If Only

M.I.A but I'm here Chained to the ghetto You'll never find me Cuz we all look the same Identified by the numbers on our EBT cards We belong to the state packed away by section 8 Tell me what is our fate? Rich girls with painted faces from the other side of town You only come around once in a blue to tell us, what it is, that we could do If only, we weren't ignorant If only, we weren't gangbangers And hustlers, Child thieves And people molesters, If only our mothers, never cried cuz our babies had to die If only our fathers, weren't so young made to be men before the age of ten If only our sisters and our brothers hadn't been sold to demons in the night Given up without the chance to fight Man, if only you could see, open your eyes, and see See the guns we carry not for our fighting but for our defense See the drugs we sell not for our fun but for our lives See the women we love not for our pleasure but for our sanity But you cannot see for you are blinded by the ego you possess Rich girls who have never known what it means to suffer Coming around once in a blue to tell us, what it is, that we could do Just because Daddy made sure you bought the best and mommy took care of all the rest Come around again rich girl and let me show you what it is that I could do If only, if only, man if only.