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Yo, you when they say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and and hoes? And you believe when they be tellin' you lie, all on the They make the world look crazy to keep you
Why you when the teachers at school? you a young single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give kids bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in casket? Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' day, there is no Lazareth Words 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', ownin' shit, yo, it can What do we own? Not land, not enough homes Not banks, to give a brother a loan
What do we The skin on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then they hit us tax And insurance if we live to be old, what now? So, stop bein' controlled, we zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we in our own brain, fuck behind bars We've already gone already gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own and dream too much
Without fulfillin' reality, too and Can't have one or two chains, we three of dem Can't have one or two guns without 'em On our own and fuck black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up walkin' 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see doin' it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and Just to another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (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 what they think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb with long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-raheem a beautiful thing And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to Peace against the darkness, is un-Godly
So, what's the black man's true religion, who should we Use your own intuition, you are 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 think we're (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black 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 else you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it