"
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I won't look up and see my child pullin' at my leg
Crying for food that I can't get even if he begs
And hear him brag and about another lie his daddy don’ gon’ said
I won't go to yet another funeral becuz one of my girls was beat dead
By another brother over love
Who was the cause of her being out the world
Your feet getting real tired now I bet
But do believe everything I said
Everything I do is a reflection of it
The way I walk, talk, and the way I do everything ****
It's in my shoes
Take a step in my shoes
B4 you judge me!!!!!
Feel the chains on your wrist with your back bruise
And the verbal abuse
All combined equals misuse
With the saying "ni**er this and ni**er that."
Afraid to look into a white person's eyes becuz you were brought up to believe that
Don't hit back
And don't say that
Always a saying to go with this and that
Working in cotton fields
From six in morning, your hands never heal
Taking care of their back @ss kids, yo this **** is so real
Cuz if you don't obey
And do what they say
Your black @ss might be far away
Not on earth, no never that, so you better pray
That you don't do nothing wrong, so watch what you say
Take a step in my shoes
Walk those dirty @ss street
In 90 degree heat
Fightin' for a cause that would take almost half a century
to defeat
And even then it's in front of me
But secretly
Walk those streets with dogs and police
Spraying water at your back and feet
And tell me don't you soon bow down to me
Look those police in the eyes and ask why they took four little girls away from me
Not only that, why did they take Martin and Malcolm
And about six kids away from where I'm from
And see don't you feel deaf and dumb
When they put you in jail cell for obstructing justice
Calling you unless
And defenseless
mindless
and careless
Anything to make you feel less
It's called prejudice
Oh but my bad, you wouldn't know anything about that would you?
Take a step in my shoes
Walk the street with your head held low
Becuz your cuzin' can't find a job so he chose sell drow
Your mama cracked out and crying on the flo'
Daddy gone and you feelin' mighty low
Becuz you can't find a job even though you got a degree though
Affirmative Action, shole ain't helpin' this negro
"Look up", what the he11 am I lookin' up for?
To see my youth walkin' around callin' my princesses and queens "*****3s and hoes"
To see my brothas, my kings, being called "ni66a" and agreeing saying "fa sho"
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
I won't look up and see my child pullin' at my leg
Crying for food that I can't get even if he begs
And hear him brag and about another lie his daddy don’ gon’ said
I won't go to yet another funeral becuz one of my girls was beat dead
By another brother over love
Who was the cause of her being out the world
Your feet getting real tired now I bet
But do believe everything I said
Everything I do is a reflection of it
The way I walk, talk, and the way I do everything ****
It's in my shoes
Take a step in my shoes
B4 you judge me!!!!!