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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 when they be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They the world look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the at school? Know you a single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes shorty future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' every day, is no Lazareth Words God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen do we own? Not enough land, not enough homes Not enough banks, to give a brother a
What do we 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, what now? So, stop bein' controlled, we 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 trapped in our own brain, fuck behind We've already gone already gave up, cut our own heads 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 one or two guns without squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck leaders
whites ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims walkin' 'round with syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it We begged, we prayed, petitioned and Just to make another generation, black
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (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 to be yourself 'cause you in a trance Feel free, the music and dance If you cared what they think, why wear they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards like Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Al-rahman Al-raheem a beautiful thing And Christian and Rastafari, us to bring Peace against the darkness, which is
So, what's the black man's true religion, who we follow? Use your own intuition, you are the sound 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 like it did to me, I was a zombie
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (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 have it no mo', can I get a witness? 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