People   
 The world today is in a very difficult situation   
 And we all know it   
 Because we're the ones who created it.  
  
 Chorus:  
  
 What's wrong with our future? (4x)  
  
 Verse One:  
  
 Bust this  
  
 How long will this last?  
 A friend to the end  a memory in the past  
 You think you're big  cause you walk with a shotgun  
 I got new for you  your days are numbered  son  
 Why don't you get yourself a job?  
 When your kid grows up, do you want him to rob?  
 Look at your mother, teardrops  
 She just received a phone-call from the cops  
 "Your son will do life, 'cause he wigged a man's wife  
 Shot her with a gun and stabbed her with a knife.", or  
 Take a look at your mother's heart torn  
 She just received a phone-call from the morgue  
 "Your son is dead from three shots to the head.  
 The killer left a note and this is what the note said:  
 "Never be bigger than you are.  
 Never try to pose like you're a superstar  
 Next time you rob somebody, and you give him the death-wish.  
 When you pull the trigger, nigga, don't miss."  
 Is this how you wanna be  
 Dead on the street or locked in a penetentiary?  
 It's cool to be free  
 And it's alright for you to be you and for me to be me  
 Look at you, 15 years old  
 Coolin on the corner with a can of Old Gold  
 Whatever happened to school?  
 Yeah, sure you go to school, but you go to be cool  
 To sport sneakers that you took from somebody  
 To talk about the kid that you bucked at some party  
 Life is a gamble, and you're losin  
 Before it's too late, brother, you better start choosin  
 Left from right, right from wrong  
 Or you'll be singin that old blues song  
 (Yo, you gotta buck em, or else you're soft)  
 Some I knew thought the same, now they're way up North  
 You ain't soft, cause you didn't buck a shot  
 Put the pistol down, throw up your hands, see what ya got  
 Old Johnny Walker from around the block  
 Was livin' rather large 'till he got knocked  
 He had "Livin' Large" on his Jeep plates  
 "Livin' Large" on his real estate  
 He even bought a diamond "Livin' Large" name plate  
 He used to look at cops and smile in their face  
 Drive a BMW and pump the bass  
 One day, he made a move for a friend  
 The f-r-iend, the voice said, "Yo, I need ten.", Johnny said, "When?"  
 Later on that day, Johnny went to play the game he normally plays  
 To do a favour for a chum  
 You see, a friend is a friend, but then, some are none  
 Cause when he got to the spot they were supposed to meet  
 All he found was a police-infested street  
 I guess havin a friend is rough  
 Cause now Johnny's up north, doin push-ups, gettin buffed  
 You see this chain I've got, I've got it, honestly  
 You see the clothes I wear, I've got it, honestly  
 You see the Jeep I drive, I've got it, honestly  
 I work hard, it ain't easy being me  
 Never had an excuse for life  
 Just did what I did, now what I do, I do it right  
 "Jumbo, Jumbo", they cry on the block.  
 5.0, 5.0, lay low, here comes the cops  
 Man, your lifestyle is petro  
 On your knees again, because Jumbo said so  
 "Free Mandela", you cried  
 But you still sell dope to brothers and sisters outside  
 Martin Luther King had a dream (ooh yeah)  
 That's exactly what turned his dream into a nightmare  
 Malcolm X said, "By any means necessary."  
 He didn't mean just for you, brother, he meant for everybody  
 Maybe if we were still slaves, we'll be closer; however  
 Pickin cotton was bad, but we picked it together  
 I pray for you, and you pray for me  
 Sincerely yours, the overweight lover, Heavy D  
  
 Repeat chorus to end