As a kid, an altar boy, grown up, a trap artist
And a couple more things, that I did for money
I've never been faithful, not even to my barber
A superstar, but human first
I’ve got them running, and I’m not a coach
But that's good, I push them to be better
P f*ckin' R, we grew up in the heat
That’s the edge that makes me a winner
In France I'm a cursed composer
I couldn’t feel the haters; my day was going great
But a shooting by a white boy ruined it for me
And a d*ck-sucking president who doesn't do sh*t
2020 and racism's worse than COVID
A Black guy with a gun, that's already a criminal
But a white boy straps one on and they say it's a hobby
What’s up, Christian? Is Jesus not watching us anymore?
Or are you waiting for him to turn away and just keep time on the güira?
I do have values, they don't expire
The truth hurts them, they prefer a lie
But Little Richard was always better than Elvis
And baby boomers stopped being babies a long time ago
Woman didn't come from man's rib
It was us who came out of her pelvis
They complain that they gave me songwriter of the year
But not for those things that really hurt us
There are more important things
Than sitting down to criticize a singer's achievements
Like urging the youth to be voters
And to kick the f*ck out the ones who screwed us before
Over my own career, I put my people first
But there's always a jerk who calls us ignorant
Like fighting for immigrants' rights
Like yesterday another motherf*cker killed his lover
Like the American dream exists until you wake up
And it's f*cked up that they won't let you breathe
And that a badge is a license to kill
But being white is what makes you lethal
And being black is what makes you a target
And it's f*cked up to go to church to pray
And run the risk that they might rape you
That's worse than sinning and I can't stop it, because
If I could change the world, I swear that I'd do it
And if my money could end poverty, I'd give it all
But no, it's not my fault
Before I was born all this already existed
All we can do is teach and learn, live and grow
To understand that there's always gonna be something that will hurt us
To have faith, to believe that it's gonna be possible
To be able to be me, to let you be you, that's the best prize I can have