Dead Prez - Unbroken lyrics

[Verse 1 - M-1] Ayo I'm not supposed to be here, I'm beating they odds Beating they charts and graphs, yo I'm beating they God And I'm not the only one, see the drama is common Asked my homie what he been through and he started bombing He said, don't, push, me I done pushed crack c**aine, and I done pushed dope in my vein I done sold it to my main man moms too, it's horrible The things we do, in pursuit of the loot Ghetto currency, we was trading food stamps Seven for ten, so I could chip in on the sack with my man Ghetto clinics give dirty abortions And then, evil scientists pa** out pills and cut foreskins Cut off like orphans in group homes Lost in the system, foster care victims Wards of the state, the more they take the more they make We tiptoeing through a pit of snakes, but wait [Hook] Everything I been through Has made me what I am The struggle must continue on Cause that's what made me a man [Verse 2 - stic.man] n***a, I'm from the dirt roads Tallaha**ee Used to keep the .38 under the front seat Selling dime bags, on the south side Throw on that Bone Thugs sh** and just ride out Stayed at my mama house til I was seventeen Hit the streets, getting into some of everything Caught a gun case, but that was bullsh** I didn't even stop and think before I pulled it Seen the county jail, way too many times Growing up, revolutionary state of mind Kicked out of high school, for my world view That's when I figured out what they really there to do My brother cracked out, sleeping in the streets He come popping up, we ain't seen him in weeks I been in hospitals, stitches put in my grill With no health insurance money when they sent me the bill Been in McDonald's, slaving, late in rent payments Homeless in New York City walking the pavement Been on, emergency stamps, verbally amped At the social worker for trying to tell me she can't help me I been in, fights with wifey, physical conflict Scratches on my arms and wrists, hitting with fists But I been through with them days, focus my rage And n***as still keep it moving on the worst of my days, n***a [Hook] [Verse 3 - M-1] I been, cuffed and stuffed, enough is enough I'm supposed to been gone, so I'm calling they bluff Been at, gunpoint, heart boom-boom-boom-boom Been running for my life, yo I knew I was doomed Since I been alive, I been hearing these lies Been gone, been back while my homeboys died I been in, crack house raids, packing the gauge I been from, braids to dreads and dreads to fades I been a, music junkie since back in the days Been waking up to Prince, went to bed with Maze I been, through the court, looked the judge in his eye Been through the worst days when I wanted to die I been, high off that gray, slinging that yae Mix it with hey, wake til the break of day Been to, Botswana, felt the sun on my skin Been to Germany and don't wanna do it again I been, through a lot, don't be surprised Got a lot to get, I been getting organized It's been, 29 Roman calendar years Since I been here, still overcoming my fears, n***a Been won, tell me where you done been Bet I been through the same sh** as most my friends I been, motivated since my moms got pop Won't stop til I been to the mountaintop And back [Bridge] I done been through the worst you can do to me Lived with dope in my family And even in the penitentiary, still survived Stronger than chains and hunger pains Stronger than slavery or AIDS Stronger than every drug you make Still alive