Cassius Thompson - Revolving Doors (Maelstrom) Lyrics

Yea...
Its hard to turn the mirror sometimes but
When you looking at the flood
You can't even help but look at yourself
Damn...

See the circle in reversal, whole life just been rehearsal
Universal mindset, but still its controversial
Black walker like Herschel, 'cept the money temporary
Carry to protect and avoid the cemetery
But the penitentiary, man its all in the plan
When the door swing around, it swings around again
You can't win, that's the way to many it seems
Street dreams by any means just to capture the green
Know what I mean, but I know its all been a scheme
Set screens to block it out, like you playing Hakeem
But be Kareem, ball is in your court, don't stop
Send hooks over the wall, bring the youth to the top
And then its Magic, they don't wanna hear don't be like me
Bruh they need role models, far as I can see, so what it be
Know you gotta get by any means, but this door is a machine
Built to keep us from our dreams, know what I mean...

And that's the way it go huh...
And that's the way it go...
And that's the way it go huh...
And that's the way it go...
Three-sixty on the door, they ain't even know
Three-sixty on the door, oh they wanted more
Three-sixty on the door, they ain't even know
Three-sixty on the door, told your ass before...

I see it ain't change, since twenty-fourteen
Make news through the memes, but the main don't stream
See the same old theme, when it flow the lane
They just leave it brown, cause the skin look the same
Ain't a game, but they always wanna proclaim
That they gonna make a change, make the water get clean
Looking good on the screen, but behind every scene
A mother and her child, tryna hold on and cling
To this basic little thing, that without ain't humane
That they hide with not shame, cause they don't know the names
And they don't know the story, this shit is mandatory
Feeling like Purgatory, they skipping the category
Now my people in jeopardy, tryna make it alive
Feeling like when Katrina came in two-thousand and five
And it took em' forever to see who f*cking survived
How long does it take for the help to arrive, I need to know...

But that's the way it go huh...
And that's the way it go...
And that's the way it go huh...
And that's the way it go...
Three-sixty on the door, they ain't even know
Three-sixty on the door, oh they wanted more
Three-sixty on the door, they ain't even know
Three-sixty on the door, told your ass before...

And its America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages
Barrage us, take our fathers, divide us
Because they grinding, Uncle Sam done took what they had
All left inside the bag, was an ounce and a half
And on the graph, see they names, pop as a number
Get put in deep slumber or face bout' ten summers
Or more, all because of that got damn door
We flooded by the grief, they demand encore
And what for, basic economics it seems
Free labor off the streets, while they killing your dreams
Its been five-hundred years, now they masking the crow
Flip bricks for two G's, but the casket was more
Because they watching, sure they might be chilling for a while
Til' they take out your child, over ten miles per hour
Routine by the book, eighteen white, mistook
Thirteen black, he crook, blue bitch claim he shook, got damn...

Way it go, way it go...
Way it go, way it go...
Will they ever know...
I don't even know...
Will they ever know...
I don't even know...

And that's the way it go huh...
And that's the way it go...
And that's the way it go huh...
And that's the way it go...
Three-sixty on the door, they ain't even know
Three-sixty on the door, oh they wanted more
Three-sixty on the door, they ain't even know
Three-sixty on the door, told your ass before...