Dead Prez
Day 11 of #BlackHistoryMonth Black Theory:
Dead Prez (M-1 & stic.man)
"I want to be free to live, able to have what I need to live Bring the power back to the street, where the people live We sick of workin for crumbs and fillin up the prisons Dyin over money and relyin on religion for help We do for self like ants in a colony Organize the wealth into a socialist economy A way of life based off the common need And all my comrades is ready, we just spreadin the seed" Police State
"Ay dogg that label is that slave ship Owners got them whips and rappers is slaves If you really wanna eat you gotta hear the same thing With the football, b-ball, or if you slangin that dope Aint never seen no hope, brainwash video shows be foolin my folk What the hell a brother gon do though, huh When the rent due, when the lights and the gas gonna get cut off Drop them raps or cock them gats Aint never had shit ever since we came to this bitch Why I gotta feel pain to get rich 'Stead of stackin chips, finna pack them clips" Bigger than Hip-Hop
"the cops stop you just cause you black THAT'S WAR run your prints through the system THAT'S WAR when they call my hood a drug zone THAT'S WAR slum lords charge me for the rent THAT'S WAR why they so rich and we poor THAT'S WAR if you young and black you sell crack THAT'S WAR the White House is the rock house THAT'S WAR George Bush coming out his mouth THAT'S WAR chillen on the corner with your gang THAT'S WAR popo do the same damn thing THAT SWAR when they murdered Amado Dialo THAT'S WAR marching through the streets is a strategy of WAR knowing self defense is a strategy of WAR soldiers try to link with other soldiers THAT'S WAR Revolutionaries gotta know the art of WAR" That's War
"The white is the rock house, Uncle Sam is the motha fuckin' pusher man. What I gotta do to make sure ya understand? Revolutionary curse words First come, first served. It ain't no loss, though, Freedom cost blood We need a revolution, We need a revolution, The system ain't gonna change unless we make it change. I can stop these cops from killin', I can feed these hungry children, I can stop racism, a product of cap-it-a-lism. I can unpack the prisons, and turn religion back to we livin' (We need a revolution) Mutha fuck they constitution Army G's off in this think they hip to the game, gettin' off the chains The system ain't gonna change, unless we make it change." We Need a Revolution
"Slap a white boy. Snuff your landlord Smash some windows. Break the camcord Rob the corner store. Bomb the precinct Take the CO. Stab the GT Pimp the system. Bang for freedom Fuck the high schools. Burn the prisons Ride on the record labels. Jump your A&R Fuck the contract. Push the AR Get your bank up. Slip the banks up Break the handcuffs. Invade the campus Steal some pampers. Smash the cameras Fuck the police. Grab the camera You wonder why we feel like fuck the law You wonder why we write up on the wall You wonder why we burn the cities down Cuz we don't give a fuck, the time is now You wonder why we feel like fuck the law You wonder why we write up on the wall You wonder why we burn the cities down Cuz we don't give a fuck, the time is now" Fuck the Law
"Protesting is hopeless We putting lasers and scopes on the toasters Shooting at the police in the streets is the focus Roll with the rush, it's that official nas Got soldiers with pistols that blast We living in the last My theory is fuck it until the system ain't corrupted To the public I'm conducted through ghetto clips and armor metal Busting at the feds or Berettas, we never settle Til the Rockefeller laws get better We all trapped in the hood fucking all together It's war forever So guns up, if the cops run up on ya Hold down your corner, and cock a four pound on em Get it or die trying, us against them, freedom or death This how we on it when it ain't nothing left Ain't getting locked up no more, ain't buying your raw Rocking it up, coming for mine, cocking it up This is the last day, hour, minute and second So I'm screaming "fuck they law," and carry my weapon Warrior code, shoot and reload, and we taking back what we are owed We dividing it with my soldiers You dare to struggle, you dare to win To the OGs and the veterans, spreading that ghetto medicine This is my last day, on my word and my balls When the people army rise, then the system will fall All I gotta do is just bring it to reality, it's Fuck the government, but still I gotta pay the rent So yeah, I'm for the caper most definite Keeping it militant, focused, intelligent Pimping the system is basic common sense It's still fuck the pig, black power ain't dead All that red, white, and blue shit be going to y'all head, see We break bread, it's like a game or a sport Gotta train everyday to keep your team on point Cause still to this day our reparations ain't paid And you can see it in the poverty around the way It ain't even our own people on BET So they gotta get it from somebody, it might as well be me" The Last Days Reloaded
"Globalization.. Some kids get bombs for breakfast And blowed away on their birthday Ask the lil' orphan boy on Iraqi soil What he think about the U.S.A. Today was the worst day of his life Uncle Sam killed both his parents His village was burned to the ground And they left him and his lil' brother to perish Cus they want the oil in the soil Like vampires they come for blood In the name of freedom and justice Nowhere to hide nowhere to run First they send the soldiers Then come MacDonald's and Coca Cola Toxic western culture And once they take over its over...No food on the shelves and the system is broken It's out of order, we out of water, and out of time Out of my mind, out of prime time with the propaganda Make you wanna snap make ya pop the hammer Call it what it is use proper grammar Land grab call that gentrification Micro-chip Identification Thats just fear and intimidation Nine O'clock news interpretation (Break of a Nation[?]) that's Got nothing to lose but our chains Got nothing to use but our brains Stop following the rules And lets change the game, Resiiiiist... Who cares if you get stepped on, get stepped on In the name of progress They business has no conscious All they want is profits it's obvious in Africa It's obvious in Mexico, It's obvious in Cuba It's obvious in Palestine, American invasion Foreign occupation, Covert operations Oppressive domination, Resiiiiiiist..." Globalization (Scene of the Crime)
"Stock market crashing daily, they say that times are scary They dollar's losing value, but the hood knew that already The price of gas been rising, at times we can't afford it The oil supply is leaking, facing a global shortage According to news reporters, every year its getting warmer These violent weather patterns, some say it's just nature's karma They planting they seeds of fearing, genetic engineering Interfering with the crops and now the bees are disappearing Don't know what is upon us, just know one thing for certain Change is so necessary cause they system is not working Maybe it would take destruction to make a better world And if that's what it takes then I hope Babylon just keep on burning" A New Beginning
Links:
Videos - https://youtube.com/@sticflics?si=rL2mquC7TxftU_iE
Lyrics - https://www.azlyrics.com/d/deadprez.html
Interviews -
https://youtu.be/GUTdxDWrkm4?si=lwExLF5wrP9w5XVP
https://youtu.be/KKEjzBRZAyQ?si=utWcUbtOQ5m-DVlw
https://youtu.be/H-cOnVlpmjI?si=G47S869-YALcobpF