2Pac - Words of Wisdom lyrics

Killing us one by one in one way or another
America will find a way
To eliminate the problem one by one
The problem is the troublesome Black
Youth of the ghetto and, one by one
We are being wiped off the face of
This Earth at an extremely alarming rate
And even more alarming is the fact
That we are not fighting back
Brothers, sisters, niggas
When I say "nigga" it is not the
Nigga we have grown to fear
It is not the "nigga" we say as
If it has no meaning, but, to me
It means "Never Ignorant
Getting Goals Accomplished", nigga
Niggas, what are we going to do?
Walk blind into a line or fight?
Fight and die if we must die, like niggas

This is for the masses, the lower classes


Ones you left out
Jobs were given, better living
But we were kept out
Made to feel inferior, but we're superior
Break the chains in our brains
That made us fear ya
Pledge allegiance to a flag that neglects us
Honor a man that refuses to respect us
Emancipation Proclamation? Please
Lincoln just said that to save the nation
These are lies that we all accepted
Say no to drugs, but the governments' kept it
Running through our community
Killing the unity
The war on drugs is a war on you and me
And yet
They say this is the home of the free
You ask me, it's all about hypocrisy
The constitution, yo, it don't apply to me
And Lady Liberty? Stupid bitch lied to me
This may be strong
And no one's gonna like what I'm pumpin'
But it's wrong to keep
Someone from learning something
So get up, it's time to start nation building
I'm fed up, we gotta start teaching children
That they can be all that they want to be
There's much more to life than just poverty
This is definitely, uh, words of wisdom

America! America! AmeriKa-Ka-Ka
I charge you with the crime of rape, murder
And assault
For suppressing and punishing my people
I charge you with robbery for
Robbing me of my history
I charge you with false imprisonment for
Keeping me trapped in the projects
And the jury finds you guilty on all accounts
And you are to serve the
Consequences for your evil schemes
Prosecutor, do you have any more evidence?

Words of wisdom based upon the
Strength of a nation
Conquer the enemy armed with education
Protect yourself
Reach for what you want to do know thyself
Teach by what we've been through
Armed with the knowledge of
The place we've been
No one will ever oppress this race again
No Malcolm X in my history text, why's that?
’Cause he tried to educate
And liberate all Blacks
Why is Martin Luther King in
My book each week?
He told Blacks, if they get smacked
Turn the other cheek i don't get it
So many questions went through my mind
I get sweated
They act like asking questions a crime
But forget it
'cause one day I'm gonna prove them wrong
Not every brother had his mother
On the welfare line the American Dream
Though it seems like it's attainable
They're pulling your sleeve, don't believe
’cause it'll strangle ya
Pulling the life of your brain
I can't explain
Beg as you can obtain from which you came
You swear to your mother that
You living in equality
Forgetting your brother that's living
Here in poverty
Thought they had us beaten when
They took out King
But the battle ain't over 'til
The Black man sings words of wisdom
The battle ain't over 'till
The Black man sings, words of wisdom

Nightmare! That's what I am
America's nightmare i am what you made me
The hate and the evil that you gave me
I shine as a reminder of what you've done
To my people for four hundred plus years
You should be scared, you should be running
You should be trying to silence me
Ha, but you can not escape fate
For it is my turn to come
Just as you rose, you will fall by my hands
America, you reap what you sow
2Pacalypse, America's nightmare
Ice Cube and Da Lench Mob
America's nightmare
Above The Law, America's nightmare
Paris, America's nightmare
Public Enemy, America's nightmare
KRS-One, America's nightmare
New Afrikan Panthers, America's nightmare
Mutulu Shakur, America's nightmare
Geronimo Pratt, America's nightmare
Assata Shakur, America's nightmare
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera