[Tech N9ne] No more speaking that black male oppressed shit! Full speed ahead, none of that retrogressed shit! Looks can be deceiving, know that seeing is believing! Black muthfuckas on a quest for retribution, overdue for the retrieval
[Kutt Calhoun] I'm a nigga with no fame, a nigga with no brain, a nigga with mo' Kane than Abel I'm a nigga with no change, a nigga with no pain, a nigga that won't change a fable I'm a nigga that's hardcore, a nigga that starts war, a nigga that's far more than war Thinkin I'm a nigga with a whole lot of venom; but don't nobody know that I'm sentimental I'm a nigga that's so trife, a nigga with no life, a nigga with no rights at all I'm a nigga that's so hype, a nigga you won't like, a nigga that don't like the law I'm a nigga that stay keyed, a nigga that smoke weed, a nigga that pop B's and E's Please believe he's a thief; reefer leak through the streets to the beast he's a link Why - am I treated like a redheaded stepchild? Why - can a brother get ahead of the mess now? Why - do you think a black man gon' step down? Why - 'til the inner city heads get left out? I - never met a black or white with no pride, never met a man in life who won't try To do what it takes to make a quick rise anyone in the way of fam is gon' die So all of you Nazi Aryan nation placin hatred 'cross the nation Racin, for segregation, fuck your regulations Anticipations on yo' gay administrations Makin weightful statements, you never make 'em, in a whitemanzeyez
[Chorus x2] I ride for my people I die for my people Stand high on my steeple To lies treating people Devils are one sided Spirits are misguided Thinking that black birds don't fly In a whitemans eyes
[Kutt Calhoun] I'm a nigga with no start, a nigga that get hard, then be in carcerated I'm a nigga that you brought, a nigga that you fought, a nigga that you taught the hatred I'm a nigga with no hope, a nigga who's so broke, that his whole life's a joke With nothing to gain and everything to loose, hell if that ain't lame, then I'm the same as you (huh) I'm a nigga with no skills, a nigga with no mills, a nigga with Po' children, nigga that go steals A nigga that dope deals, a nigga that wont feel the pleasure of more fills with leather I'm a nigga with hard time, a nigga with barred lines, a nigga with art crimes to go With the life of stars, I'm a trifling' star, fall right in the arms of your woe Do you feel I'm a get what chu' gave? Do you feel I'm a minimum wage? Do you feel I'm a impotent slave? Answer this..? feel me with this rage
"In the words of the late great, I'll probably be murdered for this shit that I said I speak the real, be a legend, breathin' the dead."
I ride for my people When it's time, when god is my witness Die for my people When it's time, I'm bombing with viscous lines When I speak it, from the mind, and I'm sufficient Prime, rhyme and reason every time In a whitemans eyes
[Chorus x2] I ride for my people I die for my people Stand high on my steeple To lies treating people Devils are one sided Spirits are misguided Thinking that black birds don't fly In a whitemans eyes
[Kutt Calhoun] The black the strong The heart the lone Rough the times In a word on my own The stress the crys The truth the lies That bless the lives In a word all alone Death, demise Reject the spies Respect will rise In a world so prone We be never be no equal cause You be devilish people so
Could you take a couple seconds out of your time So I can really voice what's on my mind Look into the eyes of which is not blind And tell me what you see when I tell ya i'ma strong Muthfucka, Independent with long-gevity And I'm a benefit, it's on! If you thinkin' I'm illiterate (hit home) When you hear how a nigga spit So richeous the nicest You hate that you like it I give and take through this crisis So whites and afrkids fighting for life But I got Mexicans and Asians beside me Even Caucasians and Jamaicans taking stand in America what's right This is a war, and you loosing with un even scores One for my your hate, three for minorities and even more (Backwards Talk) Reach through my blood and pour Pour Liquid expanding, vicious explosions the final score
[Chorus x2] I ride for my people I die for my people Stand high on my steeple To lies treating people Devils are one sided Spirits are misguided Thinking that black birds don't fly In a whitemans eyes
[Tech N9ne] If Denzel Washington can do it - I can! If Forest Whittaker can do it - I can! If Ving Rhames can do it - I can! If Don Chino can do it - I can! If Percy Miller can do it - I can! If Spike Lee can do it - I can! If Colin Powel;; can do it - I can! ... If 2pac can do it - I can!
