[phone conversation] 

- Hello? 

- Yeah man, we need to do a hit on Mhisani. 

- No problem. 

- And just like always: 50% ahead of time, and 50% when I see that black ass dead. 

- Got it. 

- And don't fuck up. 

We don't need Mhisani spreading that black power shit to the ghetto, 

we need to keep this muthafuckin country red, white and blue. 

Fuck them niggers. 

- Cool, later. 



[Funky] 



[VERSE 1] 

Everybody thought I was a politician 

When I released "Speakin' Peace" on my 12" "Listen" 

But every circumstance causin different types of villains 

In Oakland, California people need to stop the killin 

You see, the city I live in is very intense 

So I never hesitate to write another sentence 

I speak what I feel, reality is relevant 

I don't pick up the mic and be rappin for the hell of it 

The media, they categorize and classify 

They say I'm racist, political, but that's a lie 

It's hard as hell growing up in a system with racism 

Some brothers can't hang, so they go to prison 

And rap music is a way of expression 

I might rap clean and rap vulgar from agression 

So view me as a humour, just aware and conscient 

Instead of bumping the gums and talkin that nonsense 

I call it like I see it 



(Go 'head) 

(I'm tired of bein told hella lies) 

I call it like I see it 

(Alright) 

(Expose the enemy hidin behind a disguise) 

I call it like I see it 

(Go 'head) 

(The conditions and problems and causes) 

I call it like I see it 

(Alright) 

(Protected by the first ammendment clause) 



[VERSE 2] 

Returning from the rap laboratory 

Feelin kinda good, now I think I have a story 

(Kick it) Girls turn me on in the open society 

So many fine nations, damn, what a variety 

Me myself I like em thick, I never trip on shades 

Light or dark skin, hair down or in dookie braids 

Is there a doctor in the house? (Yeah) Where is she? 

Tell her to come backstage, I need some lip therapy 

Some go through trips ( ? ) and start relationships 

Some comin straight and get busy on the first date 

The game on the streets is deeper than knee 

Makin your money and keepin your freak, I peep, then I speak 

But some brown-noser wants to bother my sound 

He said, "Mhisani, won't you water it down? 

Be a little more clean cut, never cuss, be like us and cross over" 

Oh, you must be getting complaints from your boss, Rover 

It's a damn shame rappers are bein bought for 

Gonna speak the truth explicit or hardcore 

But if it gotta be like that, then so be it 

Cause I'ma call it like I see it 



(Go 'head) 

(You know that you cuss, don't deny it) 

I call it like I see it 

(Alright) 

(If a record offends you, don't buy it) 

I call it like I see it 

(Go 'head) 

(I don't try to make a friendly type of music) 

I call it like I see it 

(Alright) 

(Won't ever worry ( ? ) I'ma use it) 



[VERSE 3] 

People fought and died to make a better future for the youth 

And many were killed for speakin the truth 

Given too much game, gettin too close to home 

Put a hit on you, snipers waitin with they scopes on 

What do you expect for us to shut up and just let you kill us? 

And teach the children that they came from gorillas? 

I guess you figured if you kept us braindead you control us 

Let us kill each other, then you call the rollers 

Two at a time never fails 

You send one to jail and tell the dead dude to go to hell 

And you can send the black and whites out to hassle me 

Tell me to shut up or I be another casualty 

But your sweatin won't threaten me ( ? ) 

( ? ) we stand strong to the death and hard nothings 

Just we like did ( ? ) we fought like men 

You brought the guns and we been dyin every since then 

As I rap I stare at the top of the roof 

I shut my mouth or get shot for the truth 

But I must take a stand to make a better future for people as equals 

And call it like I see it 



(Go 'head) 

(If it means life or death) 

I call it like I see it 

(Alright) 

(I will speak till my very last breath) 

I call it like I see it 

(Go 'head) 

(When all odds are against me) 

I call it like I see it 

(Alright) 

(The truth set me free) 



[Funky] 



I call it like I see it