[Intro: Raheem DeVaughn]

I don't know why

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot

[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]

Living like we bulletproof

We bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

I say we load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh

[Verse 1: Raheem DeVaughn]

Some will die over oil, kill over land

Charge you for taxes and blame Uncle Sam

Read you your rights, and charge you for nothing

Now who’s really gangsta and tell me who’s frontin’?

Murder your sons, ravage your daughters

Here overseas and across the waters

Tanks and missiles, bombs and grenades

Inject your land with guns and AIDS

You better pray to the Most High or whoever you praise

The politicians can’t help you, they just puppets and slaves

Tryna get paid and you are too

What you gon' do when the gun is pointed at you?

Like bank robbers, we're living

[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]

Living like we bulletproof

We bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot, hey

I said we living like we bulletproof

We bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

I said we load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh

[Verse 2: Raheem DeVaughn]

Get you a paper, turn on the news

Ride through the hood, I witnessed the blues

How can you ignore it? It’s easy to spot it

The trap house, a liquor store and your city’s got it

And my city’s got it, and they city’s got it

This world is chaotic and love is symbolic

So life don’t get cherished, so our babies perish

And your babies perish, now tell me who’s careless?

Now who should I pray to? What should I pray for?

You can’t pay the preacher for your redemption

I know where we’re headed, I already read it

The good book done said it (Like cowboys and Indians, we just)

[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn & Ludacris]

Living like we bulletproof

We bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot, hey

I said we living like we bulletproof

We bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

I said we load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh (Luda)

[Verse 3: Ludacris]

They say tomorrow's not promised today but today I promise

If we don’t make our own way, somebody’ll take it from us

Snatch it like rats to cheese, so Lord help me please

'Cause I rather die on my feet than to live on my knees

Living like I’m bulletproof, cocking the Glock and aim and shoot

My future’s ever clear, a 180-proof

So I open the bottle then swallow my pride

And drink the pain away

I take shots and just lay up then fade away

Dreaming of better days, dreaming of better pay

But we got our work cut out for us so we better pray

Pray to uphold the week, not for eternal sleep

But if I die, I pray the Lord my soul to keep

[Chorus: Raheem DeVaughn]

Living like we bulletproof

We bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot, hey

I said we living like we bulletproof

We bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang

I said we load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh

We load it, cock it, aim and shoot, oh

[Outro: Raheem DeVaughn]

Living like we bulletproof

I don't know why

I don't know why (I don't know why)

We living like we bulletproof, hey, hey

I don't know why, no, hey

I don't know why, ooh

I don't know why, oh

We living like we bulletproof, woo

Ooh, Heavenly Father

I don't know why, hey