Niggas is willin to die over some paper
Niggas is willin to die over some paper
Niggas is willin to die over some mahfuckin
paper

On the day that li'l nigga was born
they took his prints
hands and feet
on
some
paper

sent him home with Momma
no Daddy's name
on a sheet
of
paper

and that paper
reserved that li'l niggas so-called
place in this world

i mean his name, date of birth, race, sex,religion,
height, weight, and even the nature of his li'l dick...
his whole personae was on that sheet of
paper

But Momma only had that one sheet of
paper
and GOD forbid she misplaced it
cause then she'd have to pay for another piece of
paper
to prove the li'l nigga's existance

but while she's purchasing this li'l niggas life back on that
extra sheet of
paper
Momma decides it's time to get that li'l nigga a social security card
which is in actuality another sheet of
paper
that they use as a hardcopy GPS
trackin that li'l nigga's tax reciepts like the fuckin IRS
and the li'l nigga ain't even got his first paycheck yet

Now as this li'l nigga grows up to be a bigger nigga
he learns the art of the paper chase
cause after unsuccessfully attempting to leap the white man's hurdles
he learns that he should have ACTed but instead he SAT
runnin' after the wrong damn paper and losin his pace

So the bigger nigga learns how to shun all the formalized papers and documents
keeping his other activities underground
reminiscing of swingin from the very trees that he unconsciously now
tries to save
back in the days when he would have needed papers to confirm his status as a slave

But
Niggas gotta have that fuckin paper
never realizin that green exchange is the same damn thing
another method of tracking his day to day activity
while promising the eventual capture of the brass ring

see
paper comes in many forms but at it's root,
it ain't never done niggas no good
the biggest fuckin environmentalists
should be the niggas in these mahfuckin hoods

Spendin they whole life clocking bills
but can't pay they bills
won't pick up a newspaper
and can't read a test paper
flossin the sheepskin coat
but refuse to graduate with that sheepskin note

see
niggas will sell they soul for that government minted paper
cause

Niggas is willin to die over some paper
Niggas is willin to die over some paper
Niggas is willin to die over some mahfuckin
paper

and when that li'l nigga's dead
the GPS shuts down
time and date of death, name, and age,
the information on him is sound

but even then he can't rest in peace
cause some other li'l nigga done stole his
paper
ID

and so this trail begins as it ends
with reams of paper reaming niggas in their cell blocks
and trap-house rear ends

Niggas is willin to die over some paper
Niggas is willin to die over some paper
Niggas is willin to die over some mahfuckin
paper