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Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we grow? All we are is dope dealers and gangstas and And you believe when they be tellin' you lie, all on the make the world look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the at school? Know you a young single parent out strugglin', think you a fool Give kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' shorty future, I wonder how do we it
Underground in they casket? Ancestors I'm learnin' somethin' every day, there is no Words like God is Greek or So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the
My niggaz is chillin', gettin' high, Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen do we own? Not enough 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 if we live to be old, what about now? So, stop controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, fuck bars already gone insane They've already gave up, cut our own offs Stab our own backs and too much
fulfillin' reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't have one or two without squeezin' 'em On our own people and black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy in church Scared to do it for 'less we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to make another generation, black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
You scared to be 'cause you in a trance Feel free, the music and dance If you cared what they think, why wear what they wear, for you Dumb niggaz with long 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 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 like it did to me, I was a black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black in a spell for more than fo'-hundred years niggaz won't have it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to somebody tell you how to do it? When you can do it It's all in you, do it, do it Do it