[ti:TEMPTATION (Explicit)] [ar:Joey Bada$$] [al:ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]TEMPTATION (Explicit) - Joey Bada$$ [00:00.93]I come here today to talk about how I feel [00:04.44] [00:05.11]And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people [00:09.49]And I don't like how we are treated [00:12.05]And just because of our color doesn't mean anything to me [00:17.51] [00:18.81]This just the way I feel [00:23.74]Minds been racing so long [00:27.15] [00:28.25]It's just no way to deal [00:32.77]With these problems alone [00:35.74]And I really can't take it no more [00:38.08]I be fighting temptations my lord [00:40.62]I'm making them restless [00:41.87] [00:42.72]And I really can't help it [00:45.17]I never felt selfish before [00:47.33]I've been living so reckless I know [00:49.65]Tell me lord can you help me [00:51.77]I said lord can you help me [00:53.65] [00:54.76]Now everybody got problems yeah [00:57.13]But ain't no way to solve em' [00:58.91]I really came up from the bottom [01:01.13]Strugglin' my momma on her last dollar [01:03.47]Hustling man I've been putting in these hours [01:05.36]The government been trying to take away what's ours [01:07.87]It's really all about the money and the power [01:10.16]I just wanna see my people in power [01:12.36]Uh uh tell me how we gon' shape this vision [01:15.72]Complainin' all day but in the same conditions [01:17.45]If you wanna make change it's gonna take commitment [01:20.00]Some people enslaved by they religion [01:22.29]Can't emancipate the fundamental prisons [01:24.44]When I see through optics transform the wisdom [01:26.80]Watch me use my powers get em' all to listen [01:28.71]I've been on a mission ah [01:30.51]And I really can't take it no more [01:33.24]I be fighting temptations my lord [01:35.35]I'm making them restless [01:37.70]And I really can't help it [01:39.28] [01:40.08]I never felt selfish before [01:42.16]I've been living so reckless I know [01:44.56]Tell me lord can you help me [01:46.25] [01:46.82]I said lord can you help me [01:48.48] [01:49.66]Now everybody got vice yeah [01:52.12]But wouldn't know what good advice was [01:53.77]Until they leave him lifeless [01:55.94]Another momma crying it's another crisis [01:58.25]Lord knows we just trying to live righteous [02:00.67]Are you willing just to make the sacrifices [02:02.81]I know we can't continue living like this [02:05.14]And I never sell my soul because that's priceless uh uh [02:08.46]Tell me how we gon' make a living [02:10.69]Hustle on the block who gon' save the children [02:13.06]Menace on the block and I'm just revealing [02:15.15]The media just trying to make a villain [02:17.42]I just take the pain and a paint a picture [02:19.40]Voices in my head I hear the whispers [02:22.04]When I feel this way inhale the swisher [02:23.71]Or I sip the liquor ah [02:25.62]And I really can't take it no more [02:27.84]I be fighting temptations my lord [02:30.38]I'm making them restless [02:31.94] [02:32.55]And I really can't help it [02:34.07] [02:34.87]I never felt selfish before [02:37.11]I've been living so reckless I know [02:39.47]Tell me lord can you help me [02:41.15] [02:41.66]I said lord can you help me [02:43.60] [02:45.60]This just the way I feel [02:49.21] [02:49.83]Mind's been racing so long [02:53.37] [02:54.40]It's just no way to deal [02:59.19]With these problems alone [03:02.31]And I really can't take it no more [03:04.85]I be fighting temptations my lord [03:06.82]I'm making them restless [03:08.89]I said lord can you help me [03:10.79] [03:11.36]I never felt selfish before [03:13.72]I've been living so reckless I know [03:15.96]Tell me lord can you help me [03:18.14]I said lord can you help me [03:20.94] [03:27.45]I said lord can you help me [03:29.79] [03:36.49]I said lord can you help me [03:38.55] [03:39.68]Do not stop [03:40.64] [03:42.07]We are black people and we shouldn't have to feel like this [03:45.56]We shouldn't have to protest because you are treating us wrong [03:49.58]We do this because we need to and we have rights