People was poor before the hurricane came   But the down pour poured is like when Mary J. sang   Every day it rains, so every day the pain   But ignored them and showed 'em the rains was to blame      But life is a chain, cause and effected   Niggas off the chain because they affected   It's a dirty game, so whatever is effective   From weed to sellin' kane, gotta put that in effect      Wouldn't you loot, if you didn't have the loot?   Baby needed food and you stuck on the roof   And helicopter swooped down just to get a scoop   Through his telescopic lens but he didn't scoop you      The next five days, no help ensued   They called you a refugee because you seek refuge   And the Commander-In-Chief just flew by   Did he stop? No, he had a couple seats      Just proved jet blue he's not, jet flew by the spot   What if he ran out of jet fuel and just dropped?   That woulda been somethin' to watch   Helicopters doin' fly-bys to take a couple of shots      Couple of portraits then ignored 'em   He'd be just another bush surrounded by a couple orchids   Poor kids just 'cause they were poor kids   Left 'em on they porches, same old story in New Orleans      Silly rappers, because we got a couple Porches   MTV stopped by to film our fortresses   We forget the unfortunate   Sure I ponied up a mill, but I didn't give my time      So in reality, I didn't give a dime or a damn   I just put my monies in the hands of the same people   That left my people stranded   Nothin' but a bandit, left them folks abandoned   Damn, that money that we gave was just a Band-Aid      You can't say we better off than we was before   In synopsis, this is my minority report   Can't say we better off than we was before   In synopsis, this is my minority report      So many times, I'm coverin' my eyes   Peekin' through my fingers, tryin' to hide   My frustration at the way that we treat   (Seems like we don't even care)      Turn on the TV, seein' the pain   Sayin' such a shame   Then tryin' to go on with my life   Of that, I too, am guilty   (Seems like we don't even care)      So we send a little money, tell 'em it's alright   To be able to sleep at night   You will pay that price   While some of these folks' lost their whole life   (Seems like we don't even care)      Now it wasn't on the nightly news no more   Suddenly, it didn't matter to you no more   It went in, almost nothing changed   What the hell, what was that for?   (Seems like we don't even care)      Seems like we don't even care   Seems like we don't even care