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Black Guy Lyrics by C5

Only Up From Here

2017

[Verse]
The way it’s looking this could be my last track
Police got us ducking like it’s Aflac
The U.S. looking like it’s Baghdad
They trying to turn my name into a hash tag
But I won’t let em do it to me though
I got the hammer with me like I’m Julio
Like I’m Jesus or I’m Jose, I ain’t going out no way
Hoodie on R.I.P. Tray, tomorrow ain’t promised these days
Should I put my hands up or shoot?
They gonna pull the trigger either way
Reach for my wallet I’m popped, damn
Tried to comply and got shot
They gonna forget about me in a month or 2
And watch he gonna be back on the job, right?
With no suspension, no consequences
Politicians out politicking
And I be trying to be optimistic
But the pigs keep popping niggas
Don’t know what’s going on
I’m barely holding on
I’m trying to catch me a break
While they catching Pokemons
Goddamn goddamn 5, paranoid I can’t lie
And I be trying to reach for the stars
But the white man got my hands tied
Mad cause my dick man-size, and all my girls got tan lines
They pulled me over again
I’ll let you have her if you let me live
Didn’t resist but you tell me I did
Flashing your badge and you pointing your gun
Threaten to kill me in front of my son
All this for a tail light sir?
He itching to give me a flat line
Cause his wife probably left his ass for a black guy

[Hook]
Black Guy, Black Guy
Black Guy, Black Guy
I been trying to stay strong but
It’s hard out here for the black guy
Mama shedding tears for the black guy
Give 100 years to the black guy
All I did was be a black guy
Tell me why they wanna kill the black guy

Black Guy, Black Guy
Black Guy, Black Guy
I been trying to stay strong but
It’s hard out here for the black guy
Mama shedding tears for the black guy
Give 100 years to the black guy
All I did was be a black guy
Tell me why they wanna kill the black guy

[Verse 2]
Cause you make em scared when you black and rich
I been feeling like I’m Kaepernick
I’m taking a break from this rapping shit
And I’m turning into an activist
I’m cool calm but I’m hazardous
Gotta keep the 40 under mattresses
And they say we hoodlums and savages
I can really show you what a savage is
You kill a man for no reason
I will not pledge your allegiance
You want to give me a sentence
So long that I can’t even live it
Got me devastated and I’m livid
Cause they choke you out til you can’t breathe
Police shooting at you they don’t say freeze
B***h caught a body and got paid leave
Lord protect me from these demons
Excuse my language I been drinking
Excuse my language I been seeking
Revenge while I’m sleeping
Matter fact, matter fact I been thinking
I been thinking
They itching to give me a flat line
Cause back in the day he probably
Got his ass beat by a black guy

[Hook]
Black Guy, Black Guy
Black Guy, Black Guy
I been trying to stay strong but
It’s hard out here for the black guy
Mama shedding tears for the black guy
Give 100 years to the black guy
All I did was be a black guy
Tell me why they wanna kill the black guy

Black Guy, Black Guy
Black Guy, Black Guy
I been trying to stay strong but
It’s hard out here for the black guy
Mama shedding tears for the black guy
Give 100 years to the black guy
All I did was be a black guy
Tell me why they wanna kill the black guy
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About “Black Guy” by C5

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"Black Guy" is credited to C5. Songwriting credits may include additional writers listed on the release; check the credits section on this page for linked collaborators.

"Black Guy" appears on "Only Up From Here" in 2017.

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