Homeland security!
Homeland security!
In all the headlines
But in tha' 'Hood
It's behind the times
Remembering Grandfather mine
My "Homeland Security Role Model"
Advice like a pulled trigger
For threats nearer and bigger-
"SON, FORGET THE WHITE MAN
YOU WATCH THAT NIGGA'!!"
The "neighbor" who steals
Your big screen TV
Then says sweetly,
"Was there a burglary?"
The thugs tearing up the "Hood
Shooting, shouting, selling...
That ain't security
Police brutality
Ain't public safety
Profiled racially before boarding
Searched every time I fly
But brothers like me don't knock planes
Outta' the sky
Homeland security
I'm with that
Don't forget
Domestic danger
We face it every day
Black-on-black crime
Is TERRORISM to me
Black-on-Black crime
Is TERRORISM to me
Sleep with one eye open
When crackheads prowl
Sleep with one eye open
When sirens howl
Homeland security
I'm with that totally
Like this poetry
I practice
HomeBOY security
HomeBOY security
HomeGIRL security
Want a safer country?
Listen...
To you and me.