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| 2. |
| 5:17 | 
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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 if we want to live in bliss |
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| 2:39 |
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| 4. |
| 4:40 |
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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 U see Everyone's lost & were looking for a savior Everyone's blind & 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, & the black and green, & the black and the green! 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 apound Save those rounds for a real confrontation undersstand who U R as a man Everyone's lost & were looking for a savior Everyone's blind & 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, & the black and green, & the black and the green! |
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| 3:11 |
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Universal as I stroll
down the 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 sista got a brand new perm my boys says 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 sista loves her blackness but the US says that her perm is her attractiveness But Africa keeps coming stronger we found out it ain't a perm it's a temporary Don't heve sash to go to the music school no money for the guitar or the violin or the tuba my moms had a record player and the 45's I put the needle on the record and I kicked it crazy live scratching it up catching the breaks spirits within me had me do what it takes Grammy's I win & one again like my Egyptian kin it's Africa within makin' something outta nothing 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 What's that land across those waters what's that spirit makin' love to my daughter telling her not to eat he mama's ham hocks allowing her the choice to twist her hair & make it lock yo I don't like it I just don't like it Papa may say buy my soul is a boilin' and sooner or later Africa's glory and toil will teach an old dog new tricks Why and the world can't everybody recognize that Africa's in everybody we all ask why can't we be sista's and brothers but first we gotta accept who is our mother Rather embracer of the jungle or ghetto melanin dwells but could stop growth and developments Arrested for nothing Gumbo's within' soulful H20 men be droppin' Happenin's like Homosapians Hustlins within' to exist as afro USA men residing in Fulani was once Christian Start fishin' like FOS and found origin 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 |
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| 5:38 |
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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 and even after that my ghost resides with pride |
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| 3:28 |
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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 The me generations a dis-ease! |
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| 2:48 |
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Mr. Landlord step off my yard
Mr. Landlord I understand. You have a right to check out yo land cuz it's "yo land". My family told me you've been peekin in windos Forcing themto 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 But please don't let it enter my family zone. Just lettin' you know, I'm not a lil ole' colored boy That steps off the curb when you walk your walk So please don't mistake my kindness for blindness I've known yo 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! Mr. Landlord step of my yard Mr. Landlord I have to question Do you expect me to chill while ou're bumrushin You thought we were the passive kind well yo're mistakin' You outta give nuff respect like I'm Jamaican The point is I feel you endanger my pride Your racist comments, yhour racist approach I aint 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 2 the east Cuz I'm not the one to get slapped on the cheek Without my fist curling up to hit you back in yo teeth! Yo (free yourself-free yourself-freedom) Is what we want not a fight Waving Confederate flags & 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 A yaah ea yaah ea |
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| 1:58 |
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| 4:32 |
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| 12. |
| 2:34 |
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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 (x3) in the morning time I got to kneel 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 & there's stops that drop from Cali to NY. 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 & armor alled my armor instead of being grouchy I'm a natural charmer chilin' with our friends to relatively no end & oh my Lord I'm feelin' exuberated cool vibes & disciplined enough to go outside and don't you know it's gotta be like that, feeling dope |
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| 3:21 |
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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 & 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 & 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 & dip within 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 & 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 fontain of youth 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 and that is energy from the fountain of youth. |
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| 4:13 |
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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 Thrusted 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 n fetch n all I dare say when price is right U can buy us all well not me cuz I don't truly give a care about you 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 & soul is even more important then body money can put my body in all exotic spaces meanwhile my mind & soul remotely dwells within that fine spot between all messed up & hell And so I move on with confidence of harmony And do my thang to resist this wack society Cuz if you don't resist & 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 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 need some time need some time when the sista's say it then you know it's gotta be real Thrusted in a world that I don't know from my mommas lips between my mamas hips I'm cuddled by her hands because she understands It's that bond that will keep the movement movin on It's that bond that will keep the movement movin on And so I GOTTA BE READY TO RELINQUISH gotta be ready to relinquish my breath of life for struggle That is why I tell you 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 |
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| 4:02 |
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Living
I've got to do what I got to do I know that time passes by But I keep on livin' for the love of something better Praisin' I've got to feel the pleasure, yeah 'Cause I know why I'm in this world right now I got to praise Him all in the open I know that time passes through But ain't one day I ain't gone be praisin I, I keep on praisin' and standing I know that God has my life within his palms And his arms wide open I, I see that thangs ain't gonna be easy ya'll So I need that fundamental base now I see the sand is running out Cause I know U are pure truth I want to give my all for U Got me praisin' U Got me buggin' off of U Got me moving mountains Movin' negative vibes from around me Got me praisin U Got me lovin' U Got me climbing mountains Movin' mountains, pouring libation |
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