Can't Understand - Cas Metah, Ruffian, Blueprint

Cas Metah:

Ayo my homie called the other day

He said «what up bruh, we gotta find another way

Folks dyin out here from all da drug decay»

Fam I feel what you sayin'

We done dug enough graves

«This gutters a maze

Where good people plummet in faith

'Cause no matter where they run

They never escape»

I’m wonderin if it’s because they never equate

The weight of their own worth with the worth of the weight

«I think boredoms the gate toward explorin' foreign-

Exchanges with dangerous portions of pain

I wish that it was all so simple but it ain’t»

I wish that I could understand man but I can’t

Nobody even sleeps, the whole worlds awake

Some are up on speed, some are up to pray

«So are some gonna heal?

Are some gonna tame?»

As soon as summers here I can say

It’s a cold climate we reside in

Why ya think the needle users pullin sleeves over they veins?

Is it shame that they hidin'?

Or just too broke for a coat

They rather shiver than change

Ruffian:

Hook:

Yo why my man struggling for free, instead of trying a little harder?

Sold his life for cheap, you understand

Why his daughter choked and couldn’t breathe?

She inhaled the scent of hell and

she couldn’t sleep, you understand

Why the pastor forgot how to preach?

And his wife toss and turn awake in the

sheets?

Can’t duck his hands

So she bruised from her heart and cheek

Can’t understand, won’t you stand in this place for me and understand

Cas Metah:

I met this lady from around the way

I run into her everytime I’m running to the bank

She always sitting on the same cracked sidewalk, beggin' for change

I told her change ain’t gon' come 'til she settles her pain

She said «you don’t know me and you don’t owe me a thang

What makes you my judge, you ain’t been in my place»

I said I’ve seen enough ghosts to recognize the face

Of those being chased by the killah that awaits

By the gates of your soul

Ready to take control of your physical and make it cold seis below

I can tell you make no goals

Haven’t slept one wink for one week, or even ate for a day or so

She felt the truth as I spoke, but didn’t hate it though

Unphased one gaze made it plain

She’s in a haze, content with her shade

She don’t see the son, so she don’t feel the rays

Addicted to the high life of fixin' the crave

Livin' a slave without the whips and the chains

So it took me by surprise when she looked me in my eyes

And said «honey, you’re right but can you please give me some change»

Ruffian:

Hook:

Yo why my man struggling for free, instead of trying a little harder?

Sold his life for cheap, you understand

Why his daughter choked and couldn’t breathe?

She inhaled the scent of hell and

she couldn’t sleep, you understand

Why the pastor forgot how to preach?

And his wife toss and turn awake in the

sheets?

Can’t duck his hands

So she bruised from her heart and cheek

Can’t understand, won’t you stand in this place for me and understand

Blueprint:

Uh huh, Too many questions and not enough answers

Make a brother want to throw his hands up

And maybe throw in a towel, I’m dawning a scowl

Thinking it’s wild how diseases like cancer still killing

If everybody and they mama rocking pink ribbons

And the company that makes them receives millions

Why we never see results on anything we’ve given?

I bet their exec’s are somewhere on a beach chilling

We all notice it but nobody speaks about it

‘Cause we think showing solidarity means being silent

Instead we’re mislead

Obedient sheep that never keep the hair on they heads

Being force fed opinions and views from television

Maybe that’s why they call it the tube

Few choices in what we consume

But just because we eat it up, doesn’t mean that it’s food

You want change?

Then start thinking long range

Tomorrows happiness is built on what you do today

Get committed to improving your days

And be prepared for them to look at you strange when you change

Ruffian:

Hook:

Yo why my man struggling for free, instead of trying a little harder?

Sold his life for cheap, you understand

Why his daughter choked and couldn’t breathe?

She inhaled the scent of hell and

she couldn’t sleep, you understand

Why the pastor forgot how to preach?

And his wife toss and turn awake in the

sheets?

Can’t duck his hands

So she bruised from her heart and cheek

Can’t understand, won’t you stand in this place for me and understand