Eddy B - Paper [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Hook]
You read the paper, it makes you cry
Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper

[Verse 1]
Momma cryin' as she lookin' through the paper tryin' to get a job
She told me, "Listen to God" but I can't hear him over gunshots
Corner of to kill or be killed
When everybody packin' heat, how the fuck I'm gon' chill?
Man, how the fuck should I feel when what I'm selling y'all don't feel enough?
No bliss in ignorance but something
Especially when you've been at it since an adolescent
Supplying addicts with the destiny they manifestin' for dead presidents
We livin' for the present tense, down to prove our precedence
Legally the preference, the opposite is prevalent
Mentally the resident, the place is where the medicine
No leave you feelin' heaven sent, I'm messing with no evidence
What's a young nigga supposed to do for a livin'
When I've fared nothing but an ugly truth for a nigga?
I'll die before I fail so I fend for my own
Don't know if I'll make it home, so momma sit by the phone
I'm chasin' paper

[Hook]
Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper..

[Verse 2]
I don't know when my next meals comin', that's why I'm so hungry
Don't need a beat, -------inside of my tummy
I hear grumblin' but the ramen doesn't do my hunger justice
An empty stomach leads the mind astray with no discussion
Can you blame me for actin' shady?
The system weighs me
Farming black people for the green and bullets graze me
It's crazy, see no resemblance when they made me
Look into my eyes and see a baby
First we was slaves, nay anybody would rape and pillage
Now we runnin' streets, all you see is rapes and killings
Naturally the less fortunate, I'm made to villain
Lookin' down on they gear, such a shameful image
What's a man to do for affording Pampers too?
His baby mama saying she wanna be pampered too
I'm screaming "Money over all"
Hopeless to the casket
Can't you see, we aren't no longer asking
Chasin' after paper

[Hook]
Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper..
Paper..Paper..Paper..Paper..
Paper..Paper..

[Outro]
Hello?