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Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we can't All we are is dealers and gangstas and hoes? And you believe when be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you when the teachers at school? Know you a young single parent out strugglin', they think you a Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in classes Killin' future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they Ancestors turnin' I'm somethin' every day, there is no Lazareth like God is Greek or Latin So, if you Egypt, you'll see the truth written 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 controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, behind bars We've already gone They've already gave up, cut our own offs our own backs and dream too much
Without fulfillin' reality, too and Can't have one or two chains, we need of dem Can't one or two guns without squeezin' 'em On our own people and black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none leadin' them, the is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up walkin' 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see doin' it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and to make another generation, black zombies
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 just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
You to be yourself 'cause you in a trance free, hear the music and dance If you cared what think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb with long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Al-rahman Al-raheem a beautiful thing And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to Peace the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, what's the black man's true religion, who should we Use own intuition, you are tomorrow That's the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get your own destiny, you are a genius 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 cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto won't have it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to else tell you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it