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Yo, you believe they say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and gangstas and And you believe when they be tellin' you lie, all on the They make the world crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the teachers at you a young single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber Killin' shorty future, I wonder how do we it
Underground in they casket? turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' every day, there is no Words God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, see the truth written by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen do we own? Not enough land, not enough homes Not enough banks, to give a a loan
What do we own? The on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then hit us with tax And insurance if we live to be old, about now? So, stop bein' controlled, we zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we in our own brain, fuck behind bars We've already gone already gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own and dream too much
fulfillin' reality, too greedy and Can't have one or two chains, we need of dem Can't have one or two without squeezin' 'em On our own and fuck black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims walkin' with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to make another generation, black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
You scared to be 'cause you in a trance free, hear the music 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-raheem Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to against the darkness, which is un-Godly
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 record slave, so get paid your own destiny, you are a genius Don't let it happen to you like it did to me, I was a black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a for more than fo'-hundred years niggaz won't have 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