Get ready
Mic check
Let's rock
Black man, you better stand strong
Hurry, for our chances for survival are gone
It's the youth, man, they get me at a young age
Try to live a better life, but them want rage
You may ask me where this is coming from
So I'ma let the numbers run
In the year 2000, 46% high school graduate black men
Without a job or in the can
2004, The number had increased by 4% more
Where does this leave us? Presently void
Shaking in the jail cell, paranoid
I see lots of young black men from TV
'Nuff jewelry, yet them not free
How could it be that we can't see
We're still shackled on the boat in the great blue sea
Flee, you don't like hearing the truth?
The message that you're spreading is dead in the youth
A people with no foundation stand naked
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred
Listen
Knowledge be the key
Listen
To unlock your brain
When I'm walking down the street, I see it all the time
People staring at me like my dreads are a crime
They signify the fact I refuse to conform
And I rock 'em real thick 'cause I'm allergic to the norm
I guess it makes 'em mad because I cause a reaction
Maybe I remind them of their own lack of passion
Cops staring at me with a fatal attraction
Even black people mad 'cause I don't rock the common rapper fashion
Hoodie down, no bling, just intelligence
And a fire that'll burn up pestilence
Yet this man in my face with irrelevance
Told me go back to the jungle with the elephants
Let me cross the street before I catch a case
'Cause I could wild the fuck out and kick you in your face
Which brings us right back to where we started in the first place
Wanna make it home, but butters out at first base
It takes a bigger man to see the bigger plan
To analyze experience and truly expand
You must keep a level head and never combust
With true peace of mind, they could never truly conquer us
We're conquerors in our own right
We're blessed by the sun and we're one with the night
The darkness is a fertile ground for creation
Foundation for the sun's presentation
Both provide energy, growth, and chemistry
Correct, redirect, but respect your enemy
Without unity, we could never make it
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred
Listen
Knowledge be the key
Listen
To unlock your brain
Listen
Knowledge be the key
Listen
To unlock your brain
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