Cancel the Cartons of the Milky Way with pictures of a missing seen in pursuit of an American dream This fool actually he can drive his hummer on the moon Blasting DMX off the of a south park cartoon
Niggas used to buy their families out of Now we buy chains and links, smokes and They're paying me to record this, even if you hear it Somebody tell me you think I should do with the money Yes, friend tell me you think I should do with the money
Exactly how much is it gonna to free mumia? What's he gonna do his freedom? Talk on the radio? Radio programming is that, a brainwashin' gleamed of purpose To be honest, some freedom of makes me nervous And you looking for martyr in the form of a man Hair like a mane an outstretched hand
In a of hearts, thoughts, reactionary defensiveness and counter What exactly is innocence? Fuck it, I do in the existence of police brutality Who do I make 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 that of blood Which one is keeping it real, son? Who manufactured your steel,
Hardcore, ancient elements at the core it, I'mma keep speaking 'til my throats sore An emcee told a crowd of hundreds to put their in the air An armed robber to a bank And told to put their hands in the air A Christian minister gives his 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 ain't louder than my car system Nigga walked down my with his rotwiler A sub on a leash each one teach one
The DJ spins a new philosophy a barren mind, I can't front on it My head nods as if to clear the last image an etch-a-sketch like Rakim said, I could quote any emcee, but why should I? How would it me? Karmic repercussions
Are tales of reality worth their sonic laced discussions? Suddenly, the shivers and quakes, a newborn startles and wakes Her mother to her bed side to hold her to her breast
of sustenance heals and nourishes From the depths of life still flourishes Yet we on death and destruction, violence, corruption My people, let go
What have you bought into? How much will it cost to buy you What 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 it gonna cost to buy you out of my mind? Penny for a thought, y'all niggas is half steppin' wastin' my Please, what? 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 it cost to buy you out of buyin' into a reality that Originally bought 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 in the bank and gain interest in the hour of God I'm to buy my freedom, God, grant me wings, I'm too fly not to fly I soared further past humans without wings so I And tickling the feathers of my wings Flying hysterically, land numerically I am seven mountains higher than the of death
Seven mountains higher than the valley of Seven dimensions deeper dimensions of breath Seven higher than the valley of death Seven dimensions than dimensions of breath
We're performing an exorcism on all this keep it 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 of microphone fiends and a young boy's b-boy dreams We draw you to leave this body, leave body All evil entities, all wannabe Decoys, decoys, send in the true
The true b-boys be men, Be men in the name of la rock, in the name of T-la rock Motherfuckers remember how to do the Reeboks Walk, hop, I told you to leave this body, leave this body, leave this I told you to leave this body, leave body
Motherfuckers must think I'm Shit, I think motherfuckers is crazy I want my MTV for a thought, nigga, penny for a thought What the fuck you bought into?