Luyện nghe bài hát Message to the Rappers

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