Artist: Tupac Amaru Shakur 
Song: Changes 

Woo'
(Come on, come on) 
I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself 
Is life worth living, should I blast myself?
I'm tired of being poor, and even worse I'm black 
My stomach hurts, so I'm looking for a purse to snatch 
Cops give a damn about a negro
Pull a trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero 
Givin crack to the kids, who the hell cares 
One less hungry mouth on the welfare 
First ship 'em dope, let 'em deal the brothers 
Give 'em guns, step back and watch 'em kill each other 
"It's time to fight back", that's what Huey said 
2 shots in the dark, now Huey's dead 
I got love for my brothers 
But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other 
We gotta start makin changes 
Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers 
And that's how it's supposed be 
How can the devil take a brother if he's close to me
I'd love to go back to when we played as kids 
but things change, and that's the way it is 
come on, come on

[chorus x2]
That's just the way it is 
Things will never be the same 
That's just the way it is, aww yeah 

I see no changes 
All I see is racist faces 
Misplaced hate, makes disgrace to races 
We under, I wonder what it takes to make this 
One better place, let's erase the wasted
Take the evil out the people, they'll be acting right 
'Cause both black and white is smoking crack tonight 
And the only time we chill is when we kill each other 
It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other 
And although it seems heaven since 
We ain't ready, to see a black president (uh)
It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact:
The penitentiary's packed, and it's filled with blacks 
But some things will never change 
Try to show another way, but they stayin' in the dope game 
Now tell me what's a mother to do? 
Being real don't nappeal to the brother in you (yeah)
You gotta operate the easy way (I made a G today)
But you made it in a sleezy way
Sellin crack to the kids (I gotta get paid)
Well hey, well that's the way it is 

[chorus x2]

[talking]
We gotta make a change... 
It's time for us as a people to start making some changes 
Let's change the way we eat 
Let's change the way live 
And let's change the way we treat each other 
You see the old way wasn't working 
So it's on us to do what we gotta do...
To survive

And still I see no changes!
Can't a brother get a little peace? 
There's war on the streets
And there's more in the Middle East 
Instead of war on poverty,
They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me 
And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do 
But now I'm back with the blacks giving back to you 
Don't let them jack you up, back you up, crack you up 
And pimp-smack you up 
You gotta learn to hold your own 
They get jealous when see you with your mobile phone
But tell the cops "can't touch this"
I don't trust this 
When they try to rush I bust this 
That's the sound of my tool 
You say it aint cool 
My momma didn't raise no fool 
And as long as I stay black 
I gotta stay strapped 
And I never get to lay back 
Cause I always gotta worry about the payback 
Some buck that I roughed up way back 
Coming back after all these years 
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat, that's the way it is 

[chorus x2]

(Your my brother, your my sister)
That's just the way it is (the way it is, way it is)
Things will never be the same (your my brother your my sister)
That's just the way it is (yeah)
...Aww yeah
Some things will never change.