Luyện nghe bài hát Message to the Rappers

Hey, yeah, we the same brothas from a long ago
We was talkin television and doin it on the radio
What we did was to our generation realize
They had to get out and get busy cause it wasnt gonna be televised
We got respect for you rappers and the way they be
But if youre gon be teachin folks things, make sure you know youre sayin
Older in our neighborhood got plenty of know-how
Remember if it wasnt for them, you 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 youre be speakin for a whole generation
And you know enough to try and their education
Make sure you know the real about past situations
It aint just repeatin what you on the local TV stations
Sometimes they tell and put em in a truthful disguise
But the truth is thats why we said it wouldnt be
They dont know what to say to our folks, but they know that you do
And if they really knew the truthwhy would they you?
The first sign is peace, all them gun totin young brothas
the man is glad to see us out there killin one another
We raised too much hell when they was shootin us
So they started poisoning our minds tryin to jerk us all
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 what they
put some dope on a brothas body and claim it was drug related
Tell them drug related means dont 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 somthin to think
Tell them you heard that this is the new word, they got to work stuff out
But somehow they feel in the way with a gun in their hands
They feel real independentbut they pullin contracts for the man
Five and five will tell you its out there on the avenue
But if they really knew the truthwhy they tell you?
And if look at you like youre insane
And they start callin you scarecrow and say you aint got no
Or tellin folks that you suddenly gone lame
Or that folks had finally co-opted your game
Or worse yet implying that you dont know
Thats the thing they said about usa long time ago
rappers, one more suggestion before I get out of your way
But I the respect you give me and what you got to say
Im sayin your community and spread that respect around
brothas and sistas they gotta calm that bullshit down
Cause were 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 cant handle it out there
But they got to the crime off the block
And if they at you like youre insane
And they callin you scarecrow and say you aint got no brain
Or start tellin folks that you gone lame
Or that white folks had finally co-opted your
Or worse yet that you really dont know
Thats the same thing said about me a long time ago
And if they tell folks that you lost your nerve
Thats the same thing they said us, when we said, Johannesburg
But I think the young folks need to know, things dont go both ways
You cant talk respect of every other or just every other day
What Im speakin on now is the raps about the women
On one song your African Queen on the next one shes a joke
And you aint said no words I havent heard, but that aint no compliment
It only insults eight people out of ten and questions intelligence
Four letter words or four syllable words make you important
Itll only magnify how you are and let everybody know it
And if they look at you they think you insane
Or they call you scarecrow thinkin you aint got no
Or start tellin folks you suddenly gone lame
Or that white folks have finally co-opted game
Or you really dont knowThey said about me a long time ago
If they finally start to tell that you lost your nerve
Thats what said about Johannesburg
You aint have got a brain
You gone lame; you have got your game
Rememberkeep the
the nerve
Keep the
the nerve
Im talkin peace