Cold World
Lecrae Ft. Tasha Catour Lyrics

These folks is killing for less money than they can borrow
There are people who are murdering others for a small amount of money that they couldn't even borrow if they asked.

Create and you will sorrow for families left feeling hollow
If you create something that results in harm to others, you will feel the sadness of the families who are left to suffer.

Then the son of a gun victim fleshing out his anger
The son of someone who was shot is expressing his anger in a violent way.

Coloring cartoons of strangers who getting strangled
He is drawing cartoons of strangers being choked to death.

And the daughter let a stranger, the school call him a counselor
The daughter had a stranger come into her life, who the school referred to as a counselor.

Do some dirty things, but he promise that he would counsel her
He did questionable things, but he promised to help her through counseling.

Baby momma can't identify the man that killed him
The mother of a child cannot identify the person who killed him.

It's the same low down dealer that she always get her pills from
The person who sold her drugs is the same one who killed her child.

And the son is getting older, streets is making him colder
The son is growing up and becoming hardened by the harsh realities of the streets.

But his momma's out cold, cause she ain't never quite sober
His mother is always under the influence and not fully present in his life.

His sister's 15, but you probably think that she grown up
His 15-year-old sister is forced to appear more mature than her age due to circumstances beyond her control.

'Cause she was with some men, acting way too grown up
She was with older men, behaving in ways that should only be done by a mature adult.

And don't nobody care though, the schools ain't teaching
No one seems to care about these issues, and the schools aren't doing enough to educate their students about them.

McDonalds selling poison, got people working for cheap an
McDonald's is selling unhealthy food while paying their workers very little.

The military, drug's, or prison only way to eat, man
In this world, people are forced to either join the military, sell drugs, or go to prison just to survive.

This world's cold like no clothes and snow blown
The world is incredibly harsh, like being out in the cold wearing no clothes while the snow is blowing all around you.

Like when the devil take the breath out of a baby's nose
The world is so unforgiving that even innocent babies can be taken from us without warning.

My sister's sick of stripping, she need hope up in my words, man
The artist's sister is tired of working as a stripper and is in desperate need of some words of hope from her brother.

She pull up to the mall where she valet her little Mercedes
She drives her small Mercedes to the mall and has someone park it for her using valet service.

Wishing she had some romance, healthy family, couple babies
She dreams of having a loving relationship, a healthy family, and a couple of children.

And the gentleman she love, he already got a wife
The man she loves is already married to someone else.

So she's accepting her plight, she's a lady of the night.
She accepts her situation and turns to prostitution to make a living.

She accepts her sad reality, she doesn't stand a chance,
She accepts that her life is filled with sadness and that she has very little chance for a better future.

One woman gets the man, the other woman gets the dance.
In many situations, one woman will get the love and affection of a man, while another woman is left with nothing but a dance.

It's a cold world, real cold world
The world is incredibly harsh and unforgiving.

Jermaine called that thing, man where is we going turn
Jermaine (likely another artist) is calling out for help and asking where we can turn to find a way out of this cold world.

A lot of people thinking I'm on an hopeless endeavor, nah
Many people believe that trying to make a change in this world is a hopeless endeavor, but that is not the case.

I know someone who can change the weather forever, ever
The artist believes that there is someone who can make a lasting, positive change in the world to improve the cold, harsh conditions we are currently facing.

We live in a cold, cold world [x4]
The chorus repeats the idea that we live in a cold, unforgiving world, emphasizing the harsh reality of the current state of our society.