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Yo, you believe they say we ain't shit, we can't grow? All we are is dealers and gangstas and hoes? And you believe when they be tellin' you lie, all on the They make the world crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the at school? Know you a young single parent out strugglin', they you a fool Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in classes shorty future, I wonder how do we last it
Underground in casket? Ancestors turnin' I'm learnin' every day, there is no Lazareth like God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', ownin' shit, yo, it can What do we Not enough land, not enough homes Not enough banks, to give a 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 zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (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 bars We've already gone already gave up, cut our own heads offs Stab our own backs and too much
Without fulfillin' reality, too and Can't one or two chains, we need three of dem Can't have one or two without squeezin' 'em On our own and fuck black leaders
'Cause whites ain't got none leadin' them, the is cosmic Nas is divinity, the deity's All get and get up Victims walkin' with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy in church to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, petitioned and to make another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (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)
You to be yourself 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the and dance If you cared they think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards like they or Jews
Or from Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, us to bring against the darkness, which is un-Godly
So, the black man's true religion, who should we follow? Use own intuition, you are tomorrow That's the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get Control own destiny, you are a genius Don't let it happen to you like it did to me, I was a zombie
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think we're (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for more than fo'-hundred Ghetto niggaz have it no mo', can I get a witness? Why listen to somebody tell you how to do it? When you can do it It's all in you, do it, do it Do it