[00:00:00] Stay Woke (Clean) - Meek Mill (米克·米尔)/Miguel (米格尔) [00:00:01] Lyricist:Melvin Glover/Robert Williams/Michael Holmes/Edward Fletcher/Clifton Nathaniel Chase/Guordan Banks/Sylvia Robinson [00:00:02] How I keep from goin' under [00:00:04] Yeah [00:00:05] It's like a jungle outside [00:00:06] Sometimes I wonder how I keep from goin' under [00:00:10] We scream Black Lives Matter but we still toting ladders [00:00:13] Watching our own brothers trying to get at us [00:00:15] Dreams get shattered when a scene full of crackers [00:00:17] And they charge you with some sh*t you ain't do [00:00:19] You like what happened [00:00:20] We go get lawyers to [00:00:21] Say sh*t we don't know how to talk [00:00:23] They told us to hate [00:00:23] Each other before we learn how to walk [00:00:25] Mama taught you how to [00:00:26] Fight fight before she taught you how to write right [00:00:28] And daddy locked down in the cell can't kiss you night night [00:00:30] Monsters under the bed every night feel like it's fright night [00:00:33] Coke fumes in the air mama holding on that pipe tight [00:00:35] And you catchin' contact but never mind that [00:00:37] In a world where Black [00:00:38] Is wrong and white right it's like a combat [00:00:40] We go to war for our freedom they say we equal [00:00:42] I used to wanna play like Randall and be an Eagle [00:00:45] I used to play the quarterback my dog would go receiver [00:00:48] That was 'til the ball got [00:00:49] Flat by a d**e needle on the pavement [00:00:51] It's amazin' this environment we was raised in [00:00:53] On them papers one mistake and I'm gettin' caged in [00:00:56] You gotta feel me feel like the system tryna kill me [00:00:58] Got arrested and the charges F1 for popping wheelies stay woke [00:01:01] It was designed for us to fail [00:01:04] We still prevail through the hell yeah [00:01:07] Can you believe it [00:01:09] We're still undefeated [00:01:11] Though it's designed for us to lose [00:01:14] We still make it through nothing's impossible [00:01:18] Believe it we're still undefeated [00:01:21] Picture me ten years younger with some tats on my face [00:01:24] Takin' a bunch of Xannys with the strap on my waist [00:01:26] Pointin' it at the camera like mama ain't teach me manners [00:01:29] Tryna see mo' bills like I'm headed to Alabama no wait [00:01:32] I can't judge them I'm just trying to understand them [00:01:34] 'Cause I used to pop Percs pourin' purple in my Fanta [00:01:36] Had me swerving in my Phantom like I'm runnin' from my dreams [00:01:39] I was headed for the slammer I was plantin' all the seed [00:01:42] For them to bury me I had [00:01:43] My whole family mad at me [00:01:45] Fell deep in love with the game and it married me [00:01:47] Judge said I'll give you a chance just don't embarrass me [00:01:50] Motivatin' these little n**gas is like a charity [00:01:52] Community service even though they knew we was workin' [00:01:54] They did this to me on [00:01:55] Purpose 'cause I ain't movin' too perfect [00:01:57] I stay away from them [00:01:58] Clowns watch how I move through the circus [00:01:59] 'Cause they be weighing [00:02:00] You down even some of them dudes in your circle stay woke [00:02:02] Though it's designed for us to fail yeah [00:02:06] We still prevail through the hell yeah [00:02:09] Can you believe it [00:02:10] We're still undefeated [00:02:12] Though it's designed for us to lose [00:02:15] Nothing nothing nothing's impossible no [00:02:20] Believe it we're still undefeated [00:02:23] How can I pledge allegiance to the flag [00:02:25] When they killin' all our sons all our dads [00:02:27] I come from a place when [00:02:29] You kill your own brother you can brag [00:02:30] Like he got bodies but that's a fad no that's a fact [00:02:33] You screamin' out at your corner n**ga that's a trap [00:02:36] Screamin' out at your homie [00:02:37] N**ga that's a rat [00:02:38] Catch a case with him bet he crack [00:02:40] The odds against you and they double stacked stay woke [00:02:43] Bought my mom a new crib that's some gangster sh*t