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Yo, you when they say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and gangstas and And you believe when they be tellin' you lie, all on the They the world 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 kids bad and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' shorty future, I wonder how do we it
Underground in casket? Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' every day, there is no like God is Greek or Latin So, if you Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the masters
My niggaz is chillin', high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen What do we Not enough land, not enough homes Not enough banks, to give a a loan
What do we own? The 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, stop bein' controlled, we zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (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)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, behind bars We've already gone They've gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and dream too
fulfillin' reality, too greedy and Can't have one or two chains, we three of dem Can't 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' 'round down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy Ghost in Scared to do it for 'less we see somebody doin' it first 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, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
You scared to be 'cause you in a trance free, hear the music and dance If you cared what they think, why what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-raheem a beautiful thing And Christian and Rastafari, us to bring Peace against the darkness, is un-Godly
So, what's the black man's religion, who should we follow? Use your own intuition, you are That's the of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get paid your 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 just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin (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 listen to somebody tell you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it