It's hard to sleep these days
The sounds of all the screams
keep me awake
Love is gone, love is gone
We bend until we break,
stand by and watch us all go up in flames
Love is gone, love is gone
(uh, yeah)
Shit, the world is in flames
We worry 'bout materials
and the simplest things
When cops are killing people,
then they can't take the blame
They get acquitted, then you wonder
why all the people rage, stupid
We all keep praying for peace,
praying for progress
If you live in the hills
how you stay in the projects
So folks won't listen if they think
what I'm saying is conscious
They'd rather hear me
turning up on some simpler topics
Yeah so what's my place, am I out of line
For speaking what's going on,
and saying what's on my mind
This shit is fucked up,
plus it's happening all the time
My job, as a rapper is to entertain,
we tryna shine
I'm not no politician but they listen,
somebody informal
All the kids gotta find out
whats really important
I got a platform and a voice
and a stage to perform on
Music could be a good escape,
but outside it's been storming
It's hard to sleep these days
The sounds of all the screams
keep me awake
Love is gone, love is gone
We bend until we break,
stand by and watch us all go up in flames
Love is gone, love is gone
(uh, yeah)
As I sit in the studio,
guess the thinking this
If the statement's too crazy
then should I finish this
Or if my image is pretty,
don't wanna blemish this
Or ever split up my fans,
reduce my relevance
Pay attention and understand
what the premise is
Everything not gravy,
we can't pretend it is
So I salute YG, fuck the president
'Cause he a fucking racist
supported by white supremacists
Fuck Donald,
go back to just running businesses
We all wishing somehow
we could've prevented this
Until we all love each other nobody benefits
Minorities and feminists,
trans, gays and immigrants
The government mix
politics and religiousness
So a man's body's more free
than a woman's is
The anger is real, the riots are limitless
And nothing's gonna change
'til we killing off all this ignorance
It's hard to sleep these days
The sounds of all the screams
keep me awake
Love is gone, love is gone
We bend until we break,
stand by and watch us all go up in flames
Love is gone, love is gone
(uh, yeah)
Monsters, we've turned turned into monsters
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
Our conscience, we lost it
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
How did we get the way we are?
We are, we are
How did we get the way we are?
We are, we are
How did we get the way we are?
We are, we are
How did we get the way we are?
We are, we are
How did we get the way we are