We Can Make It Better (feat. Talib Kweli, Q-Tip, Common & Rhymefest)

(Breaking up) we can make it better (Breaking up) we can make it better (Breaking up) we, we can make it better (Breaking up) we can make it Somebody told me Deltas brown-skinned, AKAs light-skinned And they supposed to be bougie, so they got white friends First day of school, I'ma take you sight seein' Show you what we do on weekends for excitement She said, "I know what you about to say, like your hypeman" Last year, a — hit her, and now she only date white men And if a — even wave at her, it's frightenin', but (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can make it on up, we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it The night fallin' over Brooklyn where they murder for change The converter remains faithful to the drug dealer priestess He in search of the word of fame, you heard of the name Kweli the truth like I'm comin' out the mouths of babes One foot in and one foot out the grave —s want they reparations How you calculate the amount to be paid? You try to imagine America without the slaves (the slaves) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can make it on up, we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it (good looks, Ye!) Her tenement, yo, is rat infested Her heart is like a gold bullion because she went and protested 'Cause her best friend's man got popped He was 16 years old, the cop thought his phone was a Glock In the hood is an everyday happenin' In front of the precinct, she chews out the captain She yells out, "Why y'all do this to black men?" C'mon (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can, yeah) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can make it on up, we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it I think of 87 ways to make better days Whether crime or rhyme, I heard the rebel pays On the scene, tryin' to get green like everglades The music, ridin' it good like Escalades In the ghetto infested by shade and drama And —s wit' thangs ain't afraid of karma I'm thinkin' big like Lil Wayne and Tha Carters's that (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can make it on up, we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it C'mon, look Tell people the truth, but never give 'em your true thoughts Terrorism on blacks, they poison our Newports Patriot Act in effect, make it hard to breathe now Johnnie Cochran dead, who gonna get us "Us free" now? Clinton ain't in office, who gon' give us sh— free now? Who gon' make it better for the thugs in the penal? Who gon' make it good for old folks that's senile? Oh, it's G.O.O.D. Music, yeah, dawg, I see now We can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it better (Better we can make it on up, we can) (breaking up) we can make it better (better we can) (Breaking up) we can make it Breaking up, it's so very hard Breaking up, it's so very hard Breaking up, it's so very hard Breaking up