Michael George - What We Gotta Do? Lyrics

Been staring at the f*cking pad for a minute now
I work all through the night to gather my thoughts and spit it out
While that demon sitting on my shoulder speaking loud
The times might have it where I might have to hear him out

I see the world through a view that the wise knew
Around the room I find there's none I can compare to
They're the same I stare through and ain't aware to
I think it through cuz life ain't played by the fair rules

They didn't teach you out here that the fare rules
You learn how the chair rules by ya skin's views
Speak the truth on the tube but "fools that's fake news"
We in the streets shouting peace, but pigs in the wolves shoes

He wakes up in the morning, he's gotta put his strap on
Cuz he's unaware of what these boys planned for
The way they train will make ya question what they stand for
How they portrayed will make ya question what the laws for

Now I'm sitting asking what is the applause for?
The corrupt need more to put their f*cking paws on
Kick in ya door yelling to get on ya own floor
Your hustle can put you behind bars or laying up in the morgue

This shit's intangible I can't put a finger on it
The shits amorphous I just can't put my vision on it
It's unfulfilling if you can't crush some spirits for it
They show no interest if you can't put some figures on it

What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)

What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)

It's getting harder and harder to ease the tension
Chemical therapy won't remedy your dementia
You mimetically come outside yourself to reinvent ya
Dealer tempt ya with release so now you change up like the weather

Lookin' at yourself and ya can't remember who ya was
The life you lived filled with pain, shame and numbed with drugs
Trying to tap into your brilliance that once was
But the coke and liquor poisoning your liver blood

The tragedy moves rapidly through our families
The dope to fent ratio is getting lethally low I see
When the famons growing I wonder who ya gonna eat?
When drugs match the faces you judge the community

Surrender when you play the spender he's the lender
Feel the splendor shrink as the weight of the bag lessens
Did ya learn ya lesson? Or, are ya still guessin'?
Serve ya vice or you vexing, count ya grams before your blessings

The brown in the spoon burns and your potential's melting with it
Life is scarce so you gotta live minute to minute
Knew a girl who died cuz she couldn't see her image
Always thought it was the critics that'll vandalize ya vision

So I'm asking what we gotta do? And what they gonna do,
When my friends commemorated on the news?
And yet we still equate choice with abuse
The sick are hanging from a rope and we say "get up out your noose"

What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)

What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)
What we gotta do? What we gotta, what we gotta do? (what we gotta do?)