The Evil That Men Do

Ras Kass

Intro




Psssshh I guess niggaz don't realize a good thing til it's gone



You know what I'm sayin man?



Runnin around in these streets trickin shit's hard man



You know? But sometimes man



fools be bringin that shit on they god damn self




Verse One




Nappy headed nigga stigmatism at birth



Born to a family of four and so that makes me one fourth



of a dysfunctional home



I had a father who only stayed to see me grown



When I turned twelve he was gone



Alone, no role model



I used to watch my Granddaddy and Uncle hit the bottle



and then hit each other



Granddaddy beat Grandmother, but that's before my time



but I still see how it affected her mind



As a child I introverted, and drew pictures



While my mother prayed to Jesus reading King James scriptures



She used to take me to church so I could put money in the basket



Tell the preacher how she used to get her ass kicked



And me, I mastered the art of hatred



After pops left ran with my niggaz tryin to take shit



Petty theft, I got caught a few times, but bust it



Life is a bitch so fuck it



In eighty-one I remember the night



I covered myself with baby powder, so my black ass could be light



Cause God is white, and Bo Derek is a ten



I hate my black skin, it's just a sin to be a nigga



Then again, I'm like the Frenchman, cause Granny's creole



And therefore, we're black French people



So I think it's best if I go to Catholic school



And study under nuns and then I'll be a Catholic fool



Cause none of these cults want none of us up



and don't none want to see none of us live to be adults, sheeit



No wonder brothers take lives for red and blue



It's the evil that men do