Cancel the Cartons of the Milky Way with pictures of a missing Last in pursuit of an American dream This fool actually thinks he can drive his hummer on the DMX off the soundtrack of a south park cartoon
Niggas used to buy families out of slavery Now we buy chains and links, smokes and They're paying me to record this, even more if you it Somebody tell me what you think I should do the money Yes, friend tell me what you think I should do the money
how much is it gonna cost to free mumia? What's he gonna do with his freedom? on the radio? Radio is just that, a brainwashin' gleamed of purpose To be honest, freedom of speech makes me nervous And you for another martyr in the form of a man Hair a mane with an outstretched hand
In a roar of hearts, thoughts, reactionary and counter What exactly is innocence? Fuck it, I do believe in the of police brutality Who do I checks payable 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 speaks of blood Which one is keeping it real, Who manufactured your steel, son?
Hardcore, ancient at the earth's core Fuck it, I'mma keep speaking 'til my 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 minister his benediction While the hold their 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 than my car Nigga down my block with his rotwiler A sub woofer on a leash 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 Rakim said, I could quote any emcee, but why I? How would it benefit me? repercussions
Are your tales of reality worth their sonic discussions? Suddenly, the ground shivers and quakes, a newborn and wakes Her mother to her bed side to hold her to her breast
Milk of sustenance heals and From the depths of life still flourishes Yet we focus on and destruction, violence, corruption 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 have you bought into? How much 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 what? You to me? Please 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 Originally bought you? Dime a dozen, y'all niggas a a dozen for a thought, nigga, c'mon, penny for a thought Think fast, fast, c'mon, time is money
is money, money is time 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 tickling the feathers of my wings hysterically, over land numerically I am seven higher than the valley of death
mountains higher than the valley of death Seven dimensions deeper dimensions of breath Seven mountains higher than the of death Seven dimensions deeper than dimensions of
We're an exorcism on all this keep it real-ism Violence, In the of the hip hop that nurtured me, cultured me We are all evil entities to exit this body, leave this body
In the name of microphone fiends and a young boy's b-boy We draw you to this body, leave this body All evil entities, all emcees Decoys, decoys, send in the true
The true b-boys be men, Be men in the name of Scott la rock, in the name of T-la don't remember how to do the Reeboks Walk, hop, I told you to this body, leave this body, leave this body I told you to this body, leave this body
must think I'm crazy Shit, I think y'all motherfuckers is I want my MTV Penny for a thought, nigga, penny for a the fuck have you bought into?