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 parts  it'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 Africa, what does it mean?
 To burst the scene, or conquer like a philistene
 War or peace, which one do you prefer?
 Pass me my M-16 for the disaster
 A reason for the treason in a jet black season..
 .. for peace, justice, and freedom
 for the Original Man, architect of the Motherland
 Kings to Queens, is the Asiatic Black plan
 Pre-Adam-ite, first to see the light
 Way before Adam and Eve took flight
 Bless the seed of Abraham, I 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 blurry, so don't even lie to me
 The rebirth the revival of our culture survival
 to elevate, the 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 day, salt and pepper in the earthly stew
 But the salt think it taste better, straight up superior
 Therefore, the flavor of the pepper's inferior
 Incorrect though, giving 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 slow, cause the water's not shallow
 Let my people go, you little Pharoah
 Listen how they word it, be observant
 Then house negro; today, civil servant
 I want to drop the bomb but remain calm
 Strong like the power of the Fruits of Islam
 Black is beautiful, hot like fire
 Guess how many times they thought they killed the Messiah
 Malcolm X, Dr. King, let's sing
 All around the world let freedom ring
 Reality is real, so 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 - aim, rationale?
 Cause I made up my mind, I never scrape or bow
 But teach my own, the sound of black unity
 Together we can rise and now's the opportunity
 The Tuskegee Experiment, indeed it was big
 when they used the black man as a guinea pig
 Animalism, pumped 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