WHAT ARE WE DOING?
[Verse 1]
Emotional bruises
Somehow I keep turning these scars into more Excuses
For me to never hold a muzzle in front of these two lips
Invest 2 cents in the piggy bank of children's Influence
How foolish
To think I'm so insignificant you don't study movements
Choosin' the savage frees anger but a foundation's ruined
But not to acknowledge our sins is the crime that's the truest
Bridges burned no lessons learned, what am I doing?
Stay in the shadows so long forgot the light I'm Losing
Stay on this path is a highway to hell, but I'm just Cruising
All that cursing all that violence to prove that we're the Coolest
But that's not really our life, really what are we proving?
What are we doing?
We're just Walkin round talkin reckless
Hang each other for a necklace
Milk the game for all its worth pull out the nesquik
Here's perspective
Trying to gain respect of Ppl I have no business impressing
Satan's an expert at weaving his intricate webbing so
I'm sure God has some questions...like

[Chorus]
.....What Are We Doing?
.....What Are We Doing?
Making the same mistakes although the sin is proven
Face correction with attitude
What Are We Doing?
.....What Are We Doing?
.....What Are We Doing?
Seems like society's complacent with never improving
Afraid of our own altitude
What Are We Doing?

[Chorus Bridge]
And I know it's been said before
But you can't let nobody steal your glow
Feels like the dark is more comfortable
But Let your spirit show
(x2)

[Verse 2 Bridge]
I've learned that while I can't keep beating myself up for my past I can't keep making excuses for it either.
Neither, brings progression toward redemption after too long.
We must accept that as long as we have a voice that reaches we are leaders
And there's a little somebody somewhere that is striving to be us
And whatever we give em is the example they have
What path will you lead them to?

[Verse 2]
Your honor
I got a confession to make, your honor
It was us who made black power a joke, yeah we're the authors
Of the horrors past '68, when they shot our King just to pawn us
Jim Crow been dead for years yet look at what he taught us
How can we be "tha man" when we blame "the man" for our problems
Our women are so precious yet look at the things we call her
Why's it cooler to degrade her than exalt her, huh???
Man that's gonna be one awkward conversation with my daughter
And It gets no Better
Through it all, We're no different from our predecessors
History repeats itself I wonder what they never tell us
Any true bringer of change dies, you see the set-up?
Like is that really what it takes for us to make hit records?
I'll admit there was that time my anger got the best of
Me so I guess that
I messed up
Cuz we're so worried about that time we let NaS down
We let it get to countless times how much we let God down
What are we....doing?

[Chorus]

[Chorus Bridge]

SPOKEN WORD OUTRO
Shoot for the moon
We're meant to live out our dreams
Though our skies may be cloudy
Stars not out of reach as they seem
We only use a fraction of our brains but I'll make that 10% go a long way like tithes
Though All of my brothers dyin...
Media tells us we hood but I don't buy it
Rappers say dealing is good yo we should try it
I know they lying
But our sons can't tell the difference from living n rhyming
Momma I know you're tryin
That government assistance only does so much
Urging that man who knocked ya to be a father with no luck
That's why when I see mine, making shapes out her play-doh with cookie cutters
And know I must be here so she can dream....
So they can dream
No more nightmares because of me
Our sand castles are fragile but she held them up for me...
Now I believe...
And with each picture she snaps I picture a missing puzzle piece
Added to the fixture of a bigger reality...
Picture that
And with No better timing,
Where I now stand, Came from an Uprising
My fam the foundation that I needed so now I'm grindin
Build a better future from scratch, got calluses on my hands
Was in bed for hours mad at my life, gaining weight crying
But no longer will I let the man I was affect the man that I am
MoonShooter.