I got my hands in the air, officer don't shoot

Told 'em I couldn't breathe, then he gave me the boot

Cause they be givin' the time, but never gave me the loot

They got my back to the wall, so what a brotha' goin' do?

Took a couple of L's, they say a try is a fail

It's either put on the mask, or throw the work on the scale

Times done change, but I can't e'en tell

It's only two ways to go, it's goin' be freedom or jail

They gave Lucious a case, and he couldn't even bail

Judge gave him a option, go to trial or tell

Now he sittin' in prison, while the Governor fishin'

We gotta' draw up the plan, then accomplish the mission

You put a cat in the corner, he goin' be scratchin' and hissin'

We goin' survive in the ghetto, cause the people ain't livin'

So how a leader goin' lead, if he ain't got the vision?

I had a dream in my head, I gotta break outta' prison

Oh Lord!

Introducing Jamal Lyons!

I wanna live, I wanna live my life today

Make a better way for me and you

When the sun woke up, I got on my knees to pray

Let the injustice be solved and mended today

Do you live for the lo-ove?

Do you live for the hate? Ohh

It's like you make it, then they take it

And you can't get it back, o-oh!

Do you believe in the creator?

Do you even know anymore?

It's like you make it, then they take it

And you can't get it back, o-oh

I wanna live, wanna live my life today

Make a better way for me and you

The sun woke up, I got on my knees to pray

Let the injustice be solved and mended today

Do you live for the lo-ove?

Do you live for the hate? Ohh

It's like you make it, then they take it

And you can't get it back, o-oh!

Do you believe in the creator?

Do you even know anymore?

Aye, it's like you make it, then they take it

And you can't get it back, oh

Yeah, no justice, no peace, in these troubled times like these

I'm down on one knee, and I'm praying for what I need

So whatever's in that dark, is goin' always come to that light

So if you shot him in his back, two wrongs ain't never made it no right

Tried to test my strength, and I fought with all my might

Took a page out of this chapter, just to reconcile my life

We hate that Lucious goin' through it, we know that he ain't do it

[Heartbeat]

Let's change for the better, make the world a better place

United as a people, be the winners of the race

And never kill the Joker, cause he used to be a Ace

It's things outta' life, that you just can't replace

Like the sketches to the drawing, that the pencil couldn't trace

Empire!