Nightmerica Lyrics

Being a black man in America, isn't easy

The hunt is on! And you're the pray

Fast forward to today and it seems like nothing really changes

Just like there's two slides to every coin, I guess there's two slides to every story

So lemme take a break from what seems to be glorification and speak on what's real, naw mean? Yeah

Nothing but the same (stop resisting!)

They lying everyday (stop resisting!)

My arm don't bend that way! (stop resisting!)

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Nothing but the same (stop resisting!)

They lying everyday (stop resisting!)

My arm don't bend that way! (stop resisting!)

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

We don't talk to police, we don't make a peace bond

Scarface said it best, way deeper than a song

Cuz beyond the arts and entertainment

Let the truth to be told, still harder to make it

Not impossible, just everyday we face obstacles

White assimilation, like black ain't optional

Naw, I wouldn't change if I could

But if told better living, how many of us would

Understood, when the going get tough, we get tougher

Tired of suppression but yet we still suffer

Are we to blame for so called broken laws

Or do we blame a system set-up with many flaws

(Damn it all!) What's worse is how we treat each other

And how numb we feel when a brother kills bother

I feel a shift coming, battle lines are drawn

So it all depends now on which side your on cuz it's

Nothing but the same (stop resisting!)

They lying everyday (stop resisting!)

My arm don't bend that way! (stop resisting!)

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Nothing but the same (stop resisting!)

They lying everyday (stop resisting!)

My arm don't bend that way! (stop resisting!)

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Hands up, don't shoot! I'm not your offender

Hands up, they still shoot even if you surrender

Man or woman, boy or girl don't matter the gender

Cuz if you black, extermination agenda

(Uhh) so what can we do? It's never really new

Assassinate your character just for an excuse

"There must of been a reason" but is it ever true

Cuz if the roles were switched, they'd want justice too

Nothing but the same (stop resisting!)

They lying everyday (stop resisting!)

My arm don't bend that way! (stop resisting!)

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Nothing but the same (stop resisting!)

They lying everyday (stop resisting!)

My arm don't bend that way! (stop resisting!)

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica

Stay woke we living in Nightmerica