It\'s a Shame
Z-Ro

[20 seconds of instrumental to open]

[Z-Ro]
Who else but me, can see the state of emergency that we face
Cause wearin of certain clothin can get a brother a case
Talkin pants, Air Force Ones, and a baseball cap
It's casual, but to authorities it mean you sellin crack
It's a shame I can't ride on the rich side of town
Without bein pulled over, thrown on the hood and patted down
Searchin my person for weapons and drug paraphenalia
It's rough on a thug that's what I'm tellin ya
When I say thug, I don't mean I'm 'sposed to be locked behind bars
Cause my acronym for thug is True Hero Under God
But still I'm a criminal cause I got gold teeth
Ain't no justice for blacks, just-us with no sleep
And they wonder why I keep a Glock 40 on my hip
Cause Houston police department love to empty full clips
Accidental death? Bullshit! They murdered all my eses
Chinga tu madre de policina {?} puente
If they get out of line, I get out of line
I'll be damned if I don't fight for my freedom and don't mind dyin
Already got one foot in the grave, ain't shit for me to jump in
Almost overdosin on codeine, heart barely pumpin
I'm high all the time, straight addicted
Paranoid, my dog might be a detective, so I don't wanna kick it
Even though I don't rob banks or sell street rocks
I still be callin collect to Trae to say, come bail me out
This crooked-ass America, I swear they got some game
Every city I travel to, the situation the same
I can't even say it's racial cause I got some white friends
Then again, they get patted cause I'm not a white friend
It's a shame

[Chorus: Z-Ro]
Bad enough they wanna follow me around the sto'
Like I'ma steal somethin, thinkin I ain't got no dough
And if I died tonight, they'll think I did a crime for it
Offer me 25, insistin that I sign for it
Why I can't drive a fancy ride and rock diamonds and gold
Why every time I shine you wanna crucify my soul
Under investigation cause the ghetto on parole
Something's wrong, if I'm not flowin it's a shame

[Z-Ro]
27 years of struggle is all I saw
I done lost homies to homies, and homies to the law
Everywhere I lay my head, dere been homicides
I done seen so many murders since the day my momma died
I ain't lyin, will I remit, will I survive, can I breathe?
Cause I don't see too many Christians as murderers and thieves
And I never seen a man cry, until I seen a man die
But he was tryin to do me so I had to make that man fly
Will the authorities understand self-defense
All they give a damn about is who did it and evidence
Screamin guilty to take another thug off the street
Prejudiced prosecutors can't keep no blood off the street
I'm one deep, if I gotta use my burner, I'm safe
I ain't gotta go Rollin' on the River like Tina Turner
Cause this crooked-ass America, I swear they got some game
Innocent until never found guilty, but still in chains
It's a shame

[Chorus]


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  1 Night   1 Nite   1st Time Again   25 Lighter   25 Lighters   3 Way Relationship   3rd Coast   8 Minute Freestyle   A Southern Girl   A Southern Girl   Act like that   Ain't Havin None Of That Bullshit   Ain't Havin' None of That Bullshit   Ain't Havin None Of That Bullshit   Ain’t Havin None of That Bullshit   All Fall Down   All Night   All Night Long   And 2 My G's   And 2 My G's   And 2 My G’s   Another Song   Auntie & Grandma   Baby Girl   Baby Momma Blues   Baller Please   Barre Kelly / Get Money Pro Freestyle   Battlefield   Betta Watch   Beware   Blast Myself   Block Bleeder   Boss   Bottom To The Top   Bring My Mail   Bud Sack   Burbans & Lacs   Burbans & Lacs   But   But it s okay   Call My Phone   Can't Leave Drank Alone   Can\'t Leave Drank Alone   Can't Leave Drank Alone   Can’t Complain   Change Of Scenery   Chip on My Shoulder   City Of Killers   City of Syrup   City Streets   Come Back Wit It   Coming Dyne   Confidential Playa   Continue 2 Roll   Crack   Crack Intro   Creepin'   Creepin'   Crooked Officer   Dedicated 2 U   Definition of a Real Nigga   Denzel Washington   Devil Ass City   Dirty 3rd   Dirty Work   Do Bad On My Own   Do It Again (Feat. Lil Keke)   Do You See   Does It Matter (Intro)   Doing Just Fine   Don't Stop Now   Don't Wanna Hurt Nobody   Don't Worry Bout Mine   Don\'t Worry Bout Mine   Don't Wanna Hurt Nobody   Don’t Be Like Me   Dont Wanna Hurt Nobody   Driving Me Wild   Everyday   Everyday, Samethang   Everytime   Exclusive 8 Minute Freestyle   Exotic Girl   Exotic Girl (feat. Kez)   Eyes On Niggas   Eyes On Paper   Eyez On Da Prize   Face Real Heavy (feat. B.G.)   Fell So Many Times   Final Curtain Call   For My Gangsta's   For My Gangsta's   For My Gansta's   Free Style   Freestyle   Freestyle (Chopped & Screwed)   Friends   From The South   From The South (Ft. Paul Wall & Lil' Flip)   From the South [Chopped & Screwed]   Fuck All Yal   Fuck Wit Y'all   Fuck Wit Y’all   Gangsta   Gangsta Girl   Get High (Remix)   Get It Crunk   Get Yo Paper   Ghetto Crisis   Go Long (Feat. Slim Thug)   Go to War   Going Down In The South   Gonna Get Easier   Gorilla 'Til I Die   Gotta Let Go (Skit)   Greed   Gripping Grain   Guerilla Till I Die   H-Town   H-Town Kinda Day   H.A.T.E.   Hands Up   Happy Alone   Happy Feelingz   Hard Times   Hate   Haters Song   Haters Song (Let It Go)   Haterz Got Me Wrong   Hatin Me   Hatin' Me   Head Hunta   Heaven   Help Me Please   Help Me Please [Chopped & Screwed]   Here We Go   Hey Lil Mama   Homie, Lover, Friend   How Does It Feel   How Does It Feel?   Hustlin' All I Can Do   Hustling All I Can Do   I Ain't Gonna Lie   I Can\'t Leave Drank Alone   I Don't Give A Damn   I Don't Stop   I Don\'t Give A Damn   I Don\'t Stop   I Don't Give A Damn   I Don't Stop   I Dont Stop   I Found Me   I Gotta Stay on My Grind   I Hate U B***h   I Hate U Bitch   I Hate You   i hate you bitch   I Just Wanna Say   I Remember   I'm A Gangsta   I'm A Soldier   I'm Alive   I'm Gone   I'm High, I'm Throwed   I\'m a Soldier   I'm A Soldier   I'm Alive   I’m Alive   I’m Gone   If That's How You Feel   II Many Niggaz   II Trill   Im A Soldier   Imposters   In Aint Takin No Loss Pt. 2   In My City   In My Prime   Intro   Intro (Melting the Crown)   Intro [Instrumental]   It's A Shame   It's Gonna Be Alright   It's A Shame   It's Gonna Be Alright   Its Gonna Be Alright   Jaccers Wanna Know   June 27th   June 27th Classic   Jus' A Hoe   Jus' A Hoe   Jus’ a Hoe   Keep It 100   Keep It Real   Keep On   Keep Runnin   Keep Runnin'   Keep Shining   Keep Shining (feat. Chris Ward)   King Of The Ghetto   Kings Of The South   Kush Drank Pills   Legendary   Let Me Live My Life   Let The Truth Be Told   Let's Chill   Let’s Chill   Lets Chill   Life   Life Is A Battlefield   Life Is a Bitch   Life Is A Struggle & Pain   Life Is A Struggle & Pain   Life Story   Like Jesus   Like What You See (Feat. Slim Thug)   Live Your Life   Lonely   Long Time   Look At Me   Look Good   Look What You Did To Me   Lookin Like G'z   Looking Good   Lord Tell Me Why   Lost Another Soldier   Lost Another Soldier (Tribute To Big Mello)   Love Ain't Live   Love Ain\'t Live   Love Ain't Live   Love It   Love These Bitches   Lovely Day   M16   Mac & tha King (feat. Mac Grace)   Made   Maintain   Make It   Man Cry   Mercy   Mirror Mirror On The Wall   Mirror, Mirror   Mirror, Mirror On the Wall   Miss My Dawg   Miss My Mama   Mo City   Mo City Don   Mo City Don [*]   Mo City Don Freestyle   Mo City Don..Freestyle   Moments in tha Hood   More Or Less   Murder'ra   Murder'ra   Murderer   My Life   My Momma   My Money   My Sermon   My Story   My Story (slowed)   Naked Headed Lover   Never Been   Never Had Love   Never Let It Go   Never Take Me Alive   New Shit   Nigga From The Hood   Nigga Like Me   No Games   No More Pain   No Reason   On My Grind   One Deep   One Mo Time   One Night   One Thug   One Two   Outro   Outro [#][*]   Outro: I See Ya [*][Instrumental]   P.A.N.   P.A.N. (feat. King Shaun)   Paid My Dues   Pain   Paper Game   Party   Passenger Side   Phuq With Me   Pig Feet   Pimp On   Platinum   Playa   Playa Don't   Playa Don't   Playa Dont   Plex   Pocket Fulla Cash   Porcupine   Quarterback Vision   Quarterback Vizion   R U Down   Raw   Razor Blade   Real   Real Niggaz   Real Or Fake   Remember Me   Respect My Mind   Respect My Mind [Chopped & Screwed]   Respect Something   Respect Something [feat. Billy Cook]   Rest in Peace Hawk   Ride 2 Night   Ride All Day   Right Here By Your Side   RIP   Rollin   Rollin Chrome   Rollin On Swangaz   Rolling Up A Zone   S.U.C. 4 Life   Same Everday   Same Everyday   Same One   Screw Did That   Screwed Up   Se Me Now   Shelter from da Storm   Shelter From The Storm   Shelter In Da Time Of Storm   Shelter in the Storm   ShingDig   Shotta   Since We Lost Y'all (feat. Krayzie Bone)   Slow Loud And Bangin   Smokers Anthem   So High   So Much   Sometimes I Ride   Soufside Can't Stop   Soufside Can't Stop   Southern Girl   Southside   Southside Can't Stop   Southside Groovin   SouthSide Groovin’   Spend Yo Money wit Me   Stalker   Staying Alive   Steady Ballin'   Steady Ballin'   Still In My Life   Still In the Hood   Still Livin'   Still Livin'   Still My Life   Still Standing   Still Watchin   Stranger in the Midst   Struggling To Change   Sunshine   Sunshine(Feat) Lil Keke   Swang On 4's   Swang On 4's   Swang On 4’s   Swangin On 4's   Sweet James   T.H.U.G.   T.H.U.G. (True Hero Under God)   Take My Time   Talkin' Down On Me   Talkin' Down On Me   Talking To the Popo   Tall Tale of a G   Tall Tale Of Ag   Tell Me What You See   Tha 3rd Coast   Tha Police   Thank You   That Mo   That s what i did   That'z Who I Am   That'z Who I Am (LP Version)   That\'s You   That'z Who I Am   That’s the Type of Nigga I Am   That’z Who I Am   The Crown   The Dirty 3Rd   The Mo City Don   The Mule   The Real Is Bacc (Snippet-2014)   The Real Is Back   The Same One   These Days   These Niggaz   They See A Playa   Third Coast   This Ain't Livin'   This Ain't Livin'   This Ain’t Livin   Thug Life   Thug Nigga   Time   Time and Time Again   Tired   To Love A Thug   Today   Too Many Niggaz   Top Notch   Trickin [*][Instrumental]   Truth Is   Type Of Ni**a I Am   Type Of Nigga I Am   U Gotta Let Go   Uncut   Up In My Face   Wake Up   Walking Hard   Way 2 Fly   We Ballin   We Ride   What Happened To That Dude   What It Look Like (feat. Billy Brasco)   What's Going On   What's My Name   What\'s Going On   What's Going On   What's My Name   Whatcha Gon’ Do   Whats My Name   When I Get Free   When We Ride   Where Is The Love   Where My Money At   Where the Real   Who Could It Be   Whut Up Now   Why   Will I Go Crazy   Women Men   Wonder If I'm Blessed   Wonder If I'm Blessed   Wood Grain Grippin (feat. KB, Trae Tha Truth)   Work It   World Wide   Wreckshop   You   You Gotta Let Go   Young Nigga   Z-Ro   Z-Ro & Bun   Z-Ro the Crooked

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