Public Enemy - I Lyrics
I came from a place I forgotI woke up in a parking lotFar from a meal & a cotOn the cornerWhere all the streets got the same nameMaybe my brains on the brink of insanePain between the paperswhile sleepin on the trainThis the land of milk and honeyKnow what Im sayinThe invisible man times threeBlack, down & outOut standing on a corner no doubtNow a nation of homelessSleepin in bus stationsAnother win for the pilgrimsWho said no more haitiansAs I proceedSomeone to feed me is what I needThrough three blocks of dealersTryin to hit me off wit weedAvenue & boulevard hungry as a m-*****aHope to get a ride from a truckerEverybody know I aint no suckerEveryone used to drop 30 at the ruckerAway from crazy kids in generation wrekkedDissin pyramids while praisin projectsWalk past old folks gettin no respectCallin young folks a bunch a no good rejectsAnd I walk onAn eye for an eyeI cant recognize the man in the mirrorIs it i, it is I now who this cat Im lookin atCause Ive been waiting so long to get where Im goinAn for an eye in this country tis of theeNow how the hell can I be freeWho this cat Im lookin atCause I been lost so long without anybody knowinSo I move on and I walk onPast the preachers and the pimps gettin their talk onNow why do home gotta be where the negative roamTo be or not to be - so I roll aloneIm trapped within this skin & these bonesTemporary kings on cellular phonesCan I last as I walk pastCigarette billboards & malt liquor adsWalkin on broken bottles & potato chip bagsEveryone I see got the nerve to bragWhere they from what they gotAnd dont own squatDisrespect where they from and ya might get shotZombies askin me what the latest bomb beShould shot the *****in sheriff & the *****in deputyFor ok in the drug trade and lettin it beBut I know prison for me is an industrySo I walkI heard the best things in life be freeDidnt God make the land the air we breatheNot for the homeless dont give a damn about meIn the mirror somebody else is starin at meMaybe prison is the skin Im withinAll this time I been sufferin cant fix it wit a bufferinPlus they said Ill never work in this town againDamn so I keep on walkinAn eye for an eyeI cant recognize the man in the mirrorIs it i, it is I now who this cat Im lookin atCause Ive been waiting so long to get where Im goinAn for an eye in this country tis of theeNow how the hell can I be freeWho this cat Im lookin atCause I been lost so long without anybody knowinLil day day is big day and just did timeSeen him standin on the unemployment lineWhich collided wit the line of the health clinicI seen crazy stacy her ass standin up in itNo more welfare cut her medicaidDamn my mama used to do her braidsI keep walkin so they dont see meBut I doubt if they doin any better than meSo I walk on never take the planet for grantedI paved the concrete, asphalt & graniteI walk past 3 brothers sittin on the porchWit a yard of dirt and littered wit newportsTalkin how they comin up while they sittin on their assAs I walk past em Im a target of their laughsAnd one said lets get em for his *****in stashAs I walked fast past the other yards wit grassHad a lil cash tried to make it lastFrom a few deals I made from cleanin windshieldsI ran like a rally they caught me in an alleyCant get out the ghetto from new york to caliI thought I had nuthin till I felt the knifeAnd now I aint even got a life
