Cancel the of the Milky Way with pictures of a missing planet Last seen in pursuit of an dream This fool actually thinks he can his hummer on the moon Blasting DMX off the soundtrack of a park cartoon
Niggas used to buy families out of slavery Now we buy and links, smokes and drinks They're paying me to this, even more if you hear it Somebody tell me what you think I should do with the Yes, tell me what you think I should do with the money
Exactly how much is it gonna cost to free What's he gonna do his freedom? Talk on the radio? programming is just that, a brainwashin' gleamed of purpose To be honest, some freedom of speech me nervous And you looking for martyr in the form of a man Hair like a mane with an outstretched
In a roar of hearts, thoughts, defensiveness and counter What exactly is innocence? Fuck it, I do believe in the of police brutality Who do I make checks to?
A young child stares at a screen transfixed by tales of violence His teenage father tells him that that's life, not Barney shit A purple dinosaur that speaks of love, a black man that speaks of one is keeping it real, son? Who manufactured your steel, son?
Hardcore, ancient elements at the earth's Fuck it, I'mma keep 'til my throats sore An emcee told a crowd of to put their hands in the air An armed robber stepped to a And everyone to put their hands in the air A Christian gives his benediction While the congregation hold hands in the air Love the image of the happy Buddha with his in the air
up and feel confused, define tomorrow Your belief system ain't louder my car system Nigga walked down my with his rotwiler A sub woofer on a leash one teach one
The DJ spins a new into a barren mind, I can't front on it My nods as if to clear the last image from an etch-a-sketch Something like said, I could quote any emcee, but why should I? How would it benefit me? repercussions
Are your tales of reality worth their sonic laced Suddenly, the ground shivers and quakes, a newborn and wakes Her mother rushes to her bed to hold her to her breast
Milk of sustenance heals and From the depths of creation still flourishes Yet we focus on death and destruction, violence, My people, let go
What have you bought How much will it cost to buy you out? have you bought into? How much will it cost to buy you out? What you bought into? How much will it cost to buy you out?
How much it gonna cost to buy you out of my Penny for a thought, y'all is half steppin' wastin' my time Please, nigga You talkin' to me? baby, baby, baby can I borrow Can I borrow a nickel, a dime, and that
for a thought, penny for a thought How much will it cost to buy you out of buyin' a reality that Originally bought you? Dime a dozen, y'all a dime a dozen Penny for a thought, nigga, c'mon, for a thought Think fast, fast, c'mon, time is money
Time is money, money is So I keep 7 o'clock in the bank and interest in the hour of God I'm to buy my freedom, God, grant me wings, I'm too fly not to fly I further past humans without wings so I soar And fine tickling the feathers of my Flying hysterically, over numerically I am seven mountains than the valley of death
Seven mountains higher than the of death Seven deeper than dimensions of breath Seven mountains higher than the of death dimensions deeper than dimensions of breath
We're performing an exorcism on all this it real-ism Violence, In the name of the hip hop that nurtured me, me We are ordering all evil entities to exit this body, leave body
In the name of microphone fiends and a young boy's b-boy We you to leave this body, leave this body All entities, all wannabe emcees Decoys, decoys, send in the true
The true b-boys be men, Be men in the name of Scott la rock, in the of T-la rock Motherfuckers remember how to do the Reeboks Walk, hop, I told you to this body, leave this body, leave this body I you to leave this body, leave this body
Motherfuckers must I'm crazy Shit, I y'all motherfuckers is crazy I my fuckin' MTV Penny for a thought, nigga, penny for a What the fuck have you into?