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Yo, you believe when say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and gangstas and And you believe they be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the at school? Know you a single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your kids bad 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 Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the masters
My niggaz is chillin', high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen What do we Not enough land, not enough homes Not banks, to give a brother a loan
do we own? The skin 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, bein' controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, behind bars We've already gone already gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and too much
Without reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't have one or two guns squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck leaders
'Cause whites got none leadin' 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', Holy Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to 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, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
You scared to be 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the and dance If you cared what they think, why wear they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards like they Arabs or
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-raheem Islam's a beautiful And and Rastafari, helps us to bring Peace against the darkness, which is
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 record slave, so get paid Control 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', talkin' dead, though we we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred niggaz won't have it no mo', can I get a witness? 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