Ey, ey, it out homie Man, you need to get up out of this man And get a job man before you get man I know you don't hear it man But, man, wait, hold up loc you've got man my guns?
When I'm ridin' on the I hear gunshots, rare shots Swear crack niggas 'cause they're missed flips So black man really about politics In the ninety's, our governments so
I CNN sometimes and I realize They're playin' on my mind want a man to work with his hands Too young to die, and they don't give a
got down on her knees But not no more, god it, I make cheese I'm on the move and I'ma show and You cry to my political groove
Rest in peace, brothers underneath I love you to death while my beat's like a In the middle of the night on the streets The thing we got left is the beat
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got left is the beat, huh, it to me All we got is the beat, the beat, yo All we got is the beat, uh
Who brings guns into the And then makes sure that they come the way Gain the points the whole race traps And teach up my woman that she call up the cops
The projects are hell, a, minute There's we do but ride on top of an elevator Say the clubs, I get a job Mouth to feed, somebody's robbed
I ain't worked, but I ain't workin' for You ever seen a man-shelter? out the bombs of pain, their whole lives are over They spent every tryin' not to be sober
And all the ladies got bags of They'll be your long lost momma, one knows The streets are a nightmare While the presidents secretary is chillin' in his chair
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, give it to me All we got is the beat, the beat, yo All we got is the beat, uh
to a lime, lime to a lemon When you need a toga-black, black linen Your man applause when he can't get a job He gets up all of his family and feels like a
The black don't understand 'Cause they don't what it is to be a black man In the mornin' a brother feels a jerk Seein' black women and men go to work
So all women fear, the ain't real 'Cause won't give us no jobs, that's the real deal my hand while I get it all together They don't me at times of bad weather
'Cause I'ma make it out the concrete And there's way besides basketball Let me go, let me do I do I'm red, black and green, red, white and blue
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got left is the beat, it to me All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got left is the beat, uh, it to me
in the street you can feel the city heat A bit of grass and a whole lot of concrete I'm standin' on the corner And you can get robbed if you
Paybacks a on the street seein' gold teeth, ya hearin' funky beats Brothers ride by slow You get leary when they got tinted
Sittin' on the steps with a I'm drinkin' valentine, I wasn't up front My aunt Ellie always talked God me you never cried 'cause it's so hard Government got a of a plan But word is born they destroyin' this black man
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, give it to me All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, uh, give it to me
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got left is the beat, huh, it to me All we got is the beat, the beat, yo All we got left is the beat, uh, it to me
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