JDAWG – “Set Up by the System”
(Street Narrative Version)
[Intro]
Yeah… JDAWG.
This one’s for the real ones who been framed,
For the ones they tried to silence.
They don’t protect — they control.
Listen close…
[Hook]
Cops set up, feds on the payroll,
Plantin’ bags just to meet they quota goal.
Talkin’ justice but they movin’ like villains,
Set up by the system — same ones killin’.
Politicians smilin’, hands in the dirt,
Lyin’ on the news while we bleedin’ from the work.
Yeah, I see the game, I ain’t blind to the vision,
Street life real, we set up by the system.
[Verse 1]
I seen a brother get framed on a block with no witness,
Cops took the photo, then doctored up the business.
Same night, mayor sippin’ wine with the chief,
Next day, we in cuffs — no rights, no relief.
They patrol like soldiers, treatin’ corners like war zones,
Tap our phones, raid homes, breakin’ bones.
Talkin’ ‘bout protectin’ and servin’ the peace,
But they only serve cuffs and corrupt police.
We the ones pay the price, they the ones takin’ checks,
While the judge look away from the evidence they wreck.
[Hook]
Cops set up, feds on the payroll,
Plantin’ bags just to meet they quota goal.
Talkin’ justice but they movin’ like villains,
Set up by the system — same ones killin’.
Politicians smilin’, hands in the dirt,
Lyin’ on the news while we bleedin’ from the work.
Yeah, I see the game, I ain’t blind to the vision,
Street life real, we set up by the system.
[Verse 2]
Government corruption — it run deep in they veins,
They profit off pain, off the hood’s remains.
They fund both sides, got us fightin’ each other,
While they countin’ dirty money under covers.
Every law passed got a price in the backroom,
Justice for sale, truth locked in the courtroom.
I seen moms cry, sons get buried young,
Media twistin’ stories, actin’ like we dumb.
But I speak for the streets — we won’t fade, we resist,
They can frame the frame, but the truth still exists.
[Bridge]
They call us thugs — we just tryna survive,
But they the ones snakin’ with badges disguised.
Ain’t no peace till the truth come out,
JDAWG in the booth, I’ma air it out.
[Hook – Final]
Cops set up, feds on the payroll,
Plantin’ bags just to meet they quota goal.
Talkin’ justice but they movin’ like villains,
Set up by the system — same ones killin’.
Politicians smilin’, hands in the dirt,
Lyin’ on the news while we bleedin’ from the work.
Yeah, I see the game, I ain’t blind to the vision,
Street life real, we set up by the system.
[Male Vocal]
