Story Behind The Song
true experience
Song Description
cannot find employment based on race and media and social steroetypes which create
injustice and racial superiority
| Song Length |
3:41 |
Genre |
R & B - Soul, R & B - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heated, Intolerable |
Subject |
Protest, Economics |
| Similar Artists |
R. Kelly, Keith Sweat |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Hard on me
Every time I try to get a job
On the sign it reads that their hiring
But in the back of their mind they think I steal and rob
And when something goes down I?m the one their firing
Why you want to make it hard on me
What?s meant for you isn?t meant for me
In a world of equal opportunity
Why you want to make it hard on me
And when I read the paper or watch the evening news
I see my face on the front cover and I feel kind of blue
You know the truth is all of us don?t own a gun
And another truth is all of us don?t own a gun
And another truth is I never shot anyone
Why you want to make it hard on me
What?s meant for you isn?t meant for me
In a world of equal opportunity
Why you want to make it hard on me
And when I go out to eat at a fancy restaurant
They stare at me so hard trying to see if I have enough cash or a credit card
I don?t know what the problem is or maybe it?s just me
Maybe someday things will change in this twisted society
Why you want to make it hard on me
What?s meant for you isn?t meant for me
In a world of equal opportunity
Why you want to make it hard on me
And there is one more thing that I have to say
I just don?t sit around playing basketball and drinking liquor all day
Maybe I?m wrong or maybe it?s just me
But I don?t believe that they want me running their companies tell me
Why you want to make it hard on me
What?s meant for you isn?t meant for me
In a world of equal opportunity
Why you want to make it hard on me
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Archie Woods @copyright 2005