Cancel the Cartons of the Way with pictures of a missing planet Last seen in of an American dream This fool actually he can drive his hummer on the moon Blasting DMX off the of a south park cartoon
used to buy their families out of slavery Now we buy chains and links, smokes and They're me to record this, even more if you hear it Somebody tell me what you I should do with the money Yes, tell me what you think I should do with the money
Exactly how is it gonna cost to free mumia? he gonna do with his freedom? Talk on the radio? Radio is just that, a brainwashin' gleamed of purpose To be honest, freedom of speech makes me nervous And you looking for another martyr in the of a man Hair a mane with an outstretched hand
In a roar of hearts, thoughts, reactionary defensiveness and Intelligence What exactly is Fuck it, I do believe in the of police brutality Who do I make checks to?
A young child stares at a glowing screen transfixed by of violence His teenage father tells him that that's life, not that Barney A purple dinosaur that speaks of love, a black man that of blood Which one is it real, son? Who manufactured your steel, son?
Hardcore, ancient elements at the core Fuck it, I'mma keep speaking 'til my sore An emcee a crowd of hundreds to put their hands in the air An armed robber stepped to a And told to put their hands in the air A minister 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 Your belief system ain't than my car system Nigga walked down my block his rotwiler A sub woofer on a leash one teach one
The DJ spins a new philosophy into a barren mind, I can't on it My head nods as if to clear the image from an etch-a-sketch Something Rakim said, I could quote any emcee, but why should I? How would it benefit me? repercussions
Are your tales of reality worth their sonic discussions? Suddenly, the ground shivers and quakes, a startles and wakes Her mother rushes to her bed side to hold her to her
of sustenance heals and nourishes From the depths of creation still flourishes Yet we focus on and destruction, violence, corruption My people, let go
What have you bought into? How much it cost to buy you out? What have you bought How much will it cost to buy you out? What have you bought How much will it cost to buy you out?
How much it gonna cost to buy you out of my Penny for a thought, niggas is half steppin' wastin' my time Please, nigga You talkin' to me? Please baby, baby, can I borrow Can I borrow a nickel, a dime, and that
Penny for a thought, penny for a How much will it cost to buy you out of into a reality that Originally bought you? Dime a dozen, y'all niggas a a dozen Penny for a thought, nigga, c'mon, penny for a fast, think fast, c'mon, time is money
Time is money, is time So I keep 7 o'clock in the bank and 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 past humans without wings so I soar And fine the feathers of my wings Flying hysterically, over numerically I am seven mountains higher than the valley of
mountains higher than the valley of death Seven dimensions deeper than of breath Seven mountains higher than the of death Seven deeper than dimensions of breath
We're performing an 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, this body
In the name of microphone fiends and a young boy's b-boy We draw you to leave this body, leave this All evil entities, all wannabe Decoys, decoys, in the true b-boys
The true be men, motherfuckers Be men in the name of Scott la rock, in the name of rock Motherfuckers remember how to do the Reeboks Walk, hop, I told you to leave this body, leave body, leave this body I told you to leave body, leave this body
Motherfuckers must think I'm Shit, I y'all motherfuckers is crazy I want my MTV Penny for a thought, nigga, for a thought What the fuck have you bought