I cannot get over legitimately   The reality of my surroundings   Do not point to the sky, so why should I even try   When there's nothin' out there to be      I cannot grow up to be the president   Where only drug dealers own Mercedes Benz   If you tell me otherwise, it will only look like lies   When there's nothin' out there for me, hey, yeah      Your education can do me no good   In my neighborhood, in my neighborhood   All that I see is scrapin' and scrounging   In my neighborhood, in my neighborhood      If you can show me how to do good   In my neighborhood, in my neighborhood   Maybe I discontinue my lounging   In the neighborhood, yeah, yeah      So many millions feel this strong   All these people can't be wrong, be wrong   It's like so many millions feel this strong   All these people can't be wrong, be wrong      Well, you would surely know this was a long time coming   You should know the effects was numbing   You should know that yesterday, yeah, ah      You may have had a chance to stop things before they start   You may have had a chance but it's too late, if they've fallen apart   You may have had a chance to stop things before they start   You may have had a chance but it's too late      Sex education can do me no good   In my neighborhood, yeah, neighborhood   Everybody's hopin' for something and it's understood   In my neighborhood      That drug education can do me no good   In my neighborhood, in my neighborhood   Maybe I'll discontinue my loungin'   In the neighborhood      So many millions feel this strong   All these people can't be wrong, be wrong   So many millions feel this strong   All these people can't be wrong, be wrong      Mistreat me and rip my heart out, baby, please   And then you get angry when I die, girl   Mistreat me and rip my heart out baby, please   And then you get angry when I die, girl      It's a pile of shit in your sugar shack   And I'm gonna step on in when I'm visiting   So I can drag it more all across the floor      It's a pile of shit in your sugar shack   And I'm gonna step on in when I'm visiting   So I can drag it more all across the floor      Mistreat me and rip my heart out baby, please   And then you get angry when I die, girl   Mistreat me and rip my heart out baby, please   And then you get angry when I die      It's a pile of shit in the White House   And I'm gonna step on in when I'm visiting   So I can drag it more all across the flag      It's a pile of shit in the White House   And I'm gonna step on in when I'm visiting   So I can drag it more all across the flag