Now as I flip through this world of mine   Everything is lookin' peaceful   I'm checkin' out these people   The ones that's doin' good and the ones that's doin' evil      Now as I flip through this world of mind   Everything is lookin' peaceful   I'm checkin' out these people   Some doin' good and others doin' evil      I heard somebody say I'll do anything nowaday to make a buck   'Cos niggas are dyin' and nobody gives a muthafuck   And you be wantin' to trip when I be talkin' about murder and thangs   I think it's obvious that you ain't never heard of mine      What goes on in the neighborhood   East coast, West coast, ain't sh*t turnin' out good   Sometimes I wanna cry   And straight put the 9 to my muthafuckin' dome and let the bullets fly      But mama said I'm too strong to break down   And I'm caught up in another drug shake-down   'Cos they think I'm sellin' birds   But I'm workin' 9 to 5 and still ain't gettin' what I deserve      So who's fuckin' who   Is it that white man or the black man standin' next to you?   See, most blacks can't handle power   Get paid and get to changin' by the hour      Closin' all the doors   Got a little paper, now they wanna treat they people like hoes   Now after takin' a look at that   How the fuck you think the white man is supposed to act      See we can't check the pecker wood   If we can't treat our own fuckin' people good   We wanna pick the fruit, but the fruit ain't ripe   Yeah, now who got the right to write      Now as I flip through this world of mine   Everything is lookin' peaceful   I'm checkin' out these people   The ones that's doin' good and the ones that's doin' evil      Now as I flip through this world of mind   Everything is lookin' peaceful   I'm checkin' out these people   Some doin' good and others doin' evil      Niggas are gettin' fooled by the president's plan   In jail they got a president, but they call him the boss man   The boss man is prejudiced, hurtin' 'em with politics   Better let 'em out quick or they gon' cause a riot, bitch      Even if you lock the door they still got the power   'Cos the fuckin' white house reminds 'em of the watch tower   The man is watchin' over us, steady controllin' us   And if we make a move he's ready to put a hole in us      Every time I step he's always around me   To tell the fuckin' truth, I feel safer in the county   At least in jail I know what I'm up against   But everything is a muthafuckin' mystery outside the fence      Thinkin' that we made it, but we ain't made it yet   And it's gettin' harder 'cos the man ain't givin' up shit, bet   Steady lettin' us down   And ain't nobody helpin' us out      Now as I flip through this world of mine   Everything is lookin' peaceful   I'm checkin' out these people   The ones that's doin' good and the ones that's doin' evil      Now as I flip through this world of mind   Everything is lookin' peaceful   I'm checkin' out these people   Some doin' good and others doin' evil      Yeah, a new beginning, yeah   Big Mike, yeah, comin' from that swamp   You know, just kickin' it how I feel   That's on the real