Supastition - Worst Enemy [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Scratch Hook]:
"But let me tell you we can be our own worst enemies" - Supastition
"But let me tell you what's holdin' us back" - Supastition
"It's the way that think and it's the way that we act" - Supastition

[Verse One]:
I'm from a grimy and gritty place of residence, it ain't New York
But still we pretty much keep the same train of thought
And though we differ with the fads and apparel
We still suffer from the same crabs in the barrel
The shallow low lives with tricks under their sleeves
The corporate leeches and the money hungry thieves, please
They send the Wall Street Journal to the money makers
Our unemployed asses flippin' though the Sunday paper
Thinkin' we gonna make it, spendin' on car payments
To buy some bullshit and pray they don't come and take it
Spendin' money like it comes each day
Knowin' damn well we livin' off of one week's pay
With a bad attitude, Hard headed and rebellious
Selfish, we don't even respect our elders
Waitin' on some lame reparations to help us
We in the same boat from L.A. to Philadelphia
Standin' in front of judge and jurors, What's the purpose?
Warring over territories, that shit is worthless
We fightin' over corners with no intimidation
Then relocated cause of gentrification
They pimpin' our nation, we pimpin' our own kind
But still feel like we pimps in our own mind
Responsibility, we all wanna duck and dodge it
Don't deny dawg, we all got fuckin' problems

[Scratch Hook]:
"But let me tell you we can be our own worst enemies"
"But let me tell you what's holdin' us back"
"It's the way that think and it's the way that we act"

[Verse Two]:
Where I'm from it's dirty as Detroit, dangerous as L.A
We murder with no remorse, hustle and hell raise
Futures are destroyed, can't be doctors
But got a future as a D-Boy, slanging narcotics
Can't make it to college, but we present in them holding cells
Can't type a resume but still know how to roll an L
Around here we don't respect college grads
Or the role model dads, just the rolling stones who go to jail
We ain't listenin'
We'd rather take advice from a former crack dealer than a legitimate businessman
And any black who speaks out and says something wrong
We quick to label 'em a 'turncoat' or 'Uncle Tom'
And 401K to us is unimportant (why?)
We ain't guaranteed to even see the age of 45
Can't afford to drive an Expedition
But still we love that luxurious and extra living
Keep it in the best condition with chrome wheels just to skate
Who cares about the 21% interest rate?
Splurging with the credit cards we be charging
Living in the hood, trailer parks and apartments
Braggin' 'bout how we ball
Wouldn't even think about buying stock, but we gon' put 20 on a Powerball
But that's another chapter, another novel
I can't point the finger cause we all got fuckin' problems

[Scratch Hook]:
"But let me tell you we can be our own worst enemies" - Supastition
"But let me tell you what's holdin' us back" - Supastition
"It's the way that think and it's the way that we act" - Supastition