Dead prez - Wolves lyrics
[Dead prez - Wolves lyrics]
I'm not a hunter but I am told
That, in places like in the Arctic
Where indigenous people sometimes might
Hunt a wolf
They'll take a double edged blade
And they'll put blood on the blade
And they'll melt the ice and stick
The handle in the ice
So that only the blade is protruding
And that a wolf will smell the
Blood and wants to eat
And it'll come and lick the blade
Trying to eat and what happens is when the
Wolf licks the blade
Of course, he cuts his tongue, and he bleeds
And he thinks he's really having a good meal
And he drinks, and he licks, and he licks
And of course, he is drinking his own blood
And he kills himself
That’s what the Imperialists did to
Us with crack cocaine
You got these young brothers out there
Thinking that they’re getting something
That they’re gonna make a living with
They is getting something so they
Can buy a car
Like the white people have cars
Why can't I have a car?
They getting something so they can
Get a piece of gold white people have gold
Why can't I have gold?
They’re getting something to get a house
White people have a house
Why can't I have a house?
And they actually think
That there’s something
That’s bringing resources to them
But they're killing themselves just like the
Wolf was licking the blade
And they're slowly dying without knowing it
That’s what’s happening to the community
You with me on that?
That’s exactly and precisely what
Happens to the community
And instead of blaming the hunter
Who put the damn
Handle and the blade in the ice for the wolf
What happens is the wolf gets
Blamed for trying to live
That’s what happens in our community
You don't blame the person, the victim
You blame the oppressor!
Imperialism, white power is the enemy
Was the enemy when it first came to Africa
Snatched up the first African
Brought us here against our will
Is the enemy today
That’s the thing that we have to understand
That, in places like in the Arctic
Where indigenous people sometimes might
Hunt a wolf
They'll take a double edged blade
And they'll put blood on the blade
And they'll melt the ice and stick
The handle in the ice
So that only the blade is protruding
And that a wolf will smell the
Blood and wants to eat
And it'll come and lick the blade
Trying to eat and what happens is when the
Wolf licks the blade
Of course, he cuts his tongue, and he bleeds
And he thinks he's really having a good meal
And he drinks, and he licks, and he licks
And of course, he is drinking his own blood
And he kills himself
That’s what the Imperialists did to
Us with crack cocaine
You got these young brothers out there
Thinking that they’re getting something
That they’re gonna make a living with
They is getting something so they
Can buy a car
Like the white people have cars
Why can't I have a car?
They getting something so they can
Get a piece of gold white people have gold
Why can't I have gold?
They’re getting something to get a house
White people have a house
Why can't I have a house?
And they actually think
That there’s something
That’s bringing resources to them
But they're killing themselves just like the
Wolf was licking the blade
And they're slowly dying without knowing it
That’s what’s happening to the community
You with me on that?
That’s exactly and precisely what
Happens to the community
And instead of blaming the hunter
Who put the damn
Handle and the blade in the ice for the wolf
What happens is the wolf gets
Blamed for trying to live
That’s what happens in our community
You don't blame the person, the victim
You blame the oppressor!
Imperialism, white power is the enemy
Was the enemy when it first came to Africa
Snatched up the first African
Brought us here against our will
Is the enemy today
That’s the thing that we have to understand