The Bigger Picture - Lil Baby (lyrics) Protests and growing national outcry continues Over the death of George Floyd Last night, people protesting in Minneapolis escalated As demonstrators were lashed by tear gas and rubber bullets The main message here, the main message here, the main message here Is that they want to see those officers involved They want to see those officers arrested Officers arrested (I can\u0027t breathe, I can\u0027t breathe) Trade my 4 x 4 for a G63, ain\u0027t no more free Lil Steve I gave \u0027em chance and chance and chance again I even done told them please I find it crazy the police\u0027ll shoot you and know that you dead But still tell you to freeze Fucked up, I seen what I seen I guess that mean hold him down if he say he can\u0027t breathe It\u0027s too many mothers that\u0027s grieving They killing us for no reason Been going on for too long to get even Throw us in cages like dogs and hyenas I went to court and they sent me to prison My mama was crushed when they said I can\u0027t leave First I was drunk, then I sobered up quick When I heard all that time that they gave to Taleeb He got a life sentence plus We just some products of our environment How the fuck they gon\u0027 blame us? You can\u0027t fight fire with fire I know, but at least we can turn up the flames some Every colored person ain\u0027t dumb and all whites not racist I be judging by the mind and heart, I ain\u0027t really into faces Fucked up, the way that we livin\u0027 is not getting better You gotta know how to survive Crazy, I had to tell all of my loved ones To carry a gun when they going outside Stare in the mirror whenever you drive Overprotective, go crazy for mine You gotta pay attention to the signs Seem like the blind following the blind Thinking \u0027bout everything that\u0027s going on I boost security up at my home I\u0027m with my kind if they right or they wrong I call him now, he\u0027ll pick up the phone And it\u0027s five in the morning, he waking up on it Tell \u0027em wherever I\u0027m at, then they comin\u0027 I see blue lights, I get scared and start runnin\u0027 That shit be crazy, they \u0027posed to protect us Throw us in handcuffs and arrest us While they go home at night, that shit messed up Knowing we needed help, they neglect us Wondering who gon\u0027 make them respect us I can see in your eye that you fed up Fuck around, got my shot, I won\u0027t let up They know that we a problem together They know that we can storm any weather It\u0027s bigger than black and white It\u0027s a problem with the whole way of life It can\u0027t change overnight But we gotta start somewhere Might as well gon\u0027 \u0027head start here We done had a hell of a year I\u0027ma make it count while I\u0027m here God is the only man I fear Fuck it, I\u0027m goin\u0027 on the front line He gon\u0027 bust your ass if you come past that gun line You know when the storm go away, then the sun shine You gotta put your head in the game when it\u0027s crunch time I want all my sons to grow up to be monsters I want all my daughters to show out in public Seems like we losing our country But we gotta stand up for something, so this what it comes to Every video I see on my conscience I got power, now I gotta say somethin\u0027 Corrupted police been the problem where I\u0027m from But I\u0027d be lying if I said it was all of them I ain\u0027t do this for the trend, I don\u0027t follow them Altercations with the law, had a lot of them People speaking for the people, I\u0027m proud of them Stick together, we can get it up out of them I can\u0027t lie like I don\u0027t rap about killing and dope But I\u0027m telling my youngins to vote I did what I did \u0027cause I didn\u0027t have no choice or no hope I was forced to just jump in and go This bullshit is all that we know, but it\u0027s time for a change Got time to be serious, no time for no games We ain\u0027t takin\u0027 no more, let us go from them chains God bless they souls, every one of them names It\u0027s bigger than black and white It\u0027s a problem with the whole way of life It can\u0027t change overnight But we gotta start somewhere Might as well gon\u0027 \u0027head start here We done had a hell of a year I\u0027ma make it count while I\u0027m here God is the only man I fear They trainin\u0027 officers to kill us Then shootin\u0027 protestors with these rubber bullets They regular people, I know that they feel it These scars too deep to heal us What happened to COVID? Nobody remember It ain\u0027t makin\u0027 sense, I\u0027m just here to vent It happen to one of your people, it\u0027s different We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it Knowledge is power, I swear I\u0027m a witness, I know that I\u0027m gifted I won\u0027t go too deep \u0027cause I\u0027m scared they\u0027ll get me Ain\u0027t scared to admit it, some shit I can\u0027t mention It\u0027s people who can, well, here\u0027s the chance I won\u0027t take the stand, but I\u0027ll take a stand for what I believe Must not be breathing the air that I breathe You know that the way that I bleed, you can bleed I never been a fan of police But my neighborhood know I try to keep peace So it\u0027s only right that I get in the streets March for a reason, not just on GP Our people died for us to be free Fuck do you mean? This was a dream Now we got the power that we need to have They don\u0027t want us with it and that\u0027s why they mad, yeah It\u0027s bigger than black and white It\u0027s a problem with the whole way of life It can\u0027t change overnight But we gotta start somewhere Might as well gon\u0027 \u0027head start here We done had a hell of a year I\u0027ma make it count while I\u0027m here God is the only man I fear It\u0027s bigger than black and white It\u0027s a problem with the whole way of life It can\u0027t change overnight But we gotta start somewhere Might as well gon\u0027 \u0027head start here We done had a hell of a year I\u0027ma make it count while I\u0027m here God is the only man I fear