Aiyyo, put one in the air for the ancestors, 'Cause without them there'd be no us, real There's on my mind, everyday, all the time It's the legacy, y'know? of black people Now this
Aiyyo, I think about this government, strikes capital punishment my peoples for four hundred, yeah, plus some Often dream of goin' back in time and givin' slaves So can watch the master run
them devil try to get away then clap his back with the shotgun I got one, cut his head off Let's take it to Harriet Tubman, show her that we to set it off She get Nat Turner, Nat go get
Sojourner send a for Touissant L'Ouverture Through the underground we go the dark to the edge of forest to meet with Denmark Vessel, you know he got ready
Ready to kill lions, in the Serengeti So like a we rush the plantation Settin' fire to everything, burn them down like No hesitation, free up the black
Kill them devils, take his ships and head back for the The plan, yet and still it's just a dream I never forget, in my it never leave, aiyyo
I forget, in my mind it never leave These dreams with days of slavery Never forget, in my it never leave dreams filled with days of slavery
I forget, in my mind it never leave dreams filled with days of slavery Never forget, in my mind it never These dreams filled days of slavery
Yo, aiyyo, was a slave Every baby she'd have the would take away She seen one long enough to give a name Every time the master rape, Jamie'd feel ashamed
She was fourteen Violated, used and abused, far from a I met Jamie in a I gave her a brand new M-16 two magazines
I her next time he come around Act you want him, get him to lay down Make sure he take off his clothing After that I you to fill him up, full of bullet holes
Release the whole clip, set trip on that Tell him that's for disrespecting you and mother Your grandmother, great-grandmother Your brother your father, in the land they call the
Next thing you do is round up all the Stay together and your way to freedom, God bless, aiyyo
I never forget, in my mind it never These dreams with days of slavery Never forget, in my it never leave These dreams filled with of slavery
I never forget, in my mind it leave These dreams filled with days of
Aiyyo, I got DJ Babu in the the world famous, Beat Junkies Aiyyo, yo, how you feel about this? And this goes out to all the
Especially to my grandmother The foundation, in peace, love you, grandma