A ARTIST B.K.A CITIZEN TITLE "I'M TAKING A WALK IN YOUR SHOES"

I'm looking at me but
Focused on you
Staring blankly at my feet but
I'm taking a walk in your shoes
So I can see what your life's like

I put sandals on my bleeding feet in Arabia
So I can understand why the Middle East hates America
Sand between my toes turns to salt,I deal with the pain of it
Cause I need to take US policy
With more than a grain of it
Lies and deceit...This country will purge until the last drop is gone
With what we've done,Oil and oppression came to mean the same thing in Islam

And I move on...

I'm in Tijuana,Working a 16 hour shift in the sweatshop,Putting together shirts and shoes for Nike and Reebok
Trying to support a family Making 1 dollar a day so Americans can live lavishly
They call it free tradeBecause they're free to invade my country
And take my human rights
Despite our best efforts we have to stay quiet
Because they won't let us organize

Next stop,

I'm back in the Bronx
But its not the part that I'm used toMy home is filled with rats and addicts,Roaches in my walls
And next door coke's getting traffiked
I hate this dependence on the feds butAin't nobody hiring
I'm used to my surroundings but
My restless mind is tiring of
The media telling me what I should be likeI'm not a g or a thug, I won't shoot if you come near meI'm just looking to get out of here
Cause my girl's eyes are tearing...She knows she's stuck here...

I'm transformed into a child in South Africa,Poverty stricken,The wealthy and white became partners in business
To make sure apartheid lives with our children's children's children
Instill them with racist values and thoughts
To leave my people to rot quicklyI move scenery too swiftly, I can't relate,And I couldn't pose any questions to ask them
Because you can't take a walk in someone's shoes
That can't even afford to have them.

Birth, October 2003 as Don Cali. Rebirth, April 2005 as CITIZEN...Don't act like you don't know me...

Birth, October 2003 as Don Cali. Rebirth, April 2005 as CITIZEN...

Don't act like you don't know me...