i am my brothers keeper
but we cant keep the brothers peace because they need a leader
the kids need a teacher, the streets need a school
and the school could be cheaper
complete with a cafeteria they eat in
and a lady named eva heating up the frozen pizza
maybe they need the preacher
still it seems the preacher equally need believers
teaching faith in jesus while he don't believe it neither
what do we need then
fuck it, none of the above
its up to only you to show and prove or give it up
with introspection or fisticuffs
really whats a father that can't even show his children love
so they learn to solve problems sticking up
without a fingerprint, hand fit inside the glove
provided for em
the lifestyle is built on instinct
so when he has a child - they'll probably do the same thing

if i waited all my life
just to give up everything
really what was the meaning all along?

teacher aint spared when the cannon spatters randomly
we'll be there in the morning just to tear apart your family
pastor ain't spared when the cannon spatters randomly
and this gon hit you like it happened to you

i am my brother's keeper
but would you keep the brothers peace if you didn't know who they were
they were wandering the streets another nameless stranger
you were the same --in that second, just someone to blame for their aimless anger
'wrong time of day' situation
plus you only roll this way home on occasion
you looked him in the face just to give a friendly gesture
bust the lid on a kid who couldn't take the pressure
all it took it was seconds
couldn't even build the breath for conversation
never even grazed the surface of a hesitation
we turn friends into enemies with our imagination
over blow and base, a faceless mans product placement
to me - what makes a taken life so sad
you take away all the things they may have never had
oh well - the lifestyle is built on instinct
spend our whole lives learning to forget to think

if you waited all your life
just to lose it tonight
would you do it again
through a different sight
everything

teacher aint spared when the cannon spatters randomly
we'll be there in the morning just to tear apart your family
pastor ain't spared when the cannon spatters randomly
and this gon hit you like it happened to you