"you knownowadays it.. seems like there's a lot of..

Bad things going on and.. I guess a lot of it..

From the way I see it.. seems to still stem from..

Lack of feelings on our partsit's..

And how we relate or communicate with our..

Fellow brothers and sisters"



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



[cl smooth]

South africawhat does it mean? 

To burst the sceneor conquer like a philistene

War or peacewhich one do you prefer? 

Pass me my m-16 for the disaster

A reason for the treason in a jet black season..

.. for peacejusticeand freedom

For the original manarchitect of the motherland

Kings to queensis the asiatic black plan

Pre-adam-itefirst to see the light

Way before adam and eve took flight

Bless the seed of abrahamI came to jam

Protest the teachings of another man

Uncle tom stay loyal so they boil

I'm the alchemist with the twist from the true soil

My blood brother adolpho on the side of me

My vision ain't blurryso don't even lie to me

The rebirth the revival of our culture survival

To elevatethe black man is vital

You gotta realize now what we're facing

The floors I'm pacing from the anger in the nation



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



[cl smooth]

Here's the situation from a darker view

Night and daysalt and pepper in the earthly stew

But the salt think it taste betterstraight up superior

Thereforethe flavor of the pepper's inferior

Incorrect thoughgiving some heartburn

Level of a devil better wait your turn

And here is one recollection of imperfection

No one should be judged by complexion

Lie-braries; broken down as lies buried

To force their beliefs to pilgrims all hurried

Television; tell-a-lie-vision

A schism; negative realism

Four-hundred-and-thirty-five years til weak

Mental deaf dumb and blindness put us to sleep

Out of the dark comes light so the first can't be

So armaggedeon comes like a thief in the night

Rednecks flex to my context but in the projects

Some won't survive the next confrontation

And I'm aware of segregation

Pump your black fist for the anger in the nation



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



* various other scratches by pete rock for a few bars *



[cl smooth]

Some walk slowcause the water's not shallow

Let my people goyou little pharoah

Listen how they word itbe observant

Then house negro; todaycivil servant

I want to drop the bomb but remain calm

Strong like the power of the fruits of islam

Black is beautifulhot like fire

Guess how many times they thought they killed the messiah

Malcolm xdr. kinglet's sing

All around the world let freedom ring

Reality is realso how do you feel

From being kings on a throne to picking cotton in a field? 

Your slavery is lack of identity

One of the things that's not making you a friend of mine

What's your cause - aimrationale? 

Cause I made up my mindI never scrape or bow

But teach my ownthe sound of black unity

Together we can rise and now's the opportunity

The tuskegee experimentindeed it was big

When they used the black man as a guinea pig

Animalismpumped on a lower level

But can only be the works of the devil

And I'm telling you now the frustration

The future's facing from the anger in the nation



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



"let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3x *

"let's get together.. and raise"



* pete rock flips "let's get together" to the end *