The Evil That Men Do - Ras Kass

Intro 

Psssshh  I guess niggaz don't realize a good thing til it's gone 
You know what I'm sayin man? 
Runnin around in these streets trickin  shit's hard man 
You know? But sometimes man 
fools be bringin that shit on they god damn self 

Verse One 

Nappy headed nigga stigmatism at birth 
Born to a family of four and so that makes me one fourth 
of a dysfunctional home 
I had a father who only stayed to see me grown 
When I turned twelve he was gone 
Alone, no role model 
I used to watch my Granddaddy and Uncle hit the bottle 
and then hit each other 
Granddaddy beat Grandmother, but that's before my time 
but I still see how it affected her mind 
As a child I introverted, and drew pictures 
While my mother prayed to Jesus reading King James scriptures 
She used to take me to church so I could put money in the basket 
Tell the preacher how she used to get her ass kicked 
And me, I mastered the art of hatred 
After pops left ran with my niggaz tryin to take shit 
Petty theft, I got caught a few times, but bust it 
Life is a bitch so fuck it 
In eighty-one I remember the night 
I covered myself with baby powder, so my black ass could be light 
Cause God is white, and Bo Derek is a ten 
I hate my black skin, it's just a sin to be a nigga 
Then again, I'm like the Frenchman, cause Granny's creole 
And therefore, we're black French people 
So I think it's best if I go to Catholic school 
And study under nuns and then I'll be a Catholic fool 
Cause none of these cults want none of us up 
and don't none want to see none of us live to be adults, sheeit 
No wonder brothers take lives for red and blue 
It's the evil that men do