Hello poison, we hear you calling 
Familiar like a friend 
At least now it's in the great wide open 
It's good we don't pretend 
It's taken time, television and time 
Of course we know living life here in the city 
It's everywhere you look and see 
The hateful stares and the silent signs 
Directed at my dark skinned friends and me 
But we know why 

We know why our nation 
Plays trickle down and lies to control 
We know why they're jealous 
And fear to ever really let go 
Oh we know 
We know 

Same old trash, overused bedsprings 
Same old take away 
Babies grown and jumping, busy doing nothing 
No work or money to play 
And it's why try 
Slow poison 
So dissatisfied 
Nowhere really to climb 
If You want to run 
Where do you go? 
Where do you want to live? 
Where do you come from? 
And what's pride? 

But we know that our nation 
Plays trickle down and lies to control 
We know that they're jealous 
And fear to ever really let go 
Oh we know 
We know