Luyện nghe bài hát Message to the Rappers

Hey, yeah, we the brothas from a long time ago
We was talkin about television and doin it on the
What we did was to help our generation
They had to get out there and get busy it wasnt gonna be televised
We got for you rappers and the way they be free-weighin
But if youre gon be teachin things, make sure you know what youre sayin
folks in our neighborhood got plenty of know-how
Remember if it for them, you wouldnt be out here now
And I comin at you with no disrespect
All Im is that you damn well got to be correct
Because if gonna be speakin for a whole generation
And you know enough to try and their education
Make sure you know the real deal past situations
It aint just repeatin what you heard on the TV stations
Sometimes they tell lies and put em in a truthful
But the truth is thats why we said it be televised
They dont know what to say to our young folks, but know that you do
And if really knew the truthwhy would they tell you?
The sign is peace, tell all them gun totin young brothas
That the man is glad to see us out there killin one
We raised too much hell when was shootin us down
So they poisoning our minds tryin to jerk us all around
And they tell us got to come in and control our situation
They want half of us on dope and the other half in
If the ones they want dead aint killed by they instigated
They put some on a brothas body and claim it was drug related
Tell them drug related means there need to be no investigation
Or at least thats the way theyre gon play it on the local TV
All your 9-millimeter brothasgive them to think about
them you heard that this is the new word, they got to work that stuff out
But somehow they feel in the way with a gun in their hands
They real independentbut they just pullin contracts for the man
Five and five will you its hopeless out there on the avenue
But if really knew the truthwhy would they tell you?
And if they at you like youre insane
And start callin you scarecrow and say you aint got no brain
Or start tellin folks that you suddenly gone
Or that folks had finally co-opted your game
Or worse yet implying that you dont know
Thats the same thing they said about usa long ago
Young rappers, one more suggestion before I get out of way
But I appreciate the respect you give me and you got to say
Im sayin protect your community and spread that respect
Tell and sistas they gotta calm that bullshit down
Cause were terrorizin our old folks and fear into our homes
And they aint got to hang out with the senior
Just tell them, the old folks alone
And we know who off the neighborhood, tell them, That BS has got to stop!
Tell youre sorry they cant handle it out there
But they got to take the crime off the
And if look at you like youre insane
And start callin you scarecrow and say you aint got no brain
Or tellin folks that you suddenly gone lame
Or that white folks had finally co-opted your
Or worse yet saying you really dont know
the same thing they said about me a long time ago
And if they tell folks you finally lost your nerve
Thats the thing they said about us, when we said, Johannesburg
But I think the young folks need to know, that things dont go ways
You talk respect of every other song or just every other day
What Im speakin on now is the raps the women folks
On one song your African Queen on the next one shes a joke
And you aint said no words that I havent heard, but that no compliment
It only eight people out of ten and questions your intelligence
Four letter words or syllable words wont make you important
only magnify how shallow you are and let everybody know it
And if they look at you like they think you
Or call you scarecrow thinkin you aint got no brain
Or start folks that you suddenly gone lame
Or that white folks have finally co-opted your
Or you really dont knowThey said that about me a long ago
If they finally start to tell people that you lost nerve
Thats what they said Johannesburg
You aint insaneyou have got a
You havent lame; you have got your game
Rememberkeep the
the nerve
Keep the
Keep the
Im talkin peace