After Tomorrow Songtext
von Kim

Hear me on my hip
I be in my whip, servin′
I'm livin′ with purpose
I just did a bid and my pockets real thin
So I'm back to community service
Felons, I ain't got time for the fellas
I fell on hard times and I can′t get employed
We ′bout to have a daughter, baby
And the baby need water, baby
I love my little boy, I'm just tryna make a livin′
But these streets unforgivin'
I′m just doin' what I know, carry heat, that′s a given
But it's written like amendment
If they kill one of me, there's a ribbon
Of valor for the old reds and blues
Not the bloods and crips, I′m talkin′ cops
All my life I was told that to them I'm just a nigga
When them pigs were behind me, make a nigga heart stop, man


Should I be a leader, yeah, or should I follow?
Who will I be, who will be left, yeah, after tomorrow?
Down on my knees, hands to the sky, I′m facin' the hollow
Pacin′ the world, will I still be here after tomorrow?
After tomorrow, who will I be, yeah, after tomorrow?
Who will I be, will I still be here after tomorrow?
I'm down on my knees, hands to the sky, I′m facin' the hollow
Pacin' the world, will I still be here after tomorrow?
After tomorrow

I′m wakin′ up early, cleansin' my hands
From a night of cleanin′ up the city
I pledge my life and my allegiance to you
Pledge allegiance to this badge, protect and serve
From guns and drugs, rapists, killers, and the thirst
Of those who prey on the weak
My wife every day of the week, she pray against the worst
Inevitability, I'm the first you call
First to the scene, first to steppin′ in between
(We got a perpy rollin' down the east side)
I pulled him over, ran his tag, a felon
I told him, "Down to your knees, hands to the sky"
That′s when he took his gun out to take off runnin'
My partner shot him down, dead set his eye for an eye, man


Should I be a leader, yeah, or should I follow?
Who will I be, who will be left, yeah, after tomorrow?
Down on my knees, hands to the sky, I'm facin′ the hollow
Pacin′ the world, will I still be here after tomorrow?
After tomorrow, who will I be, yeah, after tomorrow?
Who will I be, will I still be here after tomorrow?
I'm down on my knees, hands to the sky, I′m facin' the hollow
Pacin′ the world, will I still be here after tomorrow?
After tomorrow

I been in this situation, I can relate
It glued to my soul, every lil' inch
Down to the year, down to the date
My parents were separated and I was like seven years old
Man, my pops need an attitude adjustment
Ain′t nobody gonna take his woman from him
So we gon' take this problem to the public
Go and throw it up, man, if you can't stomach
We stepped in that restaurant
His fist, he would rest on the face of the man she was sittin′ with
Blood shot out, ain′t no nigga never bested Stephon, he ran
My mama ran too, the bathroom, and locked herself in
Pops was knockin', he said, "Kim, speak to your mama"
But now instead, a Glock was cockin′ behind us
The cop yelled, "Freeze," my dad said, "Please don't shoot
I′m holdin' my son, let me put him down, you might hit him"
"I will shoot you if you move," I stared at the barrel
His flashlight, it lit the fear in my eyes, I cried
He pointed his gun down, Stephon it split him in his face
Arrested, they beat him, what I learned today

Should I be a leader, yeah, or should I follow?
Who will I be, who will be left, yeah, after tomorrow?
Down on my knees, hands to the sky, I′m facin' the hollow
Pacin' the world, will I still be here after tomorrow?
After tomorrow, who will I be, yeah, after tomorrow?
Who will I be, will I still be here after tomorrow?
I′m down on my knees, hands to the sky, I′m facin' the hollow
Pacin′ the world, will I still be here after tomorrow?
After tomorrow

Who will I be, yeah, for my little girl, for my little girl?
Will I still be here for my little girl, for my little girl?
Will I still be here for my little girl, for my little girl?
Will I still be here for my little girl?
Better forever, forever better