
Date of issue: 20.04.2009
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: Orchard
Song language: English
Hatred |
Black Man |
You better stand strong |
Hurry before our chances for survival are gone |
It’s the youth man |
They get we at a young age |
Try to live a better life but them want RAGE |
You may ask me where this is coming from |
So Imma let the numbers run |
In the year 2000 |
46% high school graduate Black man |
Without a job or in the can |
The number had increased by 4% more |
Where does this leave us? |
Presently void |
Shaking in a jail cell paranoid |
I see lots of young Black men pun TV |
Nuff jewelry |
Yet them not free |
How can it be that we can’t see |
We’re still shackled on that boat in the great blue sea |
Flee! |
You don’t like hearing the truth? |
The message that you’re spreading is deading the youth |
A people with no foundation stand naked |
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred |
«Listen»…"Knowledge be the key… to unlock your brain" -Inspectah Deck |
When I’m walking down the street, I see it all the time |
People looking 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 them 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 |
Hoodied down |
No bling, just intelligence |
And a fire that’ll burn nuff pestilence |
Yet this man in my face with irrelevance |
Told me go abck 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 Brothers' out at 1st 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 |
Reflect, redirect but respect your enemy |
Without unity, we could never make it |
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred |
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Fight to Survive ft. Mr. Lif | 2017 |
Irreversible ft. Mr. Lif | 2007 |
Ghetto Matrix ft. Mr. Lif | 2017 |
History | 2018 |
Speech Cobras ft. Mr. Lif | 2004 |
Storm ft. Mr. Lif, Edan | 2006 |
Folklore ft. Vinnie Paz, Dumbtron | 2009 |
What About Us? | 2009 |
Gun Fight ft. Metro | 2009 |
Dawn | 2009 |
Head High | 2009 |
Breathe ft. Bahamadia | 2009 |
I Heard It Today | 2009 |
The Sun | 2009 |
Welcome To The World | 2009 |
Don't Look Down | 2016 |
World Reknown ft. Mr. Lif | 2016 |
Ill | 2016 |
A Better Day ft. Mr. Lif | 2016 |
Mission Accomplished ft. Mr. Lif | 2016 |