Homegrown DC - Hard To Be Broke And Do Better

When you from the bottom, all you know is problems
I know money ain't everything but it give you some options
I know money ain't everything but it got me up out it
I know money ain't everything til it ain't in ya pocket
When ya stomach is growling, when they say they ain't hiring
When pain piercing your heart and they say keep on smiling
When you screaming out for help and they say that you wildin
When your check goes all on bills but the bills keep on piling
How I'm posed to keep my head up and keep being silent
I can't be seeking solace, nigga my children are watching
Warm words and helping hands are welcome
But is it enough to keep a broken man from stealing and robbing
Answer me that

Politicians play us for fools, they out for self
Vultures circling our culture, they out for wealth
We follow like sheep to the slaughter, and knew better
But it's hard to be broke and do better
Politicians play us for fools, they out for self
Vultures circling our culture, they out for wealth
We follow like sheep to the slaughter, and knew better
But it's hard to be broke and do better

Lord, let your light shine on the path to the right grind
Followed too many dead ends, I just need a life line
To pull me from the depths of my own mind
Nothing harder for a man to admit that he's broken down
I ain't looking for pity, I'm just tired of feeling hopeless
We fall down and get back up a little less focused
Dollars harder to stretch, we get a little less groceries
All the tears and pride I've swallowed over the years started choking me
Want to take a chance on myself but that's a heavy risk
One slip, my whole foundation sink to the abyss
Tryna balance fear and faith as my hand shakes
On the edge of what makes a man a failure or a man great
For real

Politicians play us for fools, they out for self
Vultures circling our culture, they out for wealth
We follow like sheep to the slaughter, and knew better
But it's hard to be broke and do better
Politicians play us for fools, they out for self
Vultures circling our culture, they out for wealth
We follow like sheep to the slaughter, and knew better
But it's hard to be broke and do better

Written by:
Daltalinn Carter

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