People Everyday
Arrested Lyrics

See I was resting at the park minding my own Business
I was relaxing in the park, not bothering anyone.

as I kick up the treble tone On my radio tape player box, right Just loud enough so folks could hear it's hype, see?
I turned up the volume on my radio so that others could hear the music.

Outta nowhere comes the woman I'm dating Investigation maybe she was demonstrating
My girlfriend unexpectedly appeared and I wondered if she was trying to show me something.

But nevertheless I was pleased My day was going great and my soul was at ease
Despite the uncertainty, I was happy and content with my day.

Until a group of brothers started bugging out Drinking the 40 oz, going the nigga route Disrespecting my black queen Holding their crotches and being obscene
Some guys showed up and started acting aggressively, drinking and being disrespectful toward my girlfriend.

At first I ignored them cause see I know their type They got drunk and got guns and they wanna fight And they see a young couple having a time that's good And their egos wanna test a brother's manhood
I tried to ignore them because I recognized their behavior as dangerous and aggressive. They were likely looking for a fight to prove their masculinity.

So they came to test Speech cause of my hair-do And the loud bright colors that I wear I was a target cause I'm a fashion misfit And the outfit that I'm wearing brothers dissing it
They specifically targeted me because of my unique fashion sense.

Well I stay calm and pray the niggas leave me be But they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me? Cause if I start to hit this man he'll have to kill me
I tried to remain calm, but they started touching my girlfriend inappropriately. I didn't want to fight them because I knew it could end badly.

I told the niggas please let us pass, friend I said please cause I don't like killing Africans But he wouldn't stop and I ain't Ice Cube But I had to take the brother out for being rude
I asked them to let us go peacefully, but they refused. I didn't want to resort to violence, but I had to defend myself when they became aggressive.

And like I said before I was mad by then It took three or four cops to pull me off of him But that's the story y'all of a black man Acting like a nigga and get stomped by an African I am everyday people
I became angry and had to be restrained by police. This is a story of a black man standing up for himself and being labeled as the aggressor. Despite this, I am simply an ordinary person like everyone else.