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Yo, you believe when they say we shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and gangstas and And you when they be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the world look to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the teachers at Know you a young single parent out strugglin', 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 they casket? Ancestors I'm learnin' somethin' every day, is no Lazareth 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', shit, yo, it can happen What do we own? Not enough land, not enough Not banks, to give a brother a loan
What do we own? The 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, bein' controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we in our own brain, fuck behind bars already gone insane They've already up, cut our own heads offs our own backs and dream too much
Without reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't have one or two guns squeezin' 'em On our own and fuck black leaders
'Cause whites got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims walkin' 'round with down's syndrome, all
Faintin', shoutin', Holy Ghost 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, zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think 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)
You to be yourself 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the and dance If you cared what they think, why what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to against the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, what's the black man's true religion, who should we 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 to you like it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
up, black zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz won't it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to else tell you how to do it? When you can do it It's all in you, do it, do it Do it