The Bigger Picture

         Am
Trade my 4x4 for a G63, ain't no more free Lil Steve
           G
I gave 'em chance and chance and chance again, I even done told them please
          F
I find it crazy the police'll shoot you and know that you dead, but still tell you to freeze
             E
Fucked up, I seen what I seen

I guess that mean hold him down if he say he can't breathe
              Am
It's too many mothers that's grieving

They killing us for no reason
                                  G
Been going on for too long to get even

Throw us in cages like dogs and hyenas
                                    F
I went to court and they sent me to prison

My mama was crushed when they said I can't leave
                                     E
First I was drunk, then I sobered up quick

When I heard all that time that they gave to Taleeb

He got a life sentence plus
Am
  We just some products of our environment

How the fuck they gon' blame us?
G
  You can't fight fire with fire

I know, but at least we can turn up the flames some
F
  Every colored person ain't dumb and all whites not racist
E
  I be judging by the mind and heart, I ain't really into faces
Am
Fucked up, the way that we livin' is not getting better, you gotta know how to survive
G
Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones to carry a gun when they going outside
F
Stare in the mirror whenever you drive

Overprotective, go crazy for mine
E
You gotta pay attention to the signs

Seem like the blind following the blind
Am
Thinking 'bout everything that's going on

I boost security up at my home
G
I'm with my kind if they right or they wrong

I call him now, he'll pick up the phone
         F
And it's five in the morning, he waking up on it

Tell 'em wherever I'm at, then they comin'
E
I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin'

That shit be crazy, they 'posed to protect us
Am
Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us

While they go home at night, that shit messed up
G
Knowing we needed help, they neglect us

Wondering who gon' make them respect us
F
I can see in your eye that you fed up

Fuck around, got my shot, I won't let up
E
  They know that we a problem together

They know that we can storm any weather


[Chorus]
     Am
It's bigger than black and white

It's a problem with the whole way of life
         G
It can't change overnight

But we gotta start somewhere
              F
Might as well gon' 'head start here

We done had a hell of a year
             E
I'ma make it count while I'm here

God is the only man I fear


[Verse 2]
Am
Fuck it, I'm goin' on the front line

He gon' bust your ass if you come past that gun line
                  G
You know when the storm go away, then the sun shine

You gotta put your head in the game when it's crunch time
              F
I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters

I want all my daughters to show out in public
              E
Seems like we losing our country

But we gotta stand up for something, so this what it comes to
      Am
Every video I see on my conscience

I got power, now I gotta say somethin'
          G
Corrupted police been the problem where I'm from

But I'd be lying if I said it was all of them
                F
I ain't do this for the trend, I don't follow them

Altercations with the law, had a lot of them
                E
People speaking for the people, I'm proud of them

Stick together, we can get it up out of them
            Am
I can't lie like I don't rap about killing and dope, but I'm telling my youngins to vote
             G
I did what I did 'cause I didn't have no choice or no hope, I was forced to just jump in and go
                 F
This bullshit is all that we know, but it's time for a change

Got time to be serious, no time for no games
         E
We ain't takin' no more, let us go from them chains

God bless they souls, every one of them names


[Chorus]
     Am
It's bigger than black and white

It's a problem with the whole way of life
         G
It can't change overnight

But we gotta start somewhere
              F
Might as well gon' 'head start here

We done had a hell of a year
             E
I'ma make it count while I'm here

God is the only man I fear


[Verse 3]
     Am
They trainin' officers to kill us, then shootin' protestors with these rubber bullets
             G
They regular people, I know that they feel it

These scars too deep to heal us
                          F
What happened to COVID? Nobody remember

It ain't makin' sense, I'm just here to vent
                         E
It happen to one of your people, it's different

We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it
             Am
Knowledge is power, I swear I'm a witness, I know that I'm gifted
                                              G
I won't go too deep 'cause I'm scared they'll get me

Ain't scared to admit it, some shit I can't mention
                                      F
It's people who can, well, here's the chance

I won't take the stand, but I'll take a stand for what I believe
            E
Must not be breathing the air that I breathe

You know that the way that I bleed, you can bleed
        Am
I never been a fan of police

But my neighborhood know I try to keep peace
             G
So it's only right that I get in the streets

March for a reason, not just on GP
           F
Our people died for us to be free

Fuck do you mean? This was a dream
               E
Now we got the power that we need to have

They don't want us with it and that's why they mad, yeah


[Chorus]
     Am
It's bigger than black and white

It's a problem with the whole way of life
         G
It can't change overnight

But we gotta start somewhere
              F
Might as well gon' 'head start here

We done had a hell of a year
             E
I'ma make it count while I'm here

God is the only man I fear
     Am
It's bigger than black and white

It's a problem with the whole way of life
         G
It can't change overnight