Lyrics
America been saying that art incites violence
Since somebody inspired it
Depending on the declaration and who is the tyrant
Irony, bad-faith arguments by some puritans
Who say society dies if J-Cole wanna tour again
Burn speech with an Obscenity Charge
Two Live Crew in a cell just for backing the bars
Like the content of the art leaves us morally scarred
Funny how it changes with skin color playing a part
So it’s Pac’s fault that Ron Howard shot up the car
But not every girl he told to be whoever they are
It’s Snoop’s fault for every drug charge in a school
But Johnny Cash can coke up
Shoot his wife, and it’s cool
Double standards
Making questions whenever they wanna find an answer
God forbid they hear an 808 or any sampler
Everything they claim that we can’t say
When they really mad the words they tryna say
Getting outplayed
Let me talk
Can I say this?
Can I say this?
Can I say this, man?
Let me talk
Can I say this?
Can I say this?
Can I?
Why not?
If I lose a fan because somebody’s offended
Then that means they probably weren’t fans of me to begin with
Cause anybody that would censor your opinion
Isn’t anyone that I would ever need to be friends with
I sit and think, and it leaves me tickled pink
POCs get held to higher standards
Man, what a coinkydink
Back in 89, it took some brothers from Compton
To let ‘em know police brutality was a problem
Feds get involved, taking rappers to court
Press conferences to gather support
Media circuses for Uncle Luke
And 2 Live Crew
Don’t think that you exempt
Cause they’ll come after you guys too
Imagine going to a gallery
Telling a painter “you can’t use the color red,
‘Cause crimson brings evil thoughts out of me”
Make sense to ya? maybe now you see
I can’t tell you how to think, what to write or how to speak
Luckily I’ve got options for things I don’t rock with
I can simply hit skip or stop it
I might not wanna hear it, may not be something I ride with
But I’d fight to the death for your right to vocalize it
Let me talk
Can I say this?
Can I say this?
Can I say this, man?
Let me talk
Can I say this?
Can I say this?
I’ma say it
Say it then
Let me talk
Can I say this?
Can I say this?
Can I say this, man?
Let me talk
Can I say this?
Can I say this?
Can I?
why not?
If liberty means anything at all
It means the right to tell people
What they do not want to hear.
George Orwell