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Yo, you believe when they say we shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and gangstas and And you believe when be tellin' you lie, all on the media? make the world look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you when the teachers at school? Know you a young single parent out strugglin', they you a fool Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber Killin' future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they casket? Ancestors I'm somethin' every day, there is no Lazareth Words God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the written by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen What do we own? Not land, not enough homes Not banks, to give a brother 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 to be old, what about now? So, stop bein' controlled, we black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, behind bars We've already gone They've gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and dream too
Without reality, too greedy and Can't have one or two chains, we need of dem Can't have one or two guns squeezin' 'em On our own and fuck black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none leadin' them, the is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims walkin' with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', Holy Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated to make another 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 just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
You scared to be yourself 'cause you in a Feel free, the music and dance If you cared what they think, why wear what wear, just for you Dumb with long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a thing And and Rastafari, helps us to bring Peace the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, the black man's true religion, who should we follow? Use own intuition, you are tomorrow That's the of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get paid Control own destiny, you are a genius Don't let it to you like it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred Ghetto won't have it no mo', can I get a witness? Why to somebody else tell you how to do it? you can do it yourself? It's all in you, do it, do it Do it