[Movie Sample]

Think about it... Think about it, and understand it. Do understand it



[Chorus x2]

Read between the lines, everything seems fine

But our rapid decline is a sign of the times

Most of us is scared of revolution

Thats why we strap up the glock, go on the block and we dont care who we be shooting



[Verse 1]

The world is a ghetto

Politicians pull strings like Geppetto

Cops kill, but still the court case gets settled

Little kids peddle dope on the streets, like its a hobby

Cause Moms lives in the building with fiends all in the lobby

Somebody called the preacher, and asked him for his blessings

It probably cost you some cash, when they passed the plate for collections

Only lessons teachers taught me in school was propaganda

And the picture of Jesus nailed on the cross, of course its slander

This land was built on corruption, murder and lies

Thats why every president had some sort of murderous ties

So I despise what you teach me, despise you completely

You can always see defeat in the eyes of the weakling

Over half the population of blacks today are Christian

And Christianity was the product of constant whipping

Cause they said that we were savages, so our values they took em

The majority of the slaves that they traded here was Muslim

So do they hide the truth from us, or are we just too scared to look

They say the truth is safe from niggaz in books

Because we dont read, so we dont really know our history

Yeah thats the type of shit that gets to me



[Chorus x2]



[Verse 2]

I listen to Immortal Technique, when he speak he make a lot of sense

The record business is just as crooked as any politics

Thats why you hear a lot of rap niggaz talking that nonsense

Its the grand plan to keep our people stuck in bondage

Slaves to the rings, slaves to the chains, slaves to the reins

Most of these rappers is slaves to the game

Getting sodomized, just to wear some platinum and be idolized

When they whole entire life is itemized

The revolution wont be televised

Cause the television's only use is just for telling lies, to keep us confused

Cause confusion's easy to rule, so they use TVs as tools

To warp the minds of the youth so they grow up as fools

Over eighty percent of African Americans dont even know they heritage

And they dont think this knowledge is imperative

Thats why you see more babies and less marriages

No change, because the arrogance has been inherited right from our parents

And its carried over into our seeds, so when they sprout up as trees

They dont know who to believe, its a disease

And its called ignorance, and its highly contagious

And it gets worse over the ages



[Chorus x2]



[Verse 3]

I write the songs that you don't wanna hear

The songs that DJ's dont be playing on the air

The songs that's gonna make my people wanna care

The songs that real heads bang in their Discman's and stereos

The songs that fortify you with nutritious values like Cheerios

The songs thats underground, like seismic prints that make the thunder sound

And shake the ground for miles around and cause buildings to crumble down

That jungle sound, that ruggedness, that niggaz nod their heads to

The type of music that'll make the police try and dead you

Son, I wouldn't kid you, I'm a hip-hop fanatic

I ?? up on music like Edutainment and Illmatic

So that wack shit you can have it, radio-friendly garbage

You caught picking off somebody and callin yourself an artist?

I be starving, for a sellout just to keep up with the ??

Everybody is biting, nobody knows when it started

50 different songs about the same thing on the radio

What happened to the basic concept of being original?

Its pitiful, because hip-hop has influenced our culture

These little kids look at the videos and hang the posters

Our time is getting short, our final days are coming closer

Its time to bring this age of ignorance to a closure



[Chorus x2]



[Ishues interview: beat fades to end]