Change-Mac Irv
Verse One
Uh,uh
Lately I been seeing shit differently
I had an epiphany, I been feeling sorry for my enemies
Don't let another soul change your energy
I'm one wit my soul I'm feeling inner peace, I pray that they remember me uh
But who am I? Just a nigga who resides in the city where the young niggas fire, got they semis
Where they ride for they click and they die for they block
You can die from an opp or either die from a cop
Young nigga with no hope, so he loco
Momma broke so he sold dope
He ain't never touched the sand man it's far from a beach, never met his pops he got lost in the streets
I get lost in the beat and let my feelings loose
My mind moves like Aristotle when I'm in this mood
I can rock J's or a business suit, never been conventional
I don't deal with jealousy that's miniscule
These niggas all talk like an interlude
I'm all action I've been all over the atlas
And now I'm getting paid for this rap shit, and still got my bachelors
I tell ya I ain't never been an average boy
We ready bumpin pastor Troy, but still
Paranoid, it's the difference tween man and boy
Irv hold the city down like prince did, I give em gifted raps like Christmas
I swear i give em stories like Chris did,Wallace
They don't wanna help well Imma get this shit regardless
I promise that I got us, we been on the road from Dakota to Nevada
Been seeing genocide like hotel Rwanda
Seen best friends turn into foes, start with disrespect then words turns to blows
Then blows turn to shots
Now both of they life over and they both in a box controlling the lock nigga(the lock nigga)
Chorus
He yellin "Imma ride for my niggas"
"I'd die for my niggas"
"I'd kill for my niggas"
Ohhhhhh, ohhhhh (x2)
Is it ever gonna change?
Is it ever gonna change?
Tell me is it ever gonna change?
Is it ever gonna change
Tell me, yea
Verse Two
I been on the grind trying to grow my net worth
While they inditing niggas over social networks uh
God damn it use to be here for the dough, now when niggas do a crime they go and put it in a post
For the world to see, you in total control of what yo world could be
I pray this message is well received, I ain't wishing in no well for dreams I go and get it like an alley oop from Paul to Griffin
Got a phone full of gorgeous women
Me and Wonka like Jordan Pippen, fuck the laws of physics
Cuz once we go up we ain't coming down
They didn't pay us no attention but they love us now
I did the show other day for a couple thou
I'm getting booked all over,
I remember when they looked all over us
I remember when nobody noticed us, now
They finally showing love, now that we
Blowing up...up,up,up,up,up
Blowing up,up,up,up,up
Blowing up,up,up,up,up
Blowing up,up,up,up,up
Uh, Lame nigga, we are not the same nigga
Get a lil fame they all tryna hang with ya uh
I ain't bitter I just know that's how world work,
They would rather see you fail first
They would rather see you in a cell first
All my niggas know this stories too familiar
Young black man tell me what's my real worth
Please tell me what's my real worth
Bridge
We try, we try, we try
Fighting to survive
Surrounded by the night
Guided by the light
Chorus
He yellin "Imma ride for my niggas"
"I'd die for my niggas"
"I'd kill for my niggas"
Ohhhhhh, ohhhhh (x2)
Is it ever gonna change?
Is it ever gonna change?
Tell me is it ever gonna change?
Is it ever gonna change
Tell me, yea
(Change, change, change, change, change, change)
Uh
(Change, change, change, change, change, change)
Why can't we?
(Change, change, change, change, change, change)
Why can't we?
(Change, change, change, change, change, change)
Change
Lyrics Submitted by Harry Little