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Yo, you believe when they say we ain't shit, we can't All we are is dope dealers and and hoes? And you when they be tellin' you lie, all on the media? They make the look crazy to keep you inside?
Why you listen when the at school? you a young single parent out strugglin', they think you a fool Give your kids bad grades and put 'em in classes Killin' shorty future, I wonder how do we it
Underground in they casket? Ancestors I'm learnin' every day, there is no Lazareth like God is Greek or Latin So, if you study Egypt, you'll see the truth written by the
My is chillin', gettin' high, relaxin' Envisionin', shit, yo, it can happen What do we own? Not enough land, not enough Not enough banks, to give a a loan
What do we own? The on our backs, we run and we ask For reparations, then they hit us tax And if we live to be old, what about now? So, bein' controlled, we black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Aiyo, we trapped in our own brain, fuck behind We've gone insane They've already gave up, cut our own heads our own backs and dream too much
Without fulfillin' reality, too and Can't have one or two chains, we three of dem Can't have one or two guns squeezin' 'em On our own people and fuck leaders
'Cause whites ain't got leadin' them, the rhythm is cosmic Nas is divinity, the prophetless All get and get up Victims walkin' 'round down's syndrome, all stuck
Faintin', shoutin', catchin' Holy in church to do it for ourselves 'less we see somebody doin' it first We begged, we prayed, and demonstrated Just to another generation, black zombies
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we think livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
Walkin', dead, though we think we're livin (Black zombies) We just copy-cat, followin' the (Black zombies)
You scared to be yourself you in a trance Feel free, hear the music and If you cared what they think, why wear they wear, just for you Dumb niggaz with long beards they Arabs or Jews
Or from Israel, Al-rahman Al-raheem a beautiful thing And and Rastafari, helps us to bring Peace against the darkness, which is
So, what's the man's true religion, who should we follow? Use own intuition, you are tomorrow That's the sound of the beast, I'm a Columbia record slave, so get Control own destiny, you are a genius Don't let it happen to you like it did to me, I was a black
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin' (Black zombies) We just copy cat, the system (Black zombies)
Walkin', talkin' dead, though we we're livin (Black zombies) We copy-cat, followin' the system (Black zombies)
Wake up, black zombies in a for more than fo'-hundred years Ghetto niggaz won't have it no mo', can I get a Why listen to somebody tell you how to do it? When you can do it yourself? all in you, do it, do it Do it