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Yo, you believe they say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and and hoes? And you believe when be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you when the teachers at school? Know you a single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes shorty future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they Ancestors turnin' I'm somethin' every day, there is no Lazareth Words God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, see the truth written by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', ownin' shit, yo, it can What do we own? Not land, not enough homes Not banks, to give a brother a loan
What do we The skin on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then they hit us tax And insurance if we to be old, what 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 and dream too much
fulfillin' reality, too greedy and Can't have one or two chains, we three of dem Can't have one or two without squeezin' 'em On our own people and black 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', catchin' Holy Ghost in Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (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 music and If you cared what they think, why wear they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-raheem Islam's a thing And Christian and Rastafari, us to bring Peace the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, what's the black 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 happen to you it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think 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)
Wake up, black in a spell for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz won't it no mo', can I get a witness? Why to somebody else tell you how to do it? When you can do it It's all in you, do it, do it Do it