Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Modern Day Slavery, artist - Joell Ortiz. Album song The Brick, in the genre Рэп и хип-хопDate of issue: 23.04.2007
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: Koch
Song language: English
Modern Day Slavery |
| The 13th amendment |
| (…they say nothing wrong |
| A change is gonna come — |
| You know and I know |
| You know that I know |
| I know that you know that something’s gotta change is gonna come …) |
| (bridge) |
| First you clean his hands from top to bottom |
| Grand afferents then wash him, then you go pick the cotton |
| Listen y’all I’m tired man, I swear (I've been running) |
| For so long trying to be strong with you (I've been running) |
| I’m exhausted (Ohh yeah) |
| My feet hurt (I don’t…) |
| Wanna run no more (I don’t…) |
| Wanna run no more (I don’t know what’s a bed) |
| They said (a change is going) |
| WHEN (a change is going) |
| WHEN (a change is going (…) everyday) |
| (Joell Ortiz:) |
| Ain’t nothing changed except the chains |
| That restraining our physical frame |
| Mentally we still living the same |
| Its lock down |
| They knock down the Towers to raise tax |
| Anything they burn we pay back |
| I live in the hood; |
| you’ll never bump into Pat Seajack |
| But we spin the wheel every time we chill |
| Cuz cops hate blacks, and Hispanics they draw gats |
| And just slam it before the ask where your hand is |
| I don’t see how a wallet can be mistaken for a cannon |
| ~So please don’t let em play us no more |
| In everyway I’m ready, willing, and able to war |
| Like any day I could pop I’d be in the front |
| Like, please let the force be with me in this pump |
| Housing want me to work cuz I’m still on my mom’s lease |
| Threatening to raise the rent if I don’t pick up them park leaves |
| Ain’t nothing in this world for free |
| But somehow they got us fooled that this world is free |
| (chorus: Joell Ortiz) |
| THIS IS MODERN DAY SLAVERY |
| YOU SEE (yes) |
| CARRY I.D. |
| (yes) |
| WATER IS A FEE (yes) |
| THIS AIN’T HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE MAN (I've been running) |
| For so long trying to be strong with you (I've been running) |
| I’m exhausted (Ohh yeah) |
| My feet hurt (I don’t…) |
| Wanna run no more (I don’t…) |
| Wanna run no more (I don’t know what’s a bed) |
| They said (a change is going) |
| WHEN (a change is going) |
| WHEN (a change is going (…) everyday) |
| (Immortal Technique:) |
| Our people are the product of genocide and slavery |
| Everything in the ghetto was how it was made to be |
| Designed in a process, Prison Industrial Complex |
| Niggas transformed into numbers and objects |
| We pay the devil rent for living in hell |
| Cuz the projects was built on the spot where Lucifer fell |
| Incarcerated knowledge heavy weight (Heavy Nigga) |
| Every black man should read through the Romany Chapter 28 |
| ~Cursed in the city like we’re cursed in the field |
| Cursed on the border, and cursed by the New World Order |
| Our sons and daughters were stolen by another people |
| _ end of the Earth, land of the Eagle |
| This is the sequel to the prophecy |
| Freedom when peaceful then violent is my philosophy |
| I built an army, now I’m gonna build a nation |
| The foundation of a new civilization |
| And overthrow the plantation |
| (chorus: Immortal Technique) |
| MODERN DAY SLAVERY SEE? |
| (yes) |
| IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE (yes) |
| PATRIOT ACT 3 (yes) |
| Just wait young nigga you’ll see (I've been running) |
| For so long, my people been strong, but yo (I've been running) |
| I’m exhausted (Ohh yeah) |
| My heart hurts (I don’t…) |
| But I’m gunning them more (I don’t…) |
| But I’m gunning them more (Fuck them, niggas!) |
| I said, we gotta make em (a change is going) |
| We gotta make em (a change is going) |
| Quick motherfucker (lock and load) |
| Immortal Technique |
| Joell Ortiz |
| Harlem, Brooklyn |
| You know what it is nigga, the rebirth of the Young Lords |
| Coming soon motherfucka |
| You sleep and you die nigga… |
| Good night motherfucka! |