My Vote Don't Count

Uh, I've been broke all my life, but I kept hope all them nights

You see business in my city, yeah, they closed all them twice

I was just riding down seeing all them pot holes, I can't drive

I know y'all can fix it faster but I know y'all won't try

Nobody care about us and that's why I won't vote

Voted for Obama back in 2012, I remember that's when I had hope

He was sayin', "Yes, we can", and everybody got less food stamps

And when I turned twenty-one, I was still broke, I'd never vote again

I don't think I ever had a president make my life better

Did it all on my own, ain't no politician ever do a nice gesture

I don't even know the mayor's name, I ain't never seen him one time ever

Tell me how she gonna help the city?

What am I 'posed to do? Write letters

What am I 'posed to do? Blame Trump

He ain't never really gave a ****, ain't nobody raise minimum wage

None of these jobs pay enough, I think they just wanna keep us broke

'Cause they ain't put nothin' in place for us

This how all my people feel, but we gotta learn

We can complained enough, let me change it up

Everything I just said, everybody I know think the same way

See, they don't wanna us to see us vote

And we never do, so we see the same thing

But all our votes really do count and they never really let it show

So now I'm finna break it down

'Cause if I don't, you would probably never know

First thing first, you know back in middle school

When they taught us, it was three branches of government?

We forgot it when we got older

It's the Judicial, the Legislative, and the Executive

But all we know is the Executive

That's the mayor, or the governor, and the president

Now none of them three people make no laws

They just be checkin' 'em

The laws come to they desk and all they do is say "No" or "Yes" to it

So when the news station

Try to tell us Barrack Obama couldn't put us on

We was all salty at Obama when it was the congress members all along

We gotta focus on the Legislative branch

Yeah, the ones who that make the laws

Yeah, they only that write how much

Food stamp money you get on the card

But when people that wanted to help us, wanted a job

I know they probably lost

'Cause we ain't even know they name, we ain't know they face

We ain't no at all

So the Congress or the State House

That's the Legislative, they make laws

So what we want from the president is what they do, okay y'all?

See, their election every two years, but we don't ever even go to those

The Congress, they could raise minimum wage

But we ain't even really know it though

So you know how back in '08, when we all voted for Obama?

We was all supposed to go back in 2010 and vote for the Congress

'Cause they ones that make child support laws

They the ones choose if your kids at school

Get to eat steak or corn dogs

The state house makes the courthouse

So if the country failed, you can't say it's them, it's your fault

'Cause y'all ain't know to vote for Congress members that was for y'all

And they don't gotta leave at the four years and we just let 'em sit

They don't want to tell you this, they want you to focus on the President

Now the third branch is the Judicial, that's judges

They the reason why John Crawford and Trayvon ain't had justice

So when Meek Mill got locked up just for popping wheelies

We blame the judge and not the city?

When they let her voted in 'cause they ain't know who to vote against

Imagine life on the other side, roles better, schools better

Everybody get they license back, grocery store food better

Custody of your kids back, homeless people get new shelters

If we gonna fix the US, we gotta start with them two letters

Me and you

Somebody told us that the government want to keep us broke

But the only reason why those people in the government

Is 'cause we ain't vote

And I ain't talking about the President

I'm talking about the ones we ain't know

See they was gonna try to keep it low

But it's gon' hurt 'em when they see the polls