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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 believe when be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the world look crazy to you inside?
Why you listen when the at school? Know you a young parent out strugglin', they think you a fool your kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' shorty future, I wonder how do we it
in they casket? Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' every day, is no Lazareth Words like God is 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 What do we own? Not enough land, not homes Not enough banks, to give a brother a
What do we own? The on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, they hit us with tax And insurance if we live to be old, what now? So, bein' controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (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 gone insane They've gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and dream too
Without fulfillin' reality, too and Can't have one or two chains, we need of dem have one or two guns without squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck black
'Cause ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up walkin' 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy Ghost in Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and to make another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
You scared to be yourself you in a trance Feel free, hear the music and If you what they think, why wear what they 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 against the darkness, is un-Godly
So, the black man's true religion, who should we follow? Use your own intuition, you are the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get paid Control your own destiny, you are a Don't let it happen to you it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We copy 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, zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz have it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to else tell you how to do it? you can do it yourself? It's all in you, do it, do it Do it