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Yo, you when 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 teachers at Know you a young single parent out strugglin', think 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? turnin' I'm learnin' somethin' every day, is no Lazareth like God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, see the truth written by the masters
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen 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 insurance if we live to be old, what about So, stop bein' controlled, we zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're 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 behind We've already gone They've already gave up, cut our own offs our own backs and dream too much
Without reality, too greedy and have 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
whites ain't got none leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims walkin' with down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy Ghost in to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated to make another generation, black 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, followin' the (Black zombies)
You to be yourself 'cause you in a trance Feel free, hear the music and If you cared they think, why wear what they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards they Arabs or Jews
Or Israel, Bismi-Allah Al-rahman Al-raheem Islam's a beautiful And Christian and Rastafari, us to bring Peace against the darkness, which is
So, what's the man's true religion, who should we follow? Use your own intuition, you are That's the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get Control own destiny, you are a genius let it happen to you like it did to me, I was a black zombie
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a spell for than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz have it no mo', can I get a witness? Why to somebody else tell you how to do it? When you can do it It's all in you, do it, do it Do it