De'juan - Letter 2 Toronto Lyrics

Yeah
This for the city man

Why so many homicides
Every morning I wake up and see my brothers die
Haven't broken this record in more than 25 years
Turning on the news, seeing mothers crying tears
When they just lost a son
Probably beefing over money or the lost of some drugs
Maybe it was turf, tell me what's life worth
Funerals the only time that we up in church
Wonder whose to blame
Is it us or the system
Scared to have a son
Anyone could be a victim
Needing opportunties
Build more ball courts
Back in the day
I would always wear my ball shorts
Underneath my jeans
Preparing to hoop
Now we on insta totting guns like we troops
I'm just painting you
Pictures of my view
City I grew up in honestly I never knew
That I start to rap
I got niggas in the trap
Thinking that's the only way, they just trying to advance
But to what end know we all lost friends
Hard to see the bigger picture when you staring through a lens
Feel like
We need a talk to God
Seems like
Devil got a grip on y'all
Poor little girl she just wanted to ball
Shot up in the playground
Left me scarred
I don't even know her but it cut me deep
Seeing as this violence in my city really f*ck with me
I lost two friends I use to hoop with
Know it's need to stop, but
I don't know the blueprint
All I know we need change
If you care about the people then you feel my pain
Hope you know, life is not a game
Until it hits home, but then it's too late
Starts with us we can make a difference
Do you really trust all these dirty politicians
Sell you a dream just to get voted in
Once they in parliament then they over it
But mothers still crying
Kids still dying
Sleeping in the night time
Wake up hearing signs
Saying to myself not again
Lost too many men like 50 said
Kill your own brother just to get ahead
Where's the loyalty
Spread love we could live cordially
Want that Zan talk, you'll get bored of me
I'm a say what's real, means more to me
Stand for something, or die for nothing
Use to bite my tongue
At times I wasn't
Being true to myself, though I couldn't make an impact
If I change one mind, then I did just that

Always keep the faith, they'll be better days
Trust in the Lord, know he'll make a way
Sat me down said son you just gotta wait
Leave it up to me
It'll be okay
Leave it up to me
It'll be okay