It's hard to sleep these days
The sounds of all the screams
keep me awake
Love is gone, love is gone
Bend until we break,
Shit, the world is a flame
We worry about materials
and the simplest things
When cops are killing people,
and can't take the blame
They get acquitted,
then you wonder why
all the people rage, stupid
We all keep praying for peace,
praying for progress
If you live in the hills
then you stay in the projects
So folks won't listen
if they think what I'm saying
is conscious
They'd rather hear me turning up
on some simpler topics
Yeah so what's my place
and my idol line
Then speaking what's going on,
and saying what's on my mind
This shit is fucked up,
plus it's happening all the time
My job, as a rapper is to entertain,
we tryna shine
I'm not no politician,
but they listen to somebody informal
All the kids gotta find out
whats really important
I got a platform and a voice
and a stage to perform on
Music could be a good escape,
but outside it's been storming
It's hard to sleep these days
The sounds of all the screams
keep me awake
Love is gone, love is gone
Bend until we break,
stand by and watch us all
go up in flames
Love is gone, love is gone (yeah, uh)
As I sit in the studio,
guess the thinking this
If the statement's too crazy
then should I finish this
Or if my image is pretty,
don't wanna blemish this
Or ever split up my fans,
reduce my relevance
Pay attention and understand
what the premise is
Everything not gravy,
we can't pretend it is
So I salute YG, fuck the president
'Cause he a fucking racist supported
by white supremacists
Fuck Donald,
go back to just running businesses
We all wishing somehow
we could've prevented this
Until we all love each other
nobody benefits
Minorities and feminists,
trans, gays and immigrants
The government mix politics
and religiousness
So a man's body's more free
than a woman's is
The anger is real,
the riots are limitless
And nothing's gonna change
'til we killing off all this ignorance
It's hard to sleep these days
The sounds of all the screams
keep me awake
Love is gone, love is gone
Bend until we break,
stand by and watch us all
go up in flames
Love is gone, love is gone
Hey, yeah
Black squares on my timeline
They're tryna hide the truth and
give the bail to these pork rinds
The proof is in the footage
you ignorin', what's online
Y'all only love a nigga when
he ballin' up, courtside
We crying for justice,
how you don't understand
the substance
Black lives matter
Never said that yours doesn't
But we fighting for equality
and justice for all
How we pledging to this flag
but ain't no justice for all?
At least for my skin tone
I tried to roam around
my thoughts for peace
'Cause Trump is killing democracy
and freedom of speech
My people hit the streets for answers,
you labeled as threats
But turned the cheek
on kneeling protest
Kapernick was ＂black-male'd＂
for peaceful kneeling protest
This shit is a joke
In the streets we march for unity
But qualified immunity
is fucking up communities
Lack of accountability
is fucking up community
So try to understand before
you fuck up my community
It's hard to sleep these days
The sounds of all the screams
keep me awake
Love is gone, love is gone
We bend until we break,
stand by and watch us all
go up in flames
Love is gone, love is gone
Monsters, we've turned into monsters
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
Our conscience, we lost it
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
