Come on, although ya try to discredit Ya still never read it The needle, I'll thread it
Radically poetic Standin' with the fury that they had in '66 And like E-Double I'm mad
Still knee-deep in the system's shit Hoover, he was a body remover I'll give ya a dose
But it can never come close To the rage built up inside of me Fist in the air,
in the land of hypocrisy
Movements come and movements go Leaders speak, movements cease
When their heads are flown 'Cause all these punks Got bullets in their heads
Departments of police, the judges, the feds Networks at work, keepin' people calm
You know they went after King When he spoke out on Vietnam
He turned the power to the have-nots And then came the shot
Yeah, back in this. Wit' poetry, my mind I flex Flip like Wilson, vocals never lackin' dat
finesse Whadda I got to, whadda I got to do to wake ya up To shake ya up, to break the
structure up 'Cause blood still flows in the gutter I'm like takin' photos
Mad boy kicks open the shutter Set the groove Then stick and move like I was Cassius
Rep the stutter step Then bomb a left upon the fascists Yea, the several federal men
Who pulled schemes on the dream And put it to an end Ya better beware
Of retribution with mind war 20/20 visions and murals with metaphors
Networks at work, keepin' people calm Ya know they murdered X And tried to blame it
on Islam He turned the power to the have-nots And then came the shot
What was the price on his head? What was the price on his head!
I think I heard a shot I think I heard a shot I think I heard a shot
'He may be a real contender for this position should he abandon his supposed obedience
to white liberal doctrine of non-violence...and embrace black nationalism'
'Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers.
and neutralize them. Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to
pinpoint potential trouble-makers... and neutralize them
and neutralize them, and neutralize them, and neutralize them'
Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!
How long? Not long, cause what you reap is what you sow
The lyrics discuss racism within the American government and the counter-intelligence programs of FBI a spoken portion of the song is taken from an actual FBI memo in which its director Edgar Hoover suggests targets for the suppression of the black nationalist movement. The song also makes references to prominent African-American figures targeted by the government such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., and goes as far as saying that the government arranged their assassinations. (Wikipedia)
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