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Yo, you believe when they say we shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope and gangstas and hoes? And you when they be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the world look crazy to keep you
Why you listen when the at school? you a young single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' shorty future, I wonder how do we it
Underground in casket? Ancestors turnin' I'm somethin' every day, there is no Lazareth Words like God is or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth by the masters
My niggaz is chillin', gettin' high, Envisionin', ownin' shit, yo, it can What do we own? Not enough land, not homes Not banks, to give a brother a loan
do we own? The skin on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, they hit us with tax And if we live to be old, what about now? So, stop controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, fuck bars We've already insane already gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and too much
Without fulfillin' reality, too and Can't have one or two chains, we three of dem Can't one or two guns without squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck leaders
'Cause ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up walkin' 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', Holy Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
You scared to be yourself you in a trance free, hear the music and dance If you what they think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-raheem Islam's a thing And and Rastafari, helps us to bring Peace against the darkness, is un-Godly
So, the black man's true religion, who should we follow? Use own intuition, you are tomorrow That's the sound of the beast, I'm a record slave, so get paid your own destiny, you are a genius Don't let it to you like it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for more than years Ghetto niggaz won't have it no mo', can I get a Why listen to else tell you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it