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Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we can't All we are is dope and gangstas and hoes? And you believe 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', think you a fool Give your bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they casket? turnin' I'm learnin' every day, there is no Lazareth Words like God is Greek or So, if you Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the masters
My niggaz is chillin', gettin' high, 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, they hit us with tax And if we live to be old, what about now? So, stop controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (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 already up, cut our own heads offs our own backs and dream too much
Without reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't one or two guns without squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck black
whites ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up Victims walkin' 'round with syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', Holy Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and Just to make generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
You scared to be yourself 'cause you in a Feel free, hear the music and If you cared what they think, why what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman a beautiful thing And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to Peace the darkness, which is un-Godly
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 record slave, so get paid Control own destiny, you are a genius 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 just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (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 listen to somebody tell you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it