The problem with society's been how do we teach    And if they'll believe   We'll fight this battle for years to come    'till we only accept that we can stand on our own      Grandfather used his hands, he worked them to the bone (to the bone)   Provide his family with a happy home, alone      Don't take your aggression out on me   My own man is all I'm meant to be   It's commonplace, it's so lazy, old, and tired    All your ideas are so fucking inspired   Takes more than one idea    More than one person to fight the fight    How many times have you taught and not conspired?       Don't wanna be, they never say    But don't call us the liars      We've walked these alleys a thousand times    And scattered around a thousand lies   They are trying to hold you down    Your life may be hard, but keep your feet on the ground      Why don't I have the finer things that others have? (that others have)   The chance is there if you want it all that bad   So bad      Don't take your aggression out on me   My own man is all I'm meant to be   It's commonplace, it's so lazy, old, and tired    All your ideas are so fucking inspired   Takes more than one idea    More than one person to fight the fight    How many times have you taught and not conspired?       Don't try and get me confused   Cause I do understand   And sometimes people need help   That they may need a   Hand when this problems going on      A thing you have to get straight    Is that you don’t own my hand   And I don't owe you a thing   So don't think about how sorry    You feel when now your treated so bad      It's commonplace, it's so lazy, old, and tired    All your ideas are so fucking uninspired   Takes more than one idea    More than one person to fight the fight   How many times have you taught and not conspired?       And as a race we look back and we've come so far   While some may conquer   The others had it so hard   But instead we just complain    While there's no one for us to fight   I guess we're born and it's how we keep our side to pay