| Lyrics: | [Talib Kweli]
The proud
Stand tall or don't stand at all, c'mon
Uhh, yeah
Break it
down
What we do?
[Chorus]
We survive, it's more than pride
We stay alive, ready
to ride
[Chorus] - repeat through intro
[Intro: Talib Kweli]
One two, one two
yo
Aight.. put it down yo
June 21, 2001
Timothy McVeigh is executed
And the country
breathe a sigh of relief
Goodness prevails over evil, it seems
Somehow when he's gone, we
feel safer
Little do we know
[Verse One]
Today the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in
hell
So everything's okay and all must be well
I remember Oklahoma when they put out the
blaze
And put Islamic terrorist bombing, on the front page
It's like saying only gays get
AIDS, propaganda
Like saying the problem's over when they locked that man up
Wrong! It's
just the beginning, the first inning
Battle for America's soul, the devil's winning
The
President is Bush, the Vice President's a Dick
So a whole lot of fuckin is what we gon'
get
They don't wanna raise the babies so the election is fixed
That's why we don't be fuckin
with politics
They bet on that, parents fought and got wet for that
Hosed down, bit by dogs,
and got blacks into house arrest for that
It's all good except for that - we still
poor
Money, power and respect is what we kill for, for real
[Chorus] - repeat through
interlude
[Interlude]
August 4, 2001
A drunken police officer mows down an entire
family in Brooklyn
The judge lets him go with no bail
It reminds us, of just how worthless
our lives are to the justice system
I struggle, to explain the situation to my son, it's
hard
[Verse Two]
Niggaz wi |
