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Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we grow? All we are is dope and gangstas and hoes? And you believe they be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the world look to keep you inside?
Why you listen the teachers at school? you a young single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your kids bad and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' shorty future, I how do we last it
Underground in they Ancestors turnin' I'm somethin' every day, there is no Lazareth Words God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', ownin' shit, yo, it can What do we own? Not land, not enough homes Not banks, to give a brother a loan
What do we own? The on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then hit us with tax And if we live to be old, what about now? So, stop bein' controlled, we black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, fuck bars We've already gone They've already gave up, cut our own heads Stab our own and dream too much
fulfillin' reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't one or two guns without squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck black
whites ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to another generation, black zombies
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
You to be yourself 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the and dance If you cared what they think, why what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, us to bring Peace the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, what's the black man's religion, who should we follow? Use your own intuition, you are That's the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia slave, so get paid Control your own destiny, you are a Don't let it happen to you it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred Ghetto niggaz won't it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to somebody else you how to do it? When you can do it It's all in you, do it, do it Do it