"We Were Kids" lyrics

I just wanna go back to the way it was when I was a kid
When the last thing on anyone's mind was color of skin
Nah, don't wanna hear it, yuh, I's so embarrassed
Make me so mad to see, damn, it's so sad to see
All of these tragedies, just 'cause of fears

[Mesus:]
Out of control, I wanna know, yo, where is the love?
We need to chill, but we keep on killin', only to see that we share the same blood
But we all want the smoke, right?
Vote fights, thinkin' yo' right, and everybody else wrong
How long 'til it ends yo' life?

Then ya' loved ones carry yo' casket, po' bastard, story has it
That he loved everybody, everybody always says that
On the news, but if that is true, why the hell does it keep happening? Keep cappin'

If black lives matter, why you keep cappin'?
If all lives matter, boy, we keep clashin'
Then you wonder why I speak with such passion
I want answers, 'til I get 'em, I'ma keep asking!

All I wanna know is, where is the love?
We're all in the same boat, the world 'bout to flood
God, I wonder how this look from above
Wish it would go back to how that it was

[Mesus & Adam Calhoun:]
How that it was
When we were kids!
Ain't nobody care about hate, ain't nobody care about race!
When we were kids!
Wasn't no space for luck, got a problem gotta say it to my face!
When we were kids!
God is great, every single night, 'fore we ate our plate!
When we were kids!
Showed love to the state, and pledge allegiance to the United States!

[Adam Calhoun:]
I just wanna go back to the way it was, when I was a kid
Playin' Machiavelli, everybody tellin' me I wasn't gonna be shit
But look at how far I made it
I got shit on as a kid, hit, spit on, like a bitch
You ain't think I'd grow up to be angry?

We ain't get to ask our parents, how, why?
Never ran from a fight, we was outside
Boys, we started from the 'burb, then we started writin' verses
Drivin' on through the South Side

You could never walk this line, you would hide in a basement
Say what I say, they been callin' me racist
Lately, I think people wanna hate me
And I don't care what color they face is

These schools don't teach, they gonna push evil
Gotta love everybody, everybody's equal
If that's true, when a woman says he's a man
I guess I gotta believe you

'Cause back in the day, those were the days
We ran through traffic, but we looked both ways
These kids ain't livin' right, they won't get in a fight
They only stand up for what isn't right!

All I wanna know is, where is the love?
We're all in the same boat, the world 'bout to flood
God, I wonder how this look from above
Wish it could go back to how that it was

[Mesus & Adam Calhoun:]
How that it was
When we were kids!
Ain't nobody care about hate, ain't nobody care about race!
When we were kids!
Wasn't no space for luck, got a problem, gotta say it to my face!
When we were kids!
God is great, every single night, 'fore we ate our plate!
When we were kids!
Showed love to the state, and pledge allegiance to the United States!