Like He Hood Lyrics

He seems nice

If not, we can change him, right

But he still acting like he hood

He's well-mannered, right

He didn't come to fight.

Good, Cause he still acting like he hood

You can take the man out the hood

But you can't take the hood out the man

Made me what I am

I said what instead of who

Bu I'm somebody

If I needed it, in the street, that was how I got it

So many ways to engage in illegal profit

I learned the ways of cops and

I figured out they're no longer human

When they pull that badge and gun out

Then hunt us down like game in safari plains

It's like we're still in Africa

They are the predators and us the prey

Seen my granddaddy pray on his knees

And heard him say

Lord, please don't let my daughter's child fall victim to the streets

Back then they fought against cone heads and white sheets

Whipped a nigga till his back was down to the white meat and rib cage

Now we catching bullets in our rib cage like a baseball glove

That's how we make the front page

Unless a better path was laid

He seems nice

He's well-mannered, right

But he still acting like he hood

We can change em', right

Cause he walking like

And he talking like

Like he came straight up out the hood

Is that right

A yo, these corporate entities I

Make em' reminisce about the slave planting cotton seeds

Working for their companies

What the fuck they want from me

I am what I am

An indentured servant for Uncle Sam

Want me, then they got me

Doing shit that's not me

Then I become a robot

Premier carbon copy

But their system's to sloppy

I see their ways

Expose the truth, mouth loose for the rest of my days

Want me to keep quit because the truth can start riots

No matter

We kill ourselves with guns, and who supplies em'

They see a nigga intelligent and improvising

Sensation stirs up hate for your demising

You realize it, and yell to the world Hail Mary

An awakened black Man they don't want clearly

And now they fear me, no need, it's all good

I experienced a mentality that's hood, but it's not me

He's alright

He didn't come to fight

But wait

But He still acting like he hood

It's not right

You put me in a box

Cause he walking like

Harassed by the cops

I hear him talking like

They keep surveillance on lock

Like he came straight up out the hood

I know it's hard not to say Fuck the world

I'm a get what's mine out of it today

Instead of waiting patiently for it to come your way

Cause time don't wait

A yo it comes then it's gone

And soon enough you'll be at the end of this song

I'm trying to put you on

You won't be locked down man for too long

Your ways are exploited by the mainstream corporate

Who'd rather you not be a part unless you're wanted

You can't be yourself though

You can't be real

You can't say you like to smoke treefas and chill

You can't say you like free government money

And prison awaits those who cross the line if their hungry

We grew up in that

Struggled for a change

No grown but still prone to losing what we've gained

Too black for the industry

Never chase fame

They say it changes your soul

I want mine the same

Cause I gotta be me

He's well-mannered, right

He didn't come to fight

But He still acting like he hood

It's not right

He still be walking like

I hear him talking like

Like he came straight up out the hood

We can change em, right

We can change em, right

We can change em, right

Cause, we don't want him acting like he hood

Just want him acting like he should

Hands Up Don't Shoot

It's alright, hey it's alright

I'm making my own way up out the hood

Don't mean I occupy the hood

Don't mean I personify the hood

Don't mean I walk around hood, Yeah