Cancel the Cartons of the Way with pictures of a missing planet Last seen in pursuit of an dream fool actually thinks he can drive his hummer on the moon Blasting DMX off the soundtrack of a south 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 think I should do the money Yes, friend tell me what you think I should do the money
Exactly how is it gonna cost to free mumia? he gonna do with his freedom? Talk on the radio? Radio programming is just that, a gleamed of purpose To be honest, freedom of speech makes me nervous And you looking for martyr in the form of a man Hair like a mane an outstretched hand
In a roar of hearts, thoughts, defensiveness and counter Intelligence exactly is innocence? Fuck it, I do in the existence of police brutality Who do I checks 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 elements at the core Fuck it, I'mma keep 'til my throats sore An emcee a crowd of hundreds to put their hands in the air An armed robber to a bank And told everyone to put their in the air A Christian minister gives his While the congregation hold their in the air Love the image of the happy Buddha his hands in the air
Hands up and feel confused, tomorrow Your belief system ain't louder than my car Nigga down my block with his rotwiler A sub on a leash each one teach one
The DJ spins a new into a barren mind, I can't front on it My head nods as if to the last image from an etch-a-sketch Something Rakim said, I could quote any emcee, but why should I? How would it me? Karmic repercussions
Are your of reality worth their sonic laced discussions? Suddenly, the ground shivers and quakes, a newborn startles and Her mother rushes to her bed side to hold her to her
Milk of sustenance and nourishes From the of creation life still flourishes Yet we focus on death and destruction, violence, My people, let go
What have you bought into? How much it cost to buy you out? What you bought into? How much will it cost to buy you out? What have you bought into? How 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' wastin' my Please, nigga You talkin' to me? Please baby, baby, can I borrow Can I a nickel, a dime, and that quarter
for a thought, penny for a thought How much will it cost to buy you out of buyin' a reality that Originally bought you? a dozen, y'all niggas a dime a dozen Penny for a thought, nigga, c'mon, for a thought fast, think fast, c'mon, time is money
Time is money, money is So I 7 o'clock in the bank 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 past humans wings so I soar And fine tickling the feathers of my Flying hysterically, over land I am seven mountains than the valley of death
Seven mountains higher than the of death Seven dimensions deeper than of breath mountains higher than the valley of death Seven deeper than dimensions of breath
performing an exorcism on all this keep it real-ism Violence, In the of the hip hop that nurtured me, cultured me We are ordering all evil entities to exit this body, this body
In the name of microphone fiends and a boy's b-boy dreams We draw you to leave this body, leave this All evil entities, all wannabe Decoys, decoys, send in the true
The true be men, motherfuckers Be men in the of Scott 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, this body, leave this body I told you to leave this body, leave body
Motherfuckers must think I'm Shit, I think y'all motherfuckers is I my fuckin' MTV Penny for a thought, nigga, for a thought the fuck have you bought into?