Talk to You Songtext
von Danny!

Yeah, you know I had to do a remix, right?
D Swain, let′s go

Hate crimes, rape lies, feelings of hopelessness
Crack fiends on the corner looking for dope to get
Teenage mothers and the stress that they coping with
Drunk baby daddies beating on them with open fists
And this the thanks that we supposed to get?

I got a big can of worms, pardon me if I open it
But I gotta speak this before somebody else does
So bump this in your speakers from the lobbies to the health clubs
America, we owe you so much more

But our problems keep popping up like a donut store
We borrow money from our little brother just to stay high
But when we pass him on the street, we don't even say hi
America, if you had a face, you′d be shedding tears

And I bet that you'd be all cried out
Man, I wish this was a game so I could call time out
Or a foul or something, baby, it's now or nothing


I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you
′Cause I don′t understand sometimes, man
We be doing you dirty
I wanna talk to you
Yo, we need to stop beating around the bush
And start mowing them down, you feel me?
You get it?

Yo, 'cause we disgrace you every day while AIDS runs rampant
Activists for civil rights, yeah, they parade on campus
But their campaigns are falling on deaf ears
And it′s a damn shame racism is dead everywhere except here

One person uses drugs to escape the pain
Times that by a million and what do you gain?
A million Americans are addicts, man, I've had it
Up to here, maybe better luck next year
Yo, it′s about time we had this little heart to heart
'Cause other people wouldn′t have the heart to start
To sit and speak to you like you was a real person
I'm talking to you like you was a real person

And as the mouthpiece of every single citizen
Without peace, direction, and leadership
I'ma spit it ′til your ears can′t believe the shit
We got weapons of mass destruction and we is it


I wanna talk to you
Yo, I wanna talk to you
Man, I don't get it sometimes though
Glad we′re having this conversation though, for real
I wanna talk to you
Yo, we're so quick to talk smack about you
But we′re the reasons why you got a bad reputation
What's up with that?

Man, I′ll be damned if I have other people choosing my role
I swear this shit'll have you losing control
I'm just a baby boy, 21, brand new to the polls
But I′ll be voting like I′m used to the rigmarole
Living in cold for so long, my hands have frostbite
But I'm happy that we′re having this talk
Like my thoughts might start a revolution of sorts
I'd be glad to be a leader, let me carry your torch

To spark a generation of youth, I′m penetrating the truth
With the words that I spit in the booth
And I ain't trying to give a sob story
But the truth is, America, you′ve been robbed of glory

You've had it rough, bad luck, name dragged in mud
And I've had enough
But if everybody′s to blame, then who must pay?

Am I the only one that cares about the USA?

I wanna talk to you
I wanna talk to you
America, I wanna talk to you right now

That′s some stuff that I really had on my
Mind for like a long time, you know, for real
Now I don't know about y′all, but um
November 2nd, I ain't voting for no rat bait
You know, did y′all see those presidential debates? Oh my God
America, you are in serious, serious trouble
But I'm glad we′re having this talk
Some of us out here still appreciate you
Yeah

We all just need to take the time
To sit back and appreciate our country, you know what I'm saying?
It's not hard
We′re free, we have a lot of rights that other places just don′t have
We just don't get it
Yeah, 2004, D Swain, Ill Sean, Q Tom
The Beatniks, Three Days
That′s right

Nothing wrong with talking to America, y'all
Just had to talk to her for a second, don′t mind me

I'm out