(Everybody in the history of our people

from Garvey through Martin Luther King through Malcolm

all the way to Queensbridge Houses

have hit the streets and spoke)



No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice



[VERSE 1: Intelligent Hoodlum]

There was a brother in the Bridge, Richie Lou

Beaten to death by the red, white and blue

I can still hear the siren, and I hate it

Headlines read: Death was drug-related

What does crack have to do with the life that's bein taken

Drugs that one is usin, or money that one is makin

No one can bare the pain of his mother, I know it hurted

The thought of her son bein beaten, then murdered

Too late to turn the other cheek now, cause I'm bothered

This little girl's gonna grow without a father

And all we can do for brother Rich is say peace

And make sure the killin cease

Cause if we don't have justice, there is no peace

No peace, this is the message you're sendin me

Killin my brothers makes you my enemy

Another man's heaven is a blackman's hell

If you think he's not your enemy, then time will tell

Cause America's a prison, America's a prison

America's a prison and we wanna be released

No justice, no justice, no peace



No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice



[VERSE 2: Intelligent Hoodlum]

It's the '90s, and I speak for my descendants

Africa deserves its independence

Unity is strength, separation is illusion

There's no such thing as a peaceful revolution

Let's all fight for the motherland

Man, woman and child, child, woman and man

Abortion or birth, you tell me what's sweeter

Who knows, you could've just killed a young black leader

Givin birth is a beautiful ability

Sex should be safe if you lack responsibility

Strenght is the son, support is the daugther

Some say it's murder and some say that it's slaughter

A woman should be trialed, prosecuted

When a innocent life is executed

So before you lay down with a man, think of results

Abortion is a sacrifice as an adult

Uncle Sam pays for college, waring skill

Your man is programmed with the desire to kill

Uncle Sam declares war on the Japanese

For black you never bled, but for white you bleed

Black children grow in a world like this

Where they kill black leaders and activists

Public housing is prison, get out of the place

Welfare is a system hold back the black race

Power for people, progress converter

Welfare is economical murder

Physical and mental murder must cease

(Come on, baby) No justice, no peace



No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice



[VERSE 3: Intelligent Hoodlum]

There was a brother in the Bridge named Richie Lou

Beaten to death by the red, white and blue

I can still hear the siren sound, and I hate it

Headlines read: Death was drug-related

What does crack have to do with the life that's bein taken

Drugs that one is usin, money that one is makin

No one can bare the pain of his mother, I know it hurted

The thought of her son bein beaten, then murdered

Too late to turn the other cheek now, cause I'm bothered

This little girl's gonna grow without a father

And all we can do for brother Rich is say peace

And make sure the killin cease

Cause if we don't have justice, then there is no peace

No peace, this is the message you're sendin me?

Killin my brothers makes you my enemy

Another man's heaven is a blackman's hell

If you think he's not your enemy, then time will tell

Cause America's a prison, America's a prison

America's a prison and we wanna be released

(Now what time is it?) No justice, no justice, no peace



No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice

No justice, no peace

No peace, no justice



Hey yo

this goes out to Richie Lou

and his family

Stay strong

Peace