WISE CROOKS Lyrics

Yeah, let's go

It's like I lost my mind from the time I was a child

Growing up in a world that's designed to make you wild

Seeing the things I saw either made me wise or insane

As a result, i question info that enters my brain

This ain't a game, I remember standing in the gutter

Wondering if my life would go this way or another

Worried about my little brother and my sister being safe

I swear it's like I'll never have enough on my plate

For goodness sake at 13, helping mom with the bills

While my neighbors stopped me at the corner asking for pills

Writing down some rhymes just so I could escape

Stopped watching the news, got tired of hearing violence and rape

Fuck a mixtape, I'm trying to send a message

Don't take this life for granted and always count your blessings

And feel the presence of an essence that is bigger than words

Don't end up swimming with fishes, I'm trying to fly with the birds

I'm trying to send a message, it needs to be heard

I wanna change a life when I say these words

Promoting violence is wrong, keep your head in the books

And beat the system so we can become wise crooks

Wise crooks, yeah

You don't need to sell, don't wanna hear that final bell

Wise crooks, yeah

Have you noticed we get lied to every day

News manipulating you to see the world a certain way

Whether it's being racist or not, you're supposed to react

Meanwhile they're trying to take your rights away, you know it's a fact

You may be blind now, but I'll open up your eyes

That most of the news you watch is some act of spreading lies

While you're asking why another day goes by

With no answers and confusion watching so many die

Baltimore got destroyed and y'all thought it would help

But you really only made it worse for yourself

You should stick to the grind and gain some more knowledge

So one day you'll leave a mark and you'll have others pay homage

Thats my main goal to leave a difference in the world

So when you're grown up your brain ain't all twisted and curled

Listen to my words and hear my voice

Because whether or not they like it, you have a choice

I'm trying to send a message, it needs to be heard

I wanna change a life when I say these words

Promoting violence is wrong, keep your head in the books

And beat the system so we can become wise crooks

Wise crooks, yeah

You don't need to sell, don't wanna hear that final bell

Wise crooks

All around the world same song

All around the world same song

All around the world same song

Wise crooks