Cancel the Cartons of the Milky Way with pictures of a planet Last in pursuit of an American dream This fool actually thinks he can his hummer on the moon Blasting DMX off the soundtrack of a south cartoon
Niggas used to buy their out of slavery Now we buy chains and links, and drinks They're paying me to record this, more if you hear it Somebody tell me what you think I should do the money Yes, friend tell me you think I should do with the money
Exactly how is it gonna cost to free mumia? What's he gonna do his freedom? Talk on the radio? Radio programming is just that, a brainwashin' 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 with an outstretched hand
In a roar of hearts, thoughts, defensiveness and counter Intelligence What is innocence? Fuck it, I do believe in the existence of police Who do I make checks to?
A young child stares at a screen transfixed by tales of violence His teenage father him that that's life, not that Barney shit A purple dinosaur that of love, a black man that speaks of blood Which one is keeping it real, son? Who your steel, son?
Hardcore, elements at the earth's core Fuck it, I'mma keep speaking my throats sore An emcee told a crowd of hundreds to put hands in the air An armed robber stepped to a And told to put their hands in the air A Christian minister his benediction the congregation hold their hands in the air Love the of the happy Buddha with his hands in the air
Hands up and confused, define tomorrow belief system ain't louder than my car system Nigga walked down my block with his A sub woofer on a leash each one one
The DJ a new philosophy into a barren mind, I can't front on it My head nods as if to clear the last image an etch-a-sketch Something Rakim said, I could quote any emcee, but why should I? How it benefit me? Karmic repercussions
Are tales of reality worth their sonic laced discussions? Suddenly, the shivers and quakes, a newborn startles and wakes Her mother rushes to her bed to hold her to her breast
of sustenance heals and nourishes From the depths of life still flourishes Yet we focus on death and destruction, violence, My people, let go
have you bought into? How much will it cost to buy you out? 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?
How much it cost to buy you out of my mind? Penny for a thought, y'all niggas is half steppin' my time Please, nigga You talkin' to me? Please baby, baby, baby can I Can I borrow a nickel, a dime, and quarter
Penny for a thought, for a thought How much will it to buy you out of buyin' into a reality that Originally bought Dime a dozen, y'all niggas a dime a dozen for a thought, nigga, c'mon, penny for a thought Think fast, think fast, c'mon, is money
Time is money, is time So I keep 7 o'clock in the and gain interest in the hour of God I'm saving to buy my freedom, God, me wings, I'm too fly not to fly I soared further humans without wings so I soar And fine tickling the feathers of my hysterically, over land numerically I am seven mountains higher the valley of death
Seven higher than the valley of death Seven dimensions deeper than dimensions of Seven mountains higher the valley of death Seven dimensions deeper than of breath
We're an exorcism on all this keep it real-ism Violence, In the name of the hip hop nurtured me, cultured me We are ordering all evil entities to exit this body, leave this
In the name of fiends and a young boy's b-boy dreams We draw you to leave body, leave this body All evil entities, all wannabe Decoys, decoys, send in the true
The b-boys be men, motherfuckers Be men in the name of la rock, in the name of T-la rock Motherfuckers don't how to do the Reeboks Walk, hop, I you to leave this body, leave this body, leave this body I told you to leave this body, leave this
Motherfuckers must I'm crazy Shit, I think motherfuckers is crazy I my fuckin' MTV Penny for a thought, nigga, for a thought What the fuck have you bought