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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 believe when be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the world look to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the at school? Know you a young parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber shorty future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they casket? Ancestors I'm learnin' somethin' day, there is no Lazareth Words like God is or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the written 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 enough banks, to give a brother a
do we own? The skin on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, they hit us with tax And insurance if we live to be old, what about So, stop controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we in our own brain, fuck behind bars We've already gone They've gave up, cut our own heads offs our own backs and dream too much
Without reality, too greedy and Can't have one or two chains, we three of dem Can't have one or two guns squeezin' 'em On our own people and black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims walkin' 'round with syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it We begged, we prayed, petitioned and Just to make generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're 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 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the music and If you cared what they think, why wear what they wear, for you Dumb niggaz with long beards like Arabs or Jews
Or Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, 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 slave, so get paid Control your own destiny, you are a Don't let it happen to you like it did to me, I was a zombie
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 just copy-cat, the system (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 to somebody else tell you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it