[ti:changes] [ar:2pac] [00:12.401]Come on come on [00:16.860]I see no changes wake up in the morning and I ask myself [00:18.896]is life worth living should I blast myself? [00:21.73]I'm tired of bein'poor &even worse I'm black [00:23.776]my stomach hurts so I'm lookin'for a purse to snatch [00:25.530]Cops give a damn about a negro [00:27.881]pull the trigger kill a nigga he's a hero [00:30.156]Give the crack to the kids who the hell cares [00:32.261]one less hungry mouth on the welfare [00:34.557]First ship 'em dope &let 'em deal the brothers [00:36.420]give 'em guns step back watch 'em kill each other [00:38.837]It's time to fight back that's what Huey said [00:40.985]2shots in the dark now Huey's dead [00:42.350]I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere [00:45.165]unless we share with each other [00:46.628]We gotta start makin'changes [00:48.143]learn to see me as a brother instead of 2distant strangers [00:51.170]and that's how it's supposed to be [00:53.475]How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me? [00:55.289]I'd love to go back to when we played as kids [00:58.468]but things changed,and that's the way it is [01:01.299]Bridge w/changing ad libs] [01:02.488]Come on come on [01:03.213]That's just the way it is [01:06.633]Things'll never be the same [01:11.343]That's just the way it is [01:14.721]aww yeah [01:16.388]Repeat] [01:16.613]2] [01:31.930]I see no changes all I see is racist faces [01:36.800]misplaced hate makes disgrace to races [01:38.865]We under I wonder what it takes to make this [01:41.45]one better place,let's erase the wasted [01:42.625]Take the evil out the people they'll be acting right [01:45.739]'cause both black and white is smokin'crack tonight [01:47.605]and only time we chill is when we kill each other [01:50.74]it takes skill to be real,time to heal each other [01:52.358]And although it seems heaven sent [01:53.780]We ain't ready,to see a black President,uhh [01:56.520]It ain't a secret don't conceal the fact [01:58.200]the penitentiary's packed,and it's filled with blacks [02:01.61]But some things will never change [02:02.454]try to show another way but you stayin'in the dope game [02:05.284]Now tell me what's a mother to do [02:07.84]bein'real don't appeal to the brother in you [02:09.524]You gotta operate the easy way [02:11.169]"I made a G today"But you made it in a sleazy way [02:13.819]sellin'crack to the kid."I gotta get paid," [02:16.114]Well hey,well that's the way it is [02:22.424]Bridge] [02:22.624]Talking:] [02:52.148]We gotta make a change... [02:53.15]It's time for us as a people to start makin'some changes. [02:56.953]Let's change the way we eat,let's change the way we live [03:01.293]and let's change the way we treat each other. [03:03.728]You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do [03:06.228]what we gotta do,to survive. [03:08.73]3] [03:09.138]And still I see no changes can't a brother get a little peace [03:11.348]It's war on the streets &the war in the Middle East [03:13.828]Instead of war on poverty they got a war on drugs [03:16.847]so the police can bother me [03:18.467]And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do [03:21.143]But now I'm back with the blacks givin'it back to you [03:23.212]Don't let 'em jack you up,back you up, [03:25.263]crack you up and pimp slap you up [03:27.232]You gotta learn to hold ya own [03:28.931]they get jealous when they see ya with ya mobile phone [03:30.932]But tell the cops they can't touch this [03:33.182]I don't trust this when they try to rush I bust this [03:35.381]That's the sound of my tool you say it ain't cool [03:38.332]my mama didn't raise no fool [03:40.309]And as long as I stay black I gotta stay strapped [03:42.429]&I never get to lay back [03:44.510]'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the pay backs [03:46.882]some buck that I roughed up way back [03:49.57]comin'back after all these years [03:50.512]rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat that's the way it is uhh [03:55.407]Bridge 'til fade]