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Yo, you believe when say we ain't 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 the world look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the teachers at Know you a young single parent out strugglin', they you a fool Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in classes Killin' shorty future, I how do we last it
in they casket? Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' day, there is no Lazareth like God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen What do we own? Not enough land, not enough Not enough banks, to give a a loan
What do we own? The on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then they hit us tax And insurance if we to be old, what about now? So, stop controlled, we 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 we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we in our own brain, fuck behind bars We've already insane They've already gave up, cut our own heads 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 and fuck black leaders
'Cause whites got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up Victims walkin' 'round down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy Ghost in Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see doin' it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and to make another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
You to be yourself 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the and dance If you what they think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long like they Arabs or Jews
Or Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a beautiful And and Rastafari, helps us to bring Peace against the darkness, is un-Godly
So, what's the black 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 to you like it did to me, I was a black zombie
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)
Wake up, black zombies in a for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz have it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to somebody tell you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it