Cancel the Cartons of the Milky Way with pictures of a planet Last in pursuit of an American dream This actually thinks he can drive his hummer on the moon Blasting DMX off the soundtrack of a south cartoon
Niggas used to buy families out of slavery Now we buy and links, smokes and drinks paying me to record this, even more if you hear it Somebody tell me what you I should do with the money Yes, friend tell me what you think I do with the money
Exactly how much is it gonna to free mumia? What's he do with his freedom? Talk on the radio? Radio programming is just that, a gleamed of purpose To be honest, some freedom of speech me nervous And you looking for another martyr in the of a man Hair like a mane with an 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 payable to?
A child stares at a glowing screen transfixed by tales of violence His teenage father tells him that that's life, not that shit A dinosaur that speaks of love, a black man that speaks of blood Which one is keeping it real, son? Who manufactured your steel,
Hardcore, ancient at the earth's core Fuck it, I'mma keep speaking 'til my throats An emcee a crowd of hundreds to put their hands in the air An armed robber stepped to a And told everyone to put hands in the air A Christian gives his benediction While the congregation hold hands in the air Love the image of the happy with his hands in the air
Hands up and confused, define tomorrow belief system ain't louder than my car system Nigga walked my block with his rotwiler A sub on a leash each one teach 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 from an Something like said, I could quote any emcee, but why should I? How it benefit me? Karmic repercussions
Are your tales of reality worth their laced discussions? Suddenly, the ground shivers and quakes, a newborn startles and Her mother to her bed side to hold her to her breast
Milk of heals and nourishes From the depths of creation life flourishes Yet we on death and destruction, violence, corruption My people, let go
What have you bought into? How will it cost to buy you out? What have you bought into? How much will it cost to buy you What have you bought into? How will it cost to buy you out?
How much it gonna cost to buy you out of my Penny for a thought, y'all niggas is half steppin' wastin' my Please, nigga what? You to me? baby, baby, baby can I borrow Can I a nickel, a dime, and that quarter
Penny for a thought, for a thought How will it cost to buy you out of buyin' into a reality that bought you? Dime a dozen, y'all niggas a dime a dozen Penny for a thought, nigga, c'mon, for a thought Think fast, think fast, c'mon, is money
Time is money, is time So I keep 7 o'clock in the bank and gain 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 past humans without so I soar And fine the feathers of my wings Flying hysterically, land numerically I am mountains higher than the valley of death
Seven mountains than the valley of death Seven dimensions deeper dimensions of breath mountains higher than the valley of death Seven deeper than dimensions of breath
We're an exorcism on all this keep it real-ism Violence, In the name of the hip hop that me, cultured me We are ordering all evil to exit this body, leave this body
In the name of microphone fiends and a young boy's b-boy We draw you to leave body, leave this body All evil entities, all emcees Decoys, decoys, in the true b-boys
The true 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 told you to leave this body, leave this body, leave this I you to leave this body, leave this body
must think I'm crazy Shit, I think motherfuckers is crazy I want my MTV Penny for a thought, nigga, penny for a What the have you bought into?