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Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we can't All we are is dope dealers and 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 kids bad and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they casket? Ancestors I'm learnin' every day, there is no Lazareth Words like God is Greek or So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the
My niggaz is chillin', gettin' high, Envisionin', ownin' shit, yo, it can What do we own? Not enough land, not enough Not enough banks, to give a brother a
do we own? The skin on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then hit us with tax And insurance if we live to be old, what now? So, stop controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we in our own brain, fuck behind bars We've already gone They've already gave up, cut our own heads Stab our own and dream too much
fulfillin' reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't have one or two without squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck black
'Cause whites ain't got leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up Victims 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy Ghost in Scared to do it for 'less we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and Just to make generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
You scared to be yourself you in a trance Feel free, hear the and dance If you cared what think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb with long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman a beautiful thing And and Rastafari, helps us to bring Peace against the darkness, which is
So, what's the man's true religion, who should we follow? Use your own intuition, you are That's the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get Control own destiny, you are a genius Don't let it happen to you like it did to me, I was a 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, the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz won't it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to somebody tell you how to do it? you can do it yourself? It's all in you, do it, do it Do it