Uh
Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we can't 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 the teachers at school? Know you a young parent out strugglin', they 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? turnin' I'm somethin' every day, there is no Lazareth Words like God is or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen What do we own? Not enough land, not enough Not enough banks, to a brother a loan
do we own? 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 about So, stop bein' controlled, we black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, fuck behind already gone insane They've already gave up, cut our own heads 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 guns without 'em On our own people and fuck black
'Cause whites ain't got 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 in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated to make another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
You scared to be yourself 'cause you in a Feel free, hear the and dance If you cared what they think, why what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards like they Arabs or
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to Peace the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, what's the black man's true religion, who we follow? 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 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 copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz won't have it no mo', can I get a 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