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Yo, you when they say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and and hoes? And you believe when they be tellin' you lie, all on the They make the world look crazy to keep you
Why you listen when the teachers at you a young single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in classes shorty future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in casket? Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' every day, there is no like God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the written by the masters
My niggaz is chillin', gettin' high, Envisionin', ownin' shit, yo, it can What do we own? Not enough land, not homes Not enough banks, to give a 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, bein' controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, behind bars already gone insane They've already up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and dream too
Without reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem have one or two guns without squeezin' 'em On our own people and black leaders
whites ain't 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 to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and Just to make another generation, black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think 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)
You scared to be yourself 'cause you in a Feel free, the music and dance If you cared they think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb with long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a thing And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to Peace the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, the black man's true religion, who should we follow? Use your own intuition, you are That's the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get 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 just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, 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 to somebody else tell you how to do it? you can do it yourself? It's all in you, do it, do it Do it