See I was resting at the park minding my own
business as I kick up the treble tone
on my radio tape player box, right
just loud enough so folks could hear it's hype, see ?
Outta nowhere comes the woman I'm dating
investigation maybe she was demonstrating
But nevertheless I was pleased
My day was going great and my soul was at ease
until a group of brothers started bugging out
drinking the 40 oz, going the nigga route
Disrespecting my black queen
holding their crotches and being obscene
At first I ignored them cause see I know their type
They got drunk and got guns and they wanna fight
and they see a young couple having a time that's good
and their egos wanna test a brother's manhood
So they came to test Speech cause of my hair-do
and the loud bright colors that I wear [Boo !]
I was a target cause I'm a fashion misfit
and the outfit that I'm wearing brothers dissing it
Well I stay calm and pray the niggaz leave me be
but they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy
Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me ?
Cause if I start to hit this man they'll have to kill me
[CHORUS:] I am everyday people (2x)
I told the niggaz please let us pass, friend
I said please cause I don't like killing Africans
but he wouldn't stop and I ain't Ice Cube
but I had to take the brother out for being rude
and like I said before I was mad by then
It took three or four cops to pull me off of him
But that's the story y'all of a black man
acting like a nigga and get stomped by an African
[CHORUS]
United minds of America
make your vocal chords reach the clouds and
touch the crowd of folks that overstand there's no jokes
we must network together as one &
tell the oppressor we'll take no less than
total justice a social setting yo I'm bettin'
we can stop new world order
start servin liberty may I take your order
free political prisoners without no question
let's give props where due
If it was you wouldn't you want to know
that someone cares for what you do so let's show
political prisoners, homeless humans, organizations
various movements
that the people in America have some discipline
to act on their belief therefore stress activism
although you are only one person
if for truth you still thirst well thirst then
make the difference by joining
some organization or some movement
let me explain the powers that be
are families of power with old money
Unfortunately on their souls hangs a sold sign
and in righteous sight they are so blind!
Infatuated with their power and their greed
they don't see that GOD is the answer
Greed has planted a seed within the souls of the 13 families
drug dealers and hustlers
All my brothers and sisters that are hustlers
selling crack cocaine to your followers
to me you're a sell out an uncle Tom
in the tom tom club droppin bombs
Causing confusion shootin and killin'
you're playin the role putting fear in populations
making us allow the system to "protect" us
allowing the chicken snake to protect the chickens
police brutality claiming victims
the powers that be may come with their solutions
but trust me their trees bear No fruits no
I guess that's why I get spiritual
spirituality supports reality no not catholic no not Baptist
no not passive
very active!
United minds of the Americas
minds of Africa and the Caribbean
and the Europeans and the Asians and Australians
it's not just race we're all in this together!
Lets play a game of jeopardy what's the question?
Social Medicines the answer
I try to eat healthy to avoid the cancer
one ounce of prevention beats 100 pounds of cure
pure ways of living is not hippish
it's not white not black it's just conscious
conscious of your health, conscious of your self
instead of being so damn conscious of your wealth
(or lack of so...)
DO you know about the Panthers,
the MOVE organization, Kwame
Nkrumah, the Zulu nation or just Nikes and Pumas
or your fascination with the so-called B-Boy fashion nation.
If you can please recycle
even the people in the hood please recycle
I know it wasn't our fault that they went psycho
they meaning industry exec's who flex for profit!
Traditional societies and islanders
please retain your culture and don't give up!
Don't you understand we must understand this
The great depression everyone is in depression
No one knows exactly what's their role
Totally confused, depressed 'cuz of the news
Watch TV, more bad is what you see
Everyone's lost and were looking for a savior
Everyone's blind and were looking for a leader
We've lost our faith so we need someone to guide us
Right now, it's so easy to be deceived
I'm climbing my soul to reach to newer levels
Reach the mountain top so I can better see
Step back and see the whole mighty picture
Gain control of my destiny
I'm climbing my soul so I can picture a solution
'Cuz once I picture this it can be
I cannot leave my life within this uncertainty
I call on the red, and the black and green
And the black and the green
United we stand, united we fall
United we plan as a united front
United we stand, united we fall
United we plan as a united front
I walk the streets and try to pass energy
Put the gun down, black man give me a pound
Save those rounds for a real confrontation
Understand who you are as a man
Everyone's lost and were looking for a savior
Everyone's blind and were looking for a leader
We've lost our faith and we need someone to guide us
Right now, it's so easy to be deceived
I'm climbing my soul to reach to newer levels
Reach the mountain top so I can better see
Step back and see the whole mighty picture
Gain control of my destiny
I'm climbing my soul so I can picture a solution
'Cuz once I picture this it can be
I cannot leave my life within this uncertainty
I call on the red and the black and green
And the black and the green
United we stand, united we fall
United we plan as a united front
United we stand, united we fall
United we plan as a united front
United we stand, united we fall
United we plan as a united front
United we stand, united we fall
Pebble by pebble, sand grain by sand grain
Shore turns to sea, shore turns to ocean
Serpent creates the high tides
To assure all good is floating
Good and righteousness is not intellectual
And the fabric that's good cannot be proven
And so that fabric is washed away
Far from the shore from which it was woven
The shore is a place where persons live
Sowing fabrics that's a tangent of the real one
Not wearable to most of the persons on shore
In fact, it's only wearable to the person of one
One person under an oath
A oath to a serpent, an evil snake
In search for being as powerful as God
And all God's good he'll try to take
He'll try to take, he'll try to take
Good being washed away, love being washed away
Most of the persons follow the serpent
'Cause the serpent preaches, "All for self"
But why follow someone in search of something
When you'll get nothing, serpent's all for self
Some are dumb, some know no better
Some believe there is no Lord
The serpent uses this knowledge to help him
Wash away more of the shore
Serpent knows once shores are gone
There's nothing left but ocean and sea
A few persons trying to save the shore
Some of those persons are A.D.
Saving the shore means saving the faith
The faith that there is a mighty someone
Someone much more mighty than the serpent
In fact the someone that created everyone
Up the ocean without a paddle
Is the fabric of God, the righteous clothing
And you wear non-righteous clothes of the serpent
Naively we keep on serving
The ocean's owned by the serpent
The ocean's owned by the serpent
The ocean's owned by the serpent
The ocean's owned by the serpent
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
Why we let them wash it away?
Why are we allowing them to take what's good?
Why don't we teach our children what is real?
Why don't we collect and save what is real?
Look very hard and swim the ocean
We must find what needs to be found
Look all around and find a wise man
Feed us the truth and keep us sound
All of us must swim the seas
'Cause our path's been washed away
All of us must swim the seas
'Cause our path's been washed away
My one purpose is to swim the seas
Find the truth and spread it around
Give it to the children that know how to listen
So they can pass it after I drown
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away, we can stop
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
We can stop being washed away
Sand grain by sand grain, pebble by pebble
We can stop this, we can stop
Can you help us? Will you help us?
Please, help us stop being washed away
All of us must swim the sea, all of us
Can you help us? Will you help us? Please, help us
Will you help us stop being washed away?
Can you help us? Will you help us?
All of us must swim the sea, all of us
All of us must swim the sea
Can you feel that, can you feel?
We're in problem we're in problem, we're in problem
Lonely, Lonely, Oh Woe Is Me
Oh Owe is me I say
The complex cycle i go through almost everyday
To my dismay, I imagine being in this set
Me holdin' the 21st letter in the alphabet
All my life I've been searchin' as if it's my obligation
To find who?
You but my patience grows thin
'cause U is just a letter surrounded by a better image
Of a sister who's new but overdue for marriage
Marriage takes disipline,
A problem that exist within'
The American culture I resist against
But I must recall and I trust that all
I've learned thru life is givin' way to a wife yaw'll
'cause I want, not need a companion to feed
the knowledge I read and the lovin' I've received
Through moms and my palms read a long life
So hey I pray for the day I have a strong wife
And a strong son or daughter or strong both
Give them a foundation of values
I think I'll make a great coach for them
And warn 'em of sin and maybe by then they can nip it in the bud
Before it begins
So hey, if you're listening and yo wishin
For a U like me that you have in store
Maybe I could be the U for U
And U could be the U for me too
I know you're there I just haven't found U yet
Gonna getcha five cent I'll bet
If I lose it's five cents, if I win it's fice decades or more
Of a life with a new wife an 2 or 3 kids
My parents want grandkids wit big heads like mine
Runnin' and jumpin' on the bed with my brownish eyes
THere's sort of a pressure to be married and chilled
With terry gone emotional gaps need to be filled
So I'm sort of searchin' but only in my spare time
Most of the time I'm busy workin' on a beat or rhyme
I don't want a sex partner, a female friend or buddy
To be played with like silly puddy
I want to be played with like clay on a spindle
Wet it, mold it, bend it, hard it, never dwindle
That's called longevity, different than what U read and see On T.V.
So hey if yo listenin' and your wishin' for a U like me
That U have in store
maybe I could be the U for U
And U could be the U for me too
Maybe I could be the U for U
Aww yeah
What I like the brothers and sisters
In the audience to do right about now
Including y'all in the back
I want you to snap your fingers like this, c'mon, c'mon
Aww, c'mon, I know y'all got rhythm, c'mon
Everybody snap your fingers like this
Every single soul, c'mon
Aww, what's goin' on right about here is center stage
It's about a brotha, it's what a brotha does
When he's gettin' ready for a date, ha ha, yeah
My mom likes to call it 'The Gettin''
She calls it 'The getting'' because the brotha's gettin' slick
Gettin' ready, gettin' snazzy
Gettin' prepared for a dinner
And gettin' prepared for an even mo' betta dessert
If you understand what I'm talking about?
I think this sista and brotha know
What I'm talking about, check this out
Gettin' jazzy, gettin' snazzy, alright
But you probably ain't gettin' it on, oh yeah
Brotha man, brotha man
Brotha man thinks he's gonna knock boots tonight
You know what I'm talkin' about?
I think brotha man think he's gonna
Do the nasty tonight, alright? I think brotha man thinks he's gonna
Umm, hit the skins tonight
If you know what I'm talking about, alright
I said, "Yo baby, yo baby, yo baby, yo uh", yeah
Ah, but the sistas ain't down
With that type of stuff no mo', you see
They decided, yo
We ain't gotta have materialism type of stuff
We want somethin' mo' than that
Am I right sistas?
Ah yeah, so you know, um
Brotha man is wearing the most expensive clothes
The most expensive watch
The most expensive Calvin Klein jeans
And all those type of thang
But the sistas don't give a dang
Because a sista's got her own thang goin' on
She wants a real man, you know what I'm talking about, yeah
Well, I tried to tell the brotha
I said, "Brotha man, sistas don't want that type
Of thang in the black community anymore"
We lookin' for somethin' a little bit deeper
Gettin' jazzy, gettin' snazzy
But you probably ain't gettin' it on
Oh, gettin' jazzy, gettin' snazzy
But you probably ain't gettin' it on
Since the last time, since the last time
It's been two years since we rock stages together
We covered bases together and whether we all agreed or not
20/20 vision is hindsight and now we got that so we done got back
Some of our soldiers have fallen, so many years of toiling
Touring, tears falling, naw pouring jaded from the industries
Jabs a lil' slower like Muhammad Ali but still we able to last
So we go in the studio, it felt new but yet in a good way
It felt old routines, we did came back so lucid, we was boosted
We juiced it and came up with some tracks that's stupid
And people responded to 'em, heads on the blocks
With locks and baggie jeans, the whole scene was fond to 'em
And how we got the labels kissing our hind parts
We desired art and never sold out for the high chart positions
I have been a thousand places
Seen a million faces since the last time
(Since the last time)
I have been a thousand places
Seen a million faces since the last time
(Since the last time)
Many rap groups attempt to latch to the popular cultures statutes
And thus they detach their roots from the soil that kept them loose
And made what they delivered so true
There's a desert waste land of past artists that's so cruel
Feeling thrown out like woody in toy story two
And yo we felt that but let me tell you Satan, he dealt that
I think it's time to give him his deck back, c'mon now
I have been a thousand places
Seen a million faces since the last time
(Since the last time)
I have been a thousand places
Seen a million faces since the last time
(Since the last time)
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord I understand
You have a right to check out your land 'cuz it's your land
My family told me you've been peekin' in windows
Forcing them to be a little scared, keeping curtains closed
I protect my house but on tour
I try to find a home where my people are secure
Your racist views are the views of your own
So please don't let it enter my family zone
Just lettin' you know, I'm not a little old colored boy
That steps off the curb when you walk your walk
So please don't mistake my kindness for blindness
I've known your game since Columbus came
And if I woulda known how your neck was burnin' red
In your complex I wouldn't of been caught dead
So here's my message from me to you
My space is off limits until we move
You understand that
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord step off my yard
Mister landlord I have to question
Do you expect me to chill while you're bumrushin'?
You thought we were the passive kind, well, you're mistakin'
You outta give nuff respect like I'm Jamaican
The point is I feel you endanger my pride
Your racist comments, your racist approach I ain't with
It's bad enough there's kids in there that are strugglin'
Finding themselves with out you bringin' racism
Just to bring peace do I have to get a piece?
And in the break of dawn I guess I'll pray to the east
'Cuz I'm not the one to get slapped on the cheek
Without my fist curling up to hit you back in your teeth, yo
Free yourself
Free yourself
Freedom
Is what we want not a fight
Waving confederate flags and gun toting is your type
You ever heard of Ogune, well, soon his spell
Will clear my brain while he clears where I dwell
I call on the natural forces that be
To help to free me, to free me
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Yeah ea yeah ea
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Yeah ea yeah ea
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Yeah ea yeah ea
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Al-ya bolia bol-I ya
Choice, you know I'm saying
Can this last with 2 beautiful women
But at the same time, you know
Every man has this ideal image of just loving 1
I'm checking you out, you're all alone
No one is clocking you, but I'm scoping you
Staring right through you, staring into you
Your beauty is endless and I'm hoping to explore
Brothers may say you're ugly but I disagree
But in a way that's fine with me
'Cause I want to travel with you
Travel in your mind 'cause you seem like a virgin
Free as the wind blows, tall as a tree grows
Wild like nature, yet calm as a field
Hair is natural, lips are natural
Face wins first place, you appeal to me, girl
Let me ask you for some time
For you to unwind together at cetera
I have nothing but pure intentions
Everything we'll be will be natural
Natural
Natural
I'd like to hold your waist as we chase
The wind down the shores of a southern ocean
Rub my fingers through your hair
Slowly rub and caress your forehead and bare
Our problems, as we lay on the bed called earth
Holding hands 'till we touch each and every finger
As the ocean water wets us both
In the center of the crossroads
Spiritual bonds are connected
What an erection
Well, let's drive to the city
And walk among the lights of the city streets
You're making me weak and it's scary
'Cause you've played no games
All you've been is very natural
That's why I'm scared to fall in love with you
Natural
Natural
Natural
Natural
I wanna be natural
I wanna be natural
I wanna be sleeping in you
I wanna be inside you
I wanna be sleeping deep in you
I wanna be sleeping deep in you
I wanna be in you
I wanna be in you
Natural
Natural
I love your lips
I love the way you do the things you say
Natural
Another morning, kneelin' at my altar
The day is faced with a bunch of grace
On my case in this worldly rat race
To keep the pace, I depend on ancestors and god
And by the way my real name is Todd
That's how my dead ancestors address me
That is those that knew me as that
My African name hasn't been revealed yet
My knees don't mind the bendin'
As long as the bending keeps me from bending
Or compromising my views and pride
The inside world gets me prepared for the outside
I can't wake up on the wrong side of the bed
As long as my soul has been fine tuned and lubed and
Altars are cool for my inner urge to resume
To the universe SMPTE tone or metronome
Kneelin' at my altar
Kneelin' at my altar, yes
Kneelin' at my altar
In the morning time
I got to kneel at my altar
K N E E L I N at my altar
K N E E L I N at my altar
K N E E L I N at my altar
K N E E L I N at my altar
Simply put one is naive if they believe
That this system does not deceive its
Populous dropping us lies in a sack like a stork
And there's stops that drop from Cali to N.Y.
Images are burnt into our brain cells to the extent
There's still fumes in a no smoking section of a room
Forces are tugging at you from both sides
To be centered, I pray and pour libation
Oh from there it's diggity diggity done
I've rinsed my senses and armor allied my armor
Instead of being grouchy I'm a natural charmer
Chilin' with my friends to relatively no end
And oh my Lord, I'm feelin' exuberated
Cool vibes and disciplined enough to go outside
And don't you know it's gotta be like that
Lately I've been in a life like limbo
Looking out of a smudged up window
We're not sure where our lives are going
Friends, it's summer outside but yet we're snowed in
Don't know where our next dollar's coming from
Living the life of a poor musician
Headliner's strong so he keeps his 9 to 5
Cutting brothers' hair as a means of staying alive
If it wasn't for the rhythm
I think we would have given up by now
This system has gotten the best of me
Now I pray for God to invest in me
My dignity, invest his glory
Give me the strength so I can finish the story
Keep on searching for the right way to go out
'Cuz going out is what it's all about
You can't be passive, gotta be active
Can't go with what looks attractive
Gotta learn all I can while I'm able
Headliner expresses his feeling on those turntables
When we get our chance
To make a good living of the music we program
We don't sell out just to be sold out
Brothers and sisters, do you know what I'm yapping about ?
'Cuz if they take away our contract
We still got talent and we still got contacts
'Cuz we're worked real hard to get this far
We're catching the bus before we bought the car, ya see
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever
Got to get political
Political I gotta get
Grown but can't hold my own
So this government needs to be overthrown
Brothers with the A Ks and the 9 Ms
Need to learn how to correctly shoot 'em
Save those rounds for a revolution
Poor whites and blacks bum rushing the system
But I tell you ain't no room for gangstaz
'Cuz gangstaz do dirty work and get pimped by mobsters
Some fat Italian eating pasta 'n lobster
Brothers getting jailed and mobsters own the coppers
So you you want out of the ghetto
First the political prisoners must be let go
And you must let go of your power master
My liquor got to your powerful master
You'll never get out without much discipline
Raise your fist but also raise your children
So when you die the movement moves on
'Cuz with revolution, ain't no future in front y'all
Direct your anger, love, nothing's ever built on hate
Instead love, love your life, tackle the government
The spooks that break down the door are Heaven sent
And my phrase went
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever
Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever
Alright
Rhythm makes your body move
Rhythm makes your mind move
Rhythm makes your elbows groove
Rhythm makes that behind move
Rhythm makes the people move
Rhythm makes you want to move
Rhythm makes your mind soothe
Taking a bath within the sun rays
Letting the Aura of life soak me
Living in the country chickens, cows, all around me
I'me bored I'll take a drive into the city limits
Yo life is just a secret recipe and I'm all up in it
Being the grand papa that I am one can forget it
Today I figure I deserve to swerve
From my normal nerdy status that engulfs my time and that is
Just what I need so here it goes I suppose that it's on
Shake out my dreads with aloe, Vera it's rare a
Brother like me will agree with Taree, Kwesi, and go party with Baba
But yo I gotta be hip and dip within the fountain of youth
The fountain of youth
The fountain of youth
The fountain of youth
The fountain of youth
Once I learned to dip and got drenched I got drenched
Without the fear of drowning my ears can hear the sound and
My eyes are wide open, O P E N
And consciously aware of my surroundings
Wally I'm getting energy, golly gee
As if I'm solar powered
It seems like every now and then
I skim on the edge of nuttiness
Letting the wind push and shove in my dreads as if it's an argument
But really they're just snuggling for affection, hair needs loving too
Speaking of love the western civilization is on another tip
To tell you the truth, they need to dip into the fountain of youth
The fountain of youth
The fountain of youth
The fountain
The fountain of youth
The fountain of youth
Fountain of youth
Fountain
Bopping my head is more that bopping it's a spiritual thing
Rhythms and lines space and time
Relative? Yes I pump my sound loud so my people can hear it
I hope the music soothes our spirits
'Cuz it soothes me
My foundation is strong
But I allow some things to move me
Girl just take off yo socks Let me lick on yo feet
I'll rub yo body & watch you roll yo eyes to the ceiling
Won't you lay on down Let my face be yo linen
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
We've been waiting for this day
Let's just free our bodies like the last day of living
girl we can be real naughty there's no need for forgiving
Won't ya dance for me Let my face be your mirror
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
We've been waiting for this day
Yeah yeah woo woo
It's ya charming one ranked at number one
The one you know to go to When you need some lovin' to come
(rrah )
And even though I'm just A hop & a skip and a jump
Away baby sometimes We role play the funk (uh)
yo secret thing like a one night fling
that just happened to be married to you and
gave you a ring so no⦠guilt just pleasure
so much dat it's known to tilt the measure
yo touch has been known to ease my pressure
oh my God!
it's so incredible the way he shaped your bod
ingenious mixing soft wit hard
little sweet little heat spicy hot
gotta a lot a seeds wanna put in yo sod
I can't see your face If ya feel me just knod
Girl yous da picket fence house and the yard
da picket fence house and the yard
hu huhhh
Girl just take off yo socks Let me lick on yo feet
I'll rub yo body & watch you roll yo eyes to the ceiling
Won't you lay on down Let my face be yo linen
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
We've been waiting for this day
Let's just free our bodies like the last day of living
girl we can be real naughty there's no need for forgiving
Won't ya dance for me Let my face be your mirror
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
We've been waiting for this day
Check it out
I told yo Mama don't wait up Don't check up on us
Don't call we handled it all I'm ready to bust
& I'm really hoping yo daughter can handle my lust
you done had yo chance now that land is handed to us
pop's knows how it goes shewt any man does
fine daughter like his can't afford to miss love
& I'm a give it to her sho nuff without a flub
give it her like a fat man giving himself grub
You think we waited for nothing my bloods pumping
needs go to where it's needed the most
relieve something shewt certain parts of me resemble a mule
stiff and stubborn it's like I'm Rosa Parks on the stool
(rrrgh)
We going all out hittin' the balls out
Coming deep from the soul Like a Lou Rawls shout
People next door screamin who let the dogs out
Man it's our honeymoon we here to knock the walls out
Girl just take off yo socks Let me lick on yo feet
I'll rub yo body & watch you roll yo eyes to the ceiling
Won't you lay on down Let my face be yo linen
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
We've been waiting for this day
Let's just free our bodies like the last day of living
girl we can be real naughty there's no need for forgiving
Won't ya dance for me Let my face be your mirror
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
We've been waiting for this day
When I say true you say love
True (love) true (love)
You got a wedding ring (put it up put it up)
You wore ya bling bling (throw it up throw it up)
Oh yeah it's on baby I've waited for this so long
Oh yeah it's on baby when I hang up the phone I'm gone!
We gonna bail collect that mail let's go to the hotel andâ¦
Skip the reception girl lets head to the limo
Tinted window hard to find like Nemo
Real Cancun real honeymoon like woo
You can find us on the beach you know
I'm in heaven daily 'cause I'm lovin this the physical bliss
Come here baby give me a kiss
Girl just take off yo socks Let me lick on yo feet
I'll rub yo body & watch you roll yo eyes to the ceiling
Won't you lay on down Let my face be yo linen
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
We've been waiting for this day
Let's just free our bodies like the last day of living
girl we can be real naughty there's no need for forgiving
Won't ya dance for me Let my face be your mirror
C'mon and sho me yo ways This is our honeymoon day
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
Trusted in a world that I don't know
From my mamas lips between my mamas hips
I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands
It's that bond that keeps the movement movin' on
Life is surrounded with so many insecurities
Back stabbin' is like breathing when in poverty
I try to make my sanity, with the insane
God is secondary to most, when they scrap for money
But, then again money can cause even more death
When a African becomes a nigger step an' fetch an' all
I dare say when price is right you can buy us all
Well not me, 'cause I don't truly give a care about it
I'll move in poverty, in wealth but I'll surely move
Ain't syncopated with your beats or your wack grooves
My break beat is to break away from yo thang
All these things you put on me makes this brother sing
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
Mind and soul is even more important and then body
Money can put my body in all exotic spaces
Meanwhile my mind and soul remotely dwells
Within that fine spot between all messed up and hell
And so I move on with confidence of harmony
And do my thang to resist this wack society
'Cause if you don't resist, and I mean consciously
You'll fool your sub conscious into accepting it
I ain't acceptin' it, I keep my focus
I keep my focus, I ain't acceptin' it
Give me a face pencil to draw a smile on me
Answer my prayer to give my earthly body inner peace
Answer my prayer to give my earthly body inner, inner peace
Until that day upon which my souls released kingdom come
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time to ease my mind
I need some time, yeah
See I was resting at the park minding my own
business as I kick up the treble tone
on my radio tape player box, right
just loud enough so folks could hear it's hype, see ?
Outta nowhere comes the woman I'm dating
investigation maybe she was demonstrating
But nevertheless I was pleased
My day was going great and my soul was at ease
until a group of brothers started bugging out
drinking the 40 oz, going the nigga route
Disrespecting my black queen
holding their crotches and being obscene
At first I ignored them cause see I know their type
They got drunk and got guns and they wanna fight
and they see a young couple having a time that's good
and their egos wanna test a brother's manhood
So they came to test Speech cause of my hair-do
and the loud bright colors that I wear [Boo !]
I was a target cause I'm a fashion misfit
and the outfit that I'm wearing brothers dissing it
Well I stay calm and pray the niggaz leave me be
but they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy
Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me ?
Cause if I start to hit this man they'll have to kill me
[CHORUS:]
I am everyday people (2x)
I told the niggaz please let us pass, friend
I said please cause I don't like killing Africans
but he wouldn't stop and I ain't Ice Cube
but I had to take the brother out for being rude
and like I said before I was mad by then
It took three or four cops to pull me off of him
But that's the story y'all of a black man
acting like a nigga and get stomped by an African
Africa's inside me, taking back her child
She's giving me my pride and setting me free
Africa's inside me, taking back her child
She's giving me my pride and setting me free
Universal, as I stroll down my street
Africas's a bolling over flowing inside of me
I used to sport a curl made by Jerry, a Jerry curl
But as time passed it didn't last, after my curl I never combed my doo
I used to sport a cap but the naps kept shining through, shining
My sister got a brand new perm
My boys say she looks pretty fine body real firm
Folds at her job loves her new touch up
I can tell her white boss gets a kick when she's all done up
My sister loves her blackness
But the U.S. said that the perm is the attractiveness
But Africa keeps coming stronger, we found out
It ain't a perm, it's a temporary
Africa's inside me taking back her child
She's giving me my pride and setting me free
Africa's inside me taking back her child
It's aprroximately 6:30 in the a.m,
this is Baba Oje speaking directly to you,
right down to earth in a language one can easily understand.
We gat a list of hits coming at this hour?.this is WMFW fm.
This hour we got Bob Marley, the sounds of Miriam Makeba, Muta Baruka, we
gat the life music group gumbo coming atcha this hour, we gat public
enemy's brand new sounds, we got Curtis Mayfield, we also got something
coming atcha, an old one from Isaac Hayes, a brand new one form Tracy
Chapman, my friend Paris with a brand new album, Yossour N Dour, Black
Uhuru, Living Color, Vinx, Foley, Chaka Kahn, Follow 4 Now?KRS one, Queen
Latifah,
Jungle Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Gil Scott Heron, The Last Poets, and last
but not least, and featuring brand-new sounds by Arrested Development?stay
Wag Your Tail
Yeah can I have a big bimbo box meal hold the bimbo sauce
two super sized freaky fries and a make me shiver shake
(I know who this isâ¦how you doing?)
I'm doing good sweetheart how are you?
(I'm O.K. anyway drive around to the 2nd window please)
Baby remember how you were as a child Everything was up and nothing down
Every day was hopes and dreams no fears Whatever happened to those years?
Let's Rent a Private Jet and Escape
Fly To Paris Walk on Champs-Elysées
Let's Live Your Dreams
Wag Your Tail for Me
I Cannot Read Your Mind
When You're happy Baby Show Me a Sign
Just Let Me See
You Wag Your Tail for Me
Baby don't depend on what you see
Everything's perception not reality
Life has thrown some curves but we'll throw them back
Straighten out what's wrong and get back on track
I called your boss on the telephone
And said my babies flying off to Rome
Let Wendy take the register
And let Cindy sweep the floors and
Let Joe and dem close the store
my baby needs a dream and I'm taking her
wherever seems to make her happy!
Baby baby you can live your dreams
Let's not settle for anything
You deserve the best of things
Honey child let's go ride in the car
And we'll fly as far as our minds can conceive
Let's rent a private jet and escape
Fly To Paris walk on Champs-Elysées
Let's live your dreams
Wag your tail for me
I cannot read your mind
When you're happy baby show me a sign
Just let me see
you wag your tail for me
If you're happy show me a sign
Wag your tail for me
Reality is meant to defy
wag your tail for me
baby darlin you are so alive
Lord I've really been real stressed
Down and out, losin ground
Although I am black and proud
Problems got me pessimistic
Brothers and sisters keep messin up
Why does it have to be so dman tuff?
I don't know where I can go
To let these ghosts out of my skull
My grandmas past, my brothers gone
I never at once felt so alone
I know you're supposed to be my steering wheel
Not just my spare tire (home)
But lord I ask you (home)
To be my guiding force and truth (home)
For some strange reason it had to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
Lord it's obvious we got a relationship
Talkin to each other every night and day
Although you're superior over me
We talk to each other in a friendship way
Then outta nowhere you tell me to break
Outta the country and into more country
Past Dyesburg into Ripley
Where the ghost of childhood haunts me
Wlak the roads my forefathers walked
Climbed the trees my forefathers hung from
Ask those trees for all their wisdom
They tell me my ears are so young (home)
Go back to from whence you came (home)
My family tree my family name (home)
For some strange reason it ahd to be (home)
He guided me to Tennessee (home)
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Let me understand your plan
Now I see the importance of history
Why people be in the mess that they be
Many journeys to freedom made in vain
By brothers on the corner playin ghetto games
I ask you lord why you enlightened me
Without the enlightment of all my folks
He said cuz I set myself on a quest for truth
And he was there to quench my thirst
But I am still thirsty
The lord allowed me to drink some more
He said what I am searchin for are
The answers to all which are in front of me
The ultimate truth started to get blurry
For some strange reason it had to be
It was all a dream about Tennessee
Take me to another place
Take me to another land
Make me forget all that hurts me
Just a shell until U decide to rebel (4x)
Just a shell, just a shell, just a shell until u decide to rebel
whether you're white or black your soul does not dwell
inside your shell until you decide to rebel
worldly worldy people people allow your innersides
to intervene and circulate
open your eyes and open your ears
wouldn't it be great.
So what am I doin? Am I really rebellin? or am I just dwelling
in the sin
in the sin
in the sin?
I've made up my mind
I've seen the design of individualism
and I don't want to be in it
This is Headliner from Arrested Development, and I come here tonight
To give thanks to ithe rain, so brothers and sisters please put down your
Umbrellas, you won't be needing those today
Look to the clouds with the most rain coming from it, for without the
Rain there's no me and there's no you
I said a drip-drop, a drip-drop, drip-drop
Viva bum bum bum drip-drop
Let it rain, let it rain, let God's water feed me
The water of life, mentally rinsing me, physically drenching me
Most are frowning upon your arrival
But I need you for survival
And when you fall on my community
I run outside to properly
Greet you
Let it rain, take my pain, I'm glad to meet you
Fill my eyes with a colorful rainbow
Every drop hits me, fills me
With an unmeasurable amount of security
Knowing my God acknowledges me
As if each drop of rain is aimed toward me
My Lord Thanks for lifeThanks for my rain
My Lord Thanks for lifeThanks for my rain
It's raining revolution
It's raining solutions
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
I struttle strut thru the ghetto
The rain this time I feel is mental
The goal of this rain I feel is spiritual
Saw thru the eyes of the inflicted people
Their eyes are hard as a million thombstones
Marked with the names of the millions of kin thrown
To the dust that gave them their colored skin
Fade to black is the scene they're embalmed in
The rain many nights have witnessed her
Receiving the sperm of a brother into a sister
And blessed that life to guaranteed existence
A conscious baby for a black resistance
I feel the rain enhances the revolution
And reminds us of a spiritual solution
And reminds us of an unnatural supernatural solu-lu-lu-lution
It's raining revolution
It's raining solutions
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
Lost between reality and psychology. 1990's mentality is described
By the honorable thruth message which is 'True Knowledge Is So Priceless'
Which is so true
Rain, rain, stay here ! Wow
Love that power
Brothers and sisters -haha-
Raise your hands up high and let me see the colors of your beautiful skin
Now the ceremony begins
Lord, let thet heavenly rains cleanse
Run into your nearest rainbow
To grab, hold, to ride on
Each color, learn it ! The importance of each color oh yeah
Let it rain (repeats till end)
Haha
This is Headliner from Arrested Development
And I come here tonight to give thanks to the rain
So brothers and sisters please put down your umbrellas
You won't be needing those today
Look to the clouds with the most rain coming from it
For without the rain there's no me and there's no you
I said a drip-drop, a drip-drop, drip-drop
Viva bum bum bum drip-drop
Let it rain, let it rain, let God's water feed me
The water of life, mentally rinsing me, physically drenching me
Most are frowning upon your arrival but I need you for survival
And when you fall on my community, yeah
I run outside to properly greet you
Let it rain, take my pain, I'm glad to meet you
Fill my eyes with a colorful rainbow
Every drop that hits me fills me with an unmeasurable amount of security
Knowing my God acknowledges me
As if each drop of rain is aimed toward me
My Lord, thanks for life
Thanks for my rain
My Lord, thanks for life
Thanks for my rain
It's raining revolution
It's raining solutions
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
I struttle strut thru the ghetto
The rain this time I feel is mental
The goal of this rain I feel is spiritual
Saw thru the eyes of the inflicted people
Their eyes are hard as a million tombstones
Marked with the names of the millions of kin thrown
To the dust that gave them their colored skin
Fade to black is the scene they're embalmed in
The rain many nights have witnessed her
Receiving the sperm of a brother into a sister
And blessed that life to guaranteed existence
A conscious baby for a black resistance
I feel the rain enhances the revolution
And reminds us of a spiritual solution
And reminds us of an unnatural supernatural solu-lu-lution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution, it's raining revolution
It's raining revolution
Lost between reality and psychology
1990's mentality is described by the honorable truth message
Which is 'True Knowledge Is So Priceless' which is so true
Rain, rain, stay here wow
Love that power brothers and sisters
Raise your hands up high
And let me see the colors of your beautiful skin
Now the ceremony begins
Lord, let the heavenly rains cleanse
Run into your nearest rainbow
To grab, hold, to ride on
Each color, learn it
The importance of each color oh yeah
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, let it rain
Yes let it rain, let it rain
Let it rain, oh yeah let it rain, let it rain
My skin could never no curse, no it can't
I wear it like a prom tuxedo
I wear my hair as if its the sun and...
each and every dread is a powerful light ray
never wanted things to be in reverse cuz
GOD makes waves wise travellers so
my views of this world are ever growing
thus ever growing is the way one must view me
A soul of conviction unjustly convicted
happy tv commercials and bi-racial shows
the smell of reality still burns my nose
not content until it smells like a rose
whether it's in syle to keep the fight
I tread these waters and make my waves yes I do
And I will fight until my dying day
And even after that my ghost resides with pride
Forward ever backward never
day by day these trials I trod
Always triumphant never fail
We've come too far to turn back now
I won't turn back I move
My blood is thicker than the waters of any flood
Here I am facing the almighty herself
If she approves then I am saved
Clear of trouble is the path I pave
for generations to walk and run
Whether it's in style to keep the fight
I tread these waters and make waves GOD knows
and I will fight until my dying day
Here have a dollar
In fact now brotherman, here have two
Two dollars means a snack for me
But it means a big deal to you
Be strong, serve God only
Know that if you do, beautiful Heaven awaits
That's the poem I wrote for the first time
I saw a man with no clothes, no money, no plate
Mr. Wendal, that's his name
No one ever knew his name 'cuz he's a no one
Never thought twice about spending on an old bum
Until I had the chance to really get to know one
Now that I know 'em, to give him money isn't charity
He gives me some knowledge, I buy him some shoes
And to think blacks spend all their money on big colleges
Still most of you come out confused
Go ahead Mr. Wendal
Go ahead Mr. Wendal
Mr. Wendal has freedom
A free that you and I think he's dumb
Free to be without the worries of a quick to diss society
For Mr. Wendal's a bum
His only worries are sickness and occasional harassment
By the police and their chase
Uncivilized we call him but I just saw him
Eat off the food we waste
Civilization, are we really civilized?
Yes or no, who are we to judge
When thousands of innocent man could be brutally enslaved
And killed over a racist grudge
Mr. Wendal has tried to warn us about our ways
But we don't hear him talk
It's not his fault when we're goin' too far and we got too far
'Cuz on him we walk
Mr. Wendal, a man, a human in flesh but not by law
I feed you dignity to stand with pride
Realize now that all in all we stand tall
Go ahead Mr. Wendal
Mr. Wendal
Mr. Wendal
Mr. Wendal
Ladies and gentlemen
There are seven acknowledged wonders of the world
You are about to witness the eighth
Space ain't man's final frontier
Man's final frontier is the soul
Guided by someone more powerful than any human being
Someone felt but never seen
You will be surprised of what resides in your insides
Do it again
C'mon y'all
C'mon y'all
Do it
Imagination[Incomprehensible]
Do it [Incomprehensible] do it
[Incomprehensible]
One, two, three, four
[Incomprehensible]
Three, four
With a rhythm as complex as life itself
And a soul that's in boom
Like the speakers in your ride
You never thought it would happen
It's 'Arrested Development' y'all
Yo, stop, hold it, free, now
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Incomprehensible]
C'mon y'all
C'mon y'all
This is the country, deep in the country
Deep south, man[Incomprehensible]
South of Africa[Incomprehensible]
Be back [Incomprehensible]
Hey brand new Mama, I understand
It's hard as hell being a young mother and
You need support your conscious told you not to abort
So to your child you're a hero of some sort
But hey, the worst is over, you're ready to do this
I got faith and your baby renewed this faith
That everything will be fine
Now an adult, no more youth time
We'll be there just give us a ring
We will help you to raise that king
Word to the mother
'Cause it's a black thing
I respect you in a strong way
Super late nights 'cause your baby slept all day
But Mama don't sleep, your life's a turning page
Mama's always on stage
Mama's always on stage
Mama's always on stage
Mama's always on stage
Hey, let me guess, you're bored
Wanna get loose, attack the dance floor
Cool, I'll hold her, you have a good time
I'll keep your baby awake so baby sleeps after nine
This is reality, we need to turn our minds
Brothers talking revolution but leave their babies behind
Well sister, he's a sucker, just leave 'em be
The revolution is now up to brothers like me
To step in 'cause your man stepped out
To raise the children, no doubt
So let's go to it and possibly
Bring a generation of nat's in the future, see
I respect you in a strong way
Super late nights 'cause your baby slept all day
But Mama don't sleep, your life's a turning page
Mama's always on stage
Keep up your strength now 'cause we must grow somehow baby
Mama is always on stage
Mama's always on stage
Mama's always on stage
Mama's always on stage
Here we go
Can't be a revolution without women
Can't be a revolution without children
I improved throughout my life
All of this just to soothe a wife
Brothers wear your black clothes
Talk your 5 percent talk
Words of wisdom should be ways of wisdom
That's exactly how you must walk
Life's too short, your mission's too dire
Nurture another mind before yours expires
Pass it on, push it along
Like the brother said it in that one song
We respect you all the way
Late, late nights 'cause your baby slept all day
But Mama's got to stay strong, carry it on
Hey, Mama's on stage, on stage
Mama's always on stage
Mama's always on stage
Mama's on stage
Mama's always on stage
Here we go
Grab the hook, grab the line
Grab the bait, grab the box and wait
Tackle and shackle the topic the faculty has chosen
Chosen by many, chosen by plenty, chosen by any
Man or woman who can't understand
The topic that's known
And go by the dock, flock and clock the topic
As I drop my hook and get a bite
The reason I'm fishin' 4 a new religion
Is my church makes me fall asleep
They're praising a God, that watches you weep
And doesn't want you to do a damn thing about it
When they want change
The preacher says, "Shout it"
Does shout bring about change? I doubt it
All shout does is make you lose your voice
So on the dock I sit in silence
Staring at a sea that's full of violence
Scared to put my line in that water
'Coz it seems like no religion is in there
Naively so I give it another go
Sitting in church, hearing legitimate woes
Pastor tells the lady it'll be alright
Just pray so you can see the pearly gates so white
So the lady prays and prays and prays and prays
It's everlasting, there's nothing wrong with praying, it's what she's asking
She's asking the Lord, to let her cope
So one day she can see the golden ropes
What you pray for God, will give
To be able to cope in this world we live in
It goes the word cope and the word change
Is directly opposite, not the same
She should have been praying to change her woes
But pastor said, "Pray to cope with those"
The government is happy with most baptist churches
'Coz we don't do a damn thing to try to nurture
Brothers and sisters on a revolution
Baptist teaches, dying is the only solution
Passiveness causes others to pass us by
I throw my line until I've made my decision
Until then, I'm still fishin' 4 religion
I'm fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Fishin' 4 religion
Yo man, hit me with one of those funky baselines
One baseline at a time
The sun takes a bow for a day well lit
Next act is night with an audience of brothers and sisters
Havin' a celebration of sorts
Meetin' one another, hopin' soon to be lovers
Sisters have always fascinated me
The many shades, the many sizes and features
Such a wide variety of African women
Sometimes leaves me frustrated and speechless
I try not to admire what I can't obtain or have
Things beyond my reach, don't exist to speech
Seein' how I'm a bit shorter than the average man
I patiently wait for someone I can reach
Many sisters don't understand my style
I live my life in an outcast tribe
A tribe that strives to see a brighter day
I foresee that I'll walk with closed eyes, until dawn
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Rejection is a fear of mine, for one reason or another
But I still asked for a date with this woman
She said, "No", I said ,"Oh"
I forgot there's a gap between the richer and the poorer po'
Slowly, all the shades, sizes and features
Became less different and more the same
Except a certain female with all new features
But I knew not her name
By this time the sun was preparin'
For another appearance, the sky was pure red
The night grabbed the moon and soon
The darkness, yeah, was almost dead
The sky now is orange and the night
Has left the stage with curtains open wide
And the bright sun yawns to signify a glorious bright new day
The glorious day that I would meet, who? Dawn
The natural dread also of the outcast tribe
Knowledgeable enough to understand my style
And as we kiss in the name of rejection
The sky looks at us and warmly smiles
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads
Yeah, the dread symbolizes the natural growth
Of not just the hair, but also of the mind
And also the bond that keeps us in love
The struggle enhances that bond, throughout time
When I see her, I see life
The vast scope of life in her eyes of no wrong
Faith plays a big ass part, I'm still kinda young
But I could feel, I could really run with dawn
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the, dawn of the, dawn of the dreads
Dawn of the dreads
It's a brand new song by Arrested Development
Entitled 'Dawn Of The Dreads', I hope you enjoy it
But all you can do now is put both feet up in the air
And swing 'em back and forth to the music, thank you
I say, dawn of the dreads
I say, dawn of the dreads
I say, dawn of the dreads
Okay
The way kids are living is 100% European
African boys and girls
Set down your Nintendo joysticks right now
Unplug the television
And make way for an old vision
Which will now be a new vision, yes
Headliner, lay the foundation
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
That's right
Children play with earth
That's right
Dig your hands in the dirt
Children play with earth
Gain knowledge of the big
But small earth around you
Dig your hands into the dirt
The dirt that made you
Get acquainted with the earth
The earth that eventually will take you
And the world that hopefully
Will appear to wake you
Children, play in the fields
Play in the grass, climb Mr. tree
Get to know each branch
Give it a name
For the branches resemble the many decisions
You will have to make in life
Eat of the earth children, grow an apple tree
Taste the apple, communicate
Watch and listen to the neglected mother of all
Short, tall children play with earth
Eat rhubarb wet from the rain
Beautiful fruits all the same
Pears, oranges and grapes from the vine
Yes, indeedy sho' 'nuff needy
I got the feeling to stretch on out
My children are cryin', my elders are dying
And me I'm relying on a check for rent
If I gotta be broke, then ain't no joke
I'm moving to the country and buying some land
And I'll be alright if I can rest at night
Knowing my children got land to stand on
Ache'n for acres plenty of acres
Money spent in rent ain't earning me cent
Ain't gettin' no Caddy, no Benz, no Jeep
Until I got some and for some land to keep
No more children crying instead they'll be running
Running free and wild in the heat of the sun
'Cuz once I'm gone I wanna feel strong
That my children will go on, family land and all sayin'
I got some land to stand on, no more ache'n for acres
No beggin' for leftovers, got some space of my own
I got grounds to raise on, no more ache'n for acres
No more giving to takers, got some land to leave on
No more elders passin' without my kids askin'
Papa who's tombstones are those in the yard
Family gotta stay close all of us gotta stay close
Ache'n for acres for buildin' a nation
Ain't about depending on government spendin'
Especially when the government's got a plan of their own
Separate from me, separate from you
Separate from most, in sync with a few
Ache'n for acres plenty of acres
My grandpappa had 'em all but he lost 'em and he sold 'em
The cities were a growin' and grandpa's getting older
Little did he know that his land was valuable
Got land to stand on then you can stand up
Stand up for your rights as a woman, as a man
Man o' man my choices expand
Ain't got me no money but I got me some land
I got some land to stand on, no more ache'n for acres
No beggin' for leftovers, got some space of my own
I got grounds to raise on, no more ache'n for acres
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