Empathy

What did walking the streets, sitting in prison
hanging with thugs and drug dealers teach me?
empathy
You have no idea what you'll do
until you're hungry with no where to sleep
and I love it when rich white folks question
the career choices of black men
Would you play the game, if you knew you'd only lose?
and what's the difference between a whore and a wife?
they're both fucking for money far as I can see
the whore is just more honest - she doesn't lie and say she loves him
Stop blaming it on the Mexicans
They aren't the reason for your low wages - your government is
the border really did cross them
but to know that - you'd have to read a history book
it's not really your fault - I know they don't teach us
but I have to ask - from here forward, put some effort into it
and those who sway and pray themselves into a deluded state
comforted by the good book
persecute and incarcerate those who look towards drugs to do it
mostly we're wretched little creatures
but even the worst among us will surprise you
if you look hard enough for the sparks,
you'll find them