It’s a shame
That’s the way it’s been oh
Ever since
All we know is twice as hard
For real
They don’t know how it feels
No even keel
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard

Wake up, get the bread
No breakfast, nigga
You can say prayer, if it helps your mind
But we been too long dependin’ on religion
Forced upon us
Has it helped us to amount?
Imagine that it’s all because of pigmentation
Most of us black kids once wanted to be white
Only years later comes appreciation
Momma used to tell me that
I figured she was right
50-plus percent of them don’t really like us, nah
50-plus percent of them would send us back for sure
50-plus percent of them don’t know why we came here
What has a lot to do with it
The white man’s greed and the fear
The pages of history
Leave us today with a mystery
Wish we could rewrite those
But truth be told, then I wouldn’t be spittin’ here
Now the chains are invisible
Tell me how we get rid of those
Do the unthinkable, be a miracle
You’d still be a nigga tho

It’s a shame
That’s the way it’s been oh
Ever since
All we know is twice as hard
For real
They don’t know how it feels
No even keel
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard

These scars might never fade
Matter fact, they opening up again
While from rubber trees and cotton fields
Up to this day lots of us are still tryna heal
Cut us some slack
Matter fact, cut the cheque
If we keep it 100
No amount could pay it back
Yeah I said it and I meant it
Get some fucking anaesthetics
Can’t go livin’ in the past
Neither can we just forget it
We got hopes, we got dreams
Never ever let them touch your self-esteem
Just keep your head high
Until we reach dry land
We keep swimming against the stream
Bare with me now

It’s a shame
That’s the way it’s been oh
Ever since
All we know is twice as hard
For real
They don’t know how it feels
No even keel
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard

Time cures
But time is taking his time with us
And you know there’s really nothing more valuable
R A C I S M is still alive, shit
I wish that bitch committed suicide
Look, don’t call me a “nigga”
Police stay out my business
And fuck ‘em job description
If that shit ain’t skinless
Bouncer let us up in it
That’s black music they spinnin’
I think I’ve said my piece..

It’s a shame
That’s the way it’s been oh
Ever since
All we know is twice as hard
For real
They don’t know how it feels
No even keel
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard
All we know is twice as hard