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Yo, you believe when they say we shit, we can't grow? All we are is dope dealers and and hoes? And you believe when be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They the world look crazy 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 grades and put 'em in classes shorty future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they casket? turnin' I'm somethin' every day, there is no Lazareth like God is Greek or Latin So, if you Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen do we own? Not enough land, not enough homes Not enough banks, to give a brother a
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 just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, fuck behind already gone insane They've gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and dream too
Without fulfillin' reality, too and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't have one or two guns squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up walkin' 'round with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to make generation, black zombies
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)
You to be yourself 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the and dance If you cared what they think, why wear they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz long beards like they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, helps us to against the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, what's the man's true religion, who should we follow? Use your own intuition, you are the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record 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 just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for more fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz won't have it no mo', can I get a Why listen to else tell you how to do it? you can do it yourself? It's all in you, do it, do it Do it