What should I say, what should I do?
How should I put it when I'm talking to you?
Talk about this or talk about that
Let's talk about something, this silence is whack
Let's talk about this, let's talk about that
Talk about what it means for them being black
In case you didn't know it's not a topic of choice
The topic of the matter is we're losing our voice
Conversations of substance, a story that's real
Not like school lessons where they're told how to feel
Let's talk about that, let's talk about this
Let's talk about all the things that they have to miss
Stories of meaning, conversations of truth
Told by adolescents who carry the proof
They carry good lessons, they carry the day
They carry life experience with something to say
What should they say, what should they do?
How should they put it, when they're talking to you?
Talk from the heart, talk from the mind
Talk from every ounce of what they're holding inside
They talk about this, they talk about that
They talk about what it means for them being packed
Back of the class, they talk about school
Back to talk to teachers with nothing to lose
So listen to that and listen to this
Listen to their sayings, they're often dismissed
Listen to this, listen to this
Talk about that, talk about that
Talk about this, talk about this
Listen to that, listen to that
Listen to them
Listen to them
Listen to them!
