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Yo, you when they say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dealers and gangstas and hoes? And you believe when they be tellin' you lie, all on the They the world look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen the teachers at school? Know you a single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' day, there is no Lazareth like God is Greek 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 land, not enough homes Not enough banks, to give a brother a
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, stop controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', dead, though we think 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 Stab our own backs and dream too
Without fulfillin' reality, too and have 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
'Cause whites ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is 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 we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and Just to make another generation, zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think 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 and dance If you cared what they think, why wear what wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a thing And Christian and Rastafari, us to bring against the darkness, which 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 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', 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 copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for more than years Ghetto niggaz won't it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to somebody tell you how to do it? you can do it yourself? It's all in you, do it, do it Do it