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Yeah, it's Bobby Digital
Just floatin' over the city
I came across this, this, this black man
He was talkin' about
(Look down below)

Sure of yourself risin', prices of food skyrisin'
Foreign countries movin' in U.S.A. , enterprisin'
Snatchin' your mic then speakin', while you might be leakin'
Then losin' the luxury, average man be seekin'

Thought he was so smart, hoe's cheatin', life fall apart
F*****' a hundred b****** couldn't mend a broken heart
Start as a soda jerk job, as a mail clerk
F***** this white b**** in the office, got fired from work

Nine to five, government high taxes, police dispatches
Beauracatic attackin' black Asiatics, resident with bad plumbin'
Cocaine got my brain numb an' b**** complained 'bout cummin'
Pussy stay hummin', 200 dollar parkin', summer's out of state warrants

High blood pressure pills prescribed by Dr. Lawrence
Got me gainin' weight, f*****' up my right kidney
Cousin raped at school, Allah, wit' me
Peoples' eyes closed like envelopes by folk membership

With unpaid doctor bills
Framed got shot and killed, cops poppin' pills
Three pair cotton, steel closet, cabinet of no frills
Mo' bills, sister got evicted from Park Hill

Punch a hole inside the NARC wheels
My dogs bark, still carry dark steel
And unmarked bills, I'm from the uncut
Dope found on director's reels
Bobby Digital may switch back to Bobby Steels

Rusty .38's, bought rust inside the herb gate
So hungry, son, 'bout to shrink down to a bird's weight
Rash break out, where's the blue ointment
Face to face appointments
Unproudly in the church paid for annointment

Bet the checks, don't come late
About to separate with her man
In the city, domestic violence excavates
Get a highest ratio in five years, the idea is to plant fear

Boy, you slap yo' b****, police is there to cuff you
Or snuff you, they might bust you
'Cause your hoe snatched your money up
Didn't want to f*** you

We must learn to communicate and unificate
Stop the black on black, hate on hate
White on white, black on white, put the love in love
I'm blunted up, blasted inside the strip club
Shorty wop, fifteen year old, all she needed was love

And mo' dough so she won't have to show her knotty afro
Collect call from my son to know, he might blow trial
Foul cut and cop out to a 3 to 6
Bad situations, bein' a man is hard s***

Somethin'll get trapped out, I mean, yo
Got crack fiends in spots with vaccine shots
Black teens drop out of high school, white teens sellin' stock
With bonds they can't put their word on
20 years, shorty wop, pussy 'bout to swerve on

Up in the crib, new fridge, dead pig
Two kids pawned this older cat who looked like Calvin Coolridge
But got splat in his back last year
Robbin' his jewel inside the Diamond District
No one got convicted, heard they never found the biscuit

I'm booby trapped by the capitalists
Tryin' to subsist, sometimes happiness is hot grits and catfish
Or a bowl of cookie crisp, I got harassed by this rookie b****
Talkin' 'bout I couldn't put my feet on the fire hydrants

To tie my kicks, 50 dollar ticket, 'bout to strike and picket
And shout at the City Hall, motherfuck the wicked
Too greedy, give to the needy, down on my luck
'Bout to jab a Ouija Board, that's when Bobby Digi seen me

Said, yo son, don't stress out over no one, learn the slogan
Knowledge is half the battle, that's one to grow on
And don't be counterfeit, it's a bad situation which bein' a man
But we got to handle it, bad situation when you ain't bein' a man