Ey, ey, check it out Man, you need to get up out of this man And get a job man you get smoked man I know you don't hear it man But, man, wait, hold up loc you've got man my guns?
When I'm ridin' on the street I hear gunshots, shots Swear crack niggas 'cause they're moms missed So black man care about politics In the ninety's, our so slick
I watch CNN sometimes and I They're playin' tricks on my They want a man to work with his Too young to die, and they don't give a
Rare-momma got down on her But not no more, god damn it, I make I'm on the and I'ma show and prove You cry to my political groove
Rest in peace, brothers underneath I love you to death while my beat's a reef In the middle of the night on the streets The thing we got left is the beat
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got left is the beat, huh, it to me All we got is the beat, the beat, yo All we got is the beat, uh
Who guns into the USA? And then makes sure that come around the way Gain the points until the whole race And teach up my that she should call up the cops
The projects are hell, wait a, nothin' we do but ride on top of an elevator Say the clubs, I get a job Mouth to feed, somebody's gettin'
I ain't worked, but I ain't workin' for You ever seen a man-shelter? out the bombs Brother of pain, their lives are over They spent every dime not to be sober
And all the ladies got of clothes They'll be your long momma, one never knows The are like a nightmare the presidents secretary is chillin' in his leather chair
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, give it to me All we got is the beat, the beat, yo All we got is the beat, uh
Lemon to a lime, lime to a When you need a toga-black, black linen Your ripper's man applause he can't get a job He gets up all of his family and feels like a
The black women don't 'Cause they realize what it is to be a black man In the mornin' a brother like a jerk Seein' black and white men go to work
So all women fear, the brothers ain't 'Cause won't give us no jobs, that's the real deal Hold my hand while I get it all They deserve me at times of bad weather
'Cause I'ma it out the concrete walls And there's another way besides Let me go, let me do I do I'm red, black and green, then red, and blue
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, give it to me All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got left is the beat, uh, it to me
Ridin' in the you can feel the city heat A little bit of and a whole lot of concrete Creepin' I'm on the corner And you can get if you wanna
Paybacks a mother on the You're seein' gold teeth, ya hearin' beats Brothers ride by real You get when they got tinted windows
on the steps with a blunt I'm drinkin' valentine, I wasn't up front My Ellie always talked about God Tell me you cried 'cause it's so hard Government got a of a plan But word is they ain't destroyin' this black man
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, give it to me All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, uh, give it to me
All we got is the beat, is the beat, yo All we got is the beat, huh, give it to me All we got is the beat, the beat, yo All we got is the beat, uh, give it to me
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