Me Phi Me

Here is the plan to command urban cities
You took me from Africa, said that's the way to fix me
But I want my retribution, revolution is with me
I got my fucking gat, ain't whizzling no Dixie
Like baba-do-ba baba-do-ba baba-do-ba
To my ancestors you'll bow, I want my freedom now
And I ain't doin' no talking, I'm stalking today
You don't keep your peace treaties anyway...

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
Now how many eyes and teeth you think I lost, tell the truth
"Maroon!" feeds the hypeness in my psyche tonight
I watch the whites full delight from my second class life
But a land without the first class the second class is right
So I'm eliminating those that think they wanna fight, you might
Should I heed for capital crimes, they'll read 'em
Verdict: "Death!" Sentence: "Freedom!"

Death to me - Here we diddy come come
If it'll make me free - Here we diddy come come

Yeah, bring it on, death's about to grow from the seeds you sown
You fertilized it with poverty, you watered it with dope
And harvested it by the guns that betrayed my hope
But scopes came with them guns, now what do I see?
You and your family looking scared of me, you plead mercy
But non-violence has only got me half-way to where I want to be
Now my vengeance will make me free...

"So don't call me Martin Luther King in my face"
His dream's no reality, fatality's the case
You took away my dignity, I forgot about who I was
"But I never had a dream 'cause..."
Life is something that I think we can no longer share
"...my life is a nightmare"
Death is something I don't fear
America's been my boogieman for 400 years!

Death to me - Here we diddy come come
If it'll make me free - Here we diddy come come

I'll ride the pale horse, to you my name is Death
Hell is with me, of course, now it's forced
I'm the messenger of spawns to come, go warn your son
You've battered splattered brains where I run the verdict
Like you he was guilty, I find you wretched and weak
Your evil seeds are filthy, but still we got to go through the motions
I accuse thee of being like a devil in the first degree, let's see...

Did you steal the land that you're on?
And is my red brother nearly gone?
Took my ancestors from their home
Build your fucking nation on their bones
Atomic rain on the yellow man
Poisoning the air and the land
Narcotics and disease from your hand
Now I can't see nor understand

Death to me - Here we diddy come come
If it'll make me free - Here we diddy come come

Listen to my words as i speak of rivers
Some may be shallow and some may be deeper and
deeper my brother
Man sits with pan and scans the land for what he can
Hopin' that he might strike gold
Wading in the water, in search of the soul
To find what you seek, the valleys and the peaks
Open up your ears to the grooves and beats and be
complete
Now the water's deep
You see dancin' and rejoicin' now people make some noise
and
Dive into the water let it splash across your face
Don't you stop the party and don't you lose your faith
Keep it goin' on and movin' on son
Converge upon your urge and be submerged
In the funk
We all come to the river because the water brings
growth
Let the Lord provide it baby can you stroke
The style in the south of the union:Good food and good
jams is our communiuon
Down at the river the soul is wet
Take a dip and revive yourself

Revival! Revival! Go into the...

Get into the water boy we're havin' a revival
If you don't learn to groove then tell me what is your
survival chances
Dances
The fellowship is dope
If the water is to shallow then gallows and ropes await
me
I got to keep on movin' upstream
It's where the party's at it's the baptism and the swing a
brotha man's dream
The rythem must be phat
Now tell me what is wrong with that it makes the people
say
Psychoalphadiscobeta
Brotha man you got to take a dip into the water
Psychoalphadiscobeta
Sista girl you too can take a dip into the water
Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadooloop my troop we can
take it strong to the hoop
An old style Revival! the traditions respected
Old ladies putting up a finger as they exit you guessed it
It's gonna bring you closer to the self
The power of the river if you can hold your breath
And see the reality of spirtuality
Positive Individuality
Hear me now we wade and splash and love and laugh
and seek and greet
And walk the path of the rhythm we're with them
The river is flowin'
So we gonna keep this Revival! goin'

We have gathered here today to cleanse our minds and
wash the B.S. away
To gain strength for another day
To get into the river I figure the music must
Play to make the crowd sway throw ho's and hey's and
shake out booty's
Our duty is to be here to stay
Because people we are in it for survival
So won't you come and join me at the river at the Revival

I see little children eatin' watermelon and elderly storytellin'
ruffnecks scrappin' and yellin'
Deacons and preachin' and Hip Hop beats and
Funky aquaboogie we could be achieving groovy salvation
The soul is in the house everyone's dancin' and hangin'
out
Brotha's clockin' bank but we got to have the wisdom
To make it through the eye of the needle
And when I make it through I will be dancin' and singin'
and rejoicin' and voicin'
My opinion dominion over all on the earth
Baby work
The brothers came first
Africa the birth
And if we cannot do it on the Nile then we'll go to the
Missippippi
Down to Memphis, Tennessesee, we'll travel like a gypsy
And don't worry about the neighbors callin' Five-O
Nobody's gonna stop this Revival!