Everybody wanna take control, wanna take my money, try and steal my soul I'll be the one to let you know, when the shit goes down, I'll be digging them holes Right now there's a different conversation, so please don't take it personal I don't know what the world's been missing, but I think we need a miracle I'm tired of being held down And I'm tired of watching these people die And we're tired of being let down And we're tired of watching our people die Nobody wants to do what they're told Yeah, some will pull the trigger on someone they don't know Shouts loud, let the people sing Don't forget that we're all human beings And we've been climbing up this mountain way too long Way too long I'm tired of being held down And I'm tired of watching these people die And we're tired of being let down And we're tired of watching our people die What if we all come together and Stop taking children from their mother's hand And stop hiding all the evidence Everybody sees what it is What if we all come together and Stop taking children from their mother's hand And stop hiding all the evidence Everybody sees what it is I gotta live, tired of this First they try to hold me back and then they try to tie my wrists I love how they put me down and act like I do not exist Like I've been out of breath and I've been kind of stressed In a divided mess where they forgot to bless me And I'm tired of running, tired of struggling Tired of always being tired of something Tired of the system always lying, bluffing While the police do a whole lot of nothing Want to kill us all but a dime a dozen Tired of staring at the Bible, wondering when is God coming Got my mind running, I'm a diehard hustler, nigga I'm tired of being held down And I'm tired of watching these people die And we're tired of being let down And we're tired of watching our people die I'm tired of being held down And I'm tired of watching these people die And we're tired