It's crazy
Cops is at us
Gotta watch your back from your own brother
Your girl nagging you
Kids stressing you
Just don't know which way to turn
Damn
Catching hell from both sides
Yeah
Don't know why
We gotta catch hell from both sides
Come on
Why we gotta catch hell from both sides
And they wonder why we don't cry
Cause we don't heal, so we don't feel
Yo
I'll be damned if they martyr me
Cause I challenge oppression they try deleting autonomy
Scream f*ck your equality, you'd assume I'm thinking psychotically but
Being in line with tyrants ain't something I wanna see
Such divisive dichotomy, pushing poverty policies
Got authorities watching me
Why do prisons get privacy, huh
Powers that be don't want my folks to be free, uh
Politicians bare resemblance to Robert E. Lee, uh
Hyper capitalistic fascist elites got us crowding the streets
This revelations, peep the mark of the beast
I'll never offer defeat
And keep your solidarity if you ain't marching with me
This can't be the America that Martin thought it would be
So much pain I've inherited, I need this weight off of me
My legacy's imperative, they put that eraser on me
Tried to eradicate my impact
Time for some get back
Feeling like I'm
Catching hell from both sides
Black, white, wrong, right, got me wondering why, why
We gotta catch hell from both sides
Evil, good, suburban, hood, feeling misunderstood
Why we gotta catch hell from both sides
Father, mother, sister, brother, even my lover
And they wonder why we don't cry
Cause we don't heal
So we don't feel
Swear this life is so ill when you catch it from both sides
And they attacking from the back and the front
Smiling faces filled with hatred, they just label it love
If you don't fit the mold the goal is to convince you to change
But the Bible say I was fearfully and wonderfully made
When you in the world, streets is known to leave brothers cold
Old lady acting crazy, hard to turn a house into home
Said she forgives but don't forget because the hurts too deep
Wounds is blinding her from deciding when to be yo peace
Man I don't get it
They see us when we under duress
Even the closest kin will only tend to us as a threat
Damn
Just tread carefully and guard yo energy king
Trust your moment is coming as sure as the pendulum swings
But still we
Catching hell from both sides
Black, white, wrong, right, got me wondering why, why
We gotta catch hell from both sides
Evil, good, suburban, hood, feeling misunderstood
Why we gotta catch hell from both sides
Father, mother, sister, brother, even my lover
And they wonder why we don't cry
Cause we don't heal
So we don't feel
Swear this life is so ill when you catch it from both sides
