Hello poison, we hear you calling
Familiar like a friend
At least now it's in the great wide open
It's good we don't pretend
It's taken time, television and time
Of course we know living life here in the city
It's everywhere you look and see
The hateful stares and the silent signs
Directed at my dark skinned friends and me
But we know why
We know why our nation
Plays trickle down and lies to control
We know why they're jealous
And fear to ever really let go
Oh we know
We know
Same old trash, overused bedsprings
Same old take away
Babies grown and jumping, busy doing nothing
No work or money to play
And it's why try
Slow poison
So dissatisfied
Nowhere really to climb
If You want to run
Where do you go?
Where do you want to live?
Where do you come from?
And what's pride?
But we know that our nation
Plays trickle down and lies to control
We know that they're jealous
And fear to ever really let go
Oh we know
We know
Familiar like a friend
At least now it's in the great wide open
It's good we don't pretend
It's taken time, television and time
Of course we know living life here in the city
It's everywhere you look and see
The hateful stares and the silent signs
Directed at my dark skinned friends and me
But we know why
We know why our nation
Plays trickle down and lies to control
We know why they're jealous
And fear to ever really let go
Oh we know
We know
Same old trash, overused bedsprings
Same old take away
Babies grown and jumping, busy doing nothing
No work or money to play
And it's why try
Slow poison
So dissatisfied
Nowhere really to climb
If You want to run
Where do you go?
Where do you want to live?
Where do you come from?
And what's pride?
But we know that our nation
Plays trickle down and lies to control
We know that they're jealous
And fear to ever really let go
Oh we know
We know