Yes We Can

B. Smith
U in the Media
Yes We Can


Racism, Classism, putting people down,
Not 6 ft. under, but we lower than the ground,
Crime, oppression, don’t blame it on the man,
They say we can’t make it, Yes We Can,
The system is the enemy, the problem is the power,
The media’s the instigator, happens every hour,
Writers and producers just tryna get a check,
Gotta feed the kids, so they caught up by the neck,
All you hear is gossip, or the war in Iraq,
But they keep pushing back, on the dealers with the crack,
And the bums downtown, while the higher class smiling,
If they just look around, see 100 million frowns,
(Yes We Can) break outta the violence, stop moving in silence,
We gotta be known, it has to be shown,
One nation under god, better yet the thought,
Or the belief of a better day, many people fought,
MLK, JFK, Honest Abe, need I say,
Everyone who’s tryna help tomorrow, or just today,
Because yesterday, well the past, life in America was injured,
And still walking on glass, still holding up the mass,
(Yes We Can) all the people have to do is take a stand,
Hold each others hands, and demand, all in sync, like a band,
Man damn, yo we need to prosecute,
Not jus the drugs, dirty money, and the prostitutes,
Life’s a female, society’s tryna kick her,
Legally, with all the cigarettes and liquor,
Some people ignorant, don’t wanna see the truer side,
The main thing that kill us is drugs, sex and suicide,
(Yes We Can) become more than a statistic,
More than entertainment, cuz we not a quick fix,
U-N-I-T-Y, stop the mixes,
The races, the classes, the living in the past tense,
So, if you feel ashamed for this man,
Named America, please try and get off the stand,
Drop the knife and put the mic in ya hand,
Say Yes We Can, Yes We Can, Yes We Can!!!