Canned Goods

[Verse 1: Homeboy Sandman] Back in QU momma worked for City Harvest She knew that Congress didn't care about who the Reagan era hit the hardest She never bought me none of the fancy garments It hurt her watching people eat from out the garbage She wanted to do her part to help em progress She knew that even more than any possessions or expensive fancy objects They needed something to digest We'd already been cleaning out our closet Headed straight to the Salvation Army station for deposit My mommy, had figured out that everyone passed the mailroom while they was walking through the lobby So that was probably, the best location For some boxes set up to collect donations She left a box that said "for help to feed the needy" And everybody read it except for cats that failed at reading And even though some punks had tagged it up with some graffiti When I came to check it out the following evening it was filled with canned goods [Hook] Life gets out of hand Have nots and can’ts eat out cans The canned goods Other food spoils much quicker The spoils go to the victors Canned goods Life gets out of hand Have nots and can’t eat out of cans The canned goods Other food spoils much quicker The spoils go to the victors Life gets out of hand Have nots and can’ts eat out cans The canned goods Other food spoils much quicker The spoils go to the victors [Verse 2: Homeboy Sandman] After the earthquake in Haiti People gave a damn for like almost a month maybe Not saying their emotion was fugazi But pretty much we outta touch mainly But, my homey Alice saw the whole thing as a challenge She spent her dough and time on trying to equalize the balance Her point was doing nothing was the same as doing malice I personally thought her point was pretty valid She built a bill and got a venue And vowed to make a dent where other heads would just pretend to A member of a hip hop fellowship she made up her mind to have a hip hop benefit The price to get in was a measly couple beans But if you brought some food or clothes then you could roll for free That night I asked her how much she had made Barely nothing Almost everyone that came had gone and paid with canned goods [Hook] [Verse 3: Homeboy Sandman] Hurricane Irene Had everyone in NYC OD'ing The week before there was an earthquake Now cats preparing for the worst case And everybody's talking about HAARP Hypothesizing how apocalypse about to start And how Illuminati's reaching their goal As far as global population control By the time this song runs out Will Occupy Wall Street's time run out? I look around It has been whack for the black and brown But now it's even cats out in Five Towns won't pipe down The world is turning upside down So much for getting it popping in the hood Now even spots where cats be trading stock they stocking up on canned goods [Hook]