Outcome

Yeah…

Tayo, they say it take a village…

But the village packed up and left.

Left us with the bill… and the blame.

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HOOK (this is the banger part)

They say it takes a village, but nobody stayed long enough

Bright mind in the dark, they ain’t love me, they just gave me cuffs

No love, no touch, no hug, nobody gave a fuck

Now they asking why we numb the pain, why we stuck on drugs

Yeah—

Born in the streets, yeah we know how to run

From the cops who gun for fun, killing daughters and sons

They call us thugs, but look at what we come from

Misguided youth—that’s the outcome

(Repeat hook once, ad-libs like “yeah”, “uh”, “look”)

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VERSE 1

They say step back, let the government take charge

But they only show up when it’s time to break hearts

Easier to do nothing than to play a part

So we grew up cold, no heat, just the dark

No mentor, no guidance, no hands to hold

Just sirens at night and a mattress on the floor

Bright mind, but the light got ignored

Now I’m writing pain in these lines, trying to settle the score

They love statistics, charts, and numbers

But never count the nights we went under

Never count the tears from the mothers

Only show concern when the body’s covered

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HOOK

They say it takes a village, but nobody stayed long enough

Bright mind in the dark, they ain’t love me, they just gave me cuffs

No love, no touch, no hug, nobody gave a fuck

Now they asking why we numb the pain, why we stuck on drugs

Born in the streets, yeah we know how to run

From the cops who gun for fun, killing daughters and sons

They call us thugs, but look at what we come from

Misguided youth—that’s the outcome

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VERSE 2 (harder, angrier delivery)

Question why we end up dead or locked in a cage

Same system writing checks for our rage

Put us in a box, then they tell us behave

While they profit off prisons, modern-day slaves

Raised by survival, not a silver spoon

Every choice was do or die, no room to lose

They see a threat when we enter the room

I see trauma stitched deep into every wound

Government games, yeah they perpetrate lies

Then look us in the face like we chose this life

Equation already solved before we tried

Set up to fail, then blamed for the crime

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BRIDGE (beat drops, almost spoken)

I can see it in your eyes

You already wrote me off

To you I’m just another loss

So don’t act surprised when I say—

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FINAL HOOK / OUTRO

Fuck off.

You never showed love when it mattered the most

Fuck off.

Now you mourning bodies you helped to expose

Fuck off.

We products of neglect and broken homes

Fuck off.

This pain made me cold—but it sharpened my soul

(Beat rides out with ad-libs: “yeah… look what you made us…”