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Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we can't All we are is dope dealers and gangstas and And you believe when be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the world look crazy to keep you
Why you listen the teachers at school? Know you a young single parent out strugglin', they you a fool Give your bad grades and put 'em in dumber classes Killin' future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in they casket? Ancestors I'm learnin' somethin' every day, there is no Words like God is or Latin So, if you Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the masters
My niggaz is chillin', gettin' high, Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen What do we own? Not land, not enough homes Not banks, to give a brother a loan
What do we The skin on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then hit us with tax And insurance if we live to be old, about now? So, stop bein' controlled, we black
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're 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 already up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own and dream too much
Without reality, too greedy and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't have one or two guns squeezin' 'em On our own and fuck black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up Victims walkin' 'round with down's syndrome, all
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Ghost in church Scared to do it for ourselves 'less we see doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (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 free, hear the music and dance If you cared what they think, why wear they wear, just for you Dumb with long 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 own intuition, you are tomorrow That's the of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get paid your own destiny, you are a genius Don't let it to you like it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We copy cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
up, black zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto won't have it no mo', can I get a witness? 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