Dr. Cornel West, Talib Kweli - Bushonomics lyrics
[Dr. Cornel West, Talib Kweli - Bushonomics lyrics]
Revolutions require participation
But sometimes people be hesitating
The government must respect the
Will of the people
The government serve the people
The people don't serve the government
Voter registration with no scope
Of education is
A waste of time with no hope
It's just frustration
It's ain't no choice when you're picking
The voice of a nation
You're just contributing to the
Status quo's preservation
Plus we ain't got no universal
Health care and who
The hell care about crack mothers on welfare?
Listening to Dead Prez, hell yeah
But Jay Z first
Thinking of how we was snatched
Like old ladies' purses
Dropped on American soil for
A greater purpose
Plus I know my people got layers
You gotta break the surface
The way I rap got the man nervous
Frodo failed
Bush got the ring snitching like
He's got a sink
Fixing elections like it's not a thing
Somebody please
Expose the fact that it's going
Back to one party they called president Bill
Clinton a whoremonger
Voted him out and replaced with a warmonger
It's like a jungle sometimes
I'm at the front of the line
I ain't tripping, but I stumble sometimes
Then I get right back up
Then I get right back up
Liars and thieves best believe that
Their record is long
Weapons of mass destruction the
Reason for catching Saddam
Lack of concern for the
Environment affected the storm
We can predict the levee breaking
Like a Zeppelin song the president warned
But before the levee broke the people was
They already owned the oil there
So there ain't nothing they need from us
Caught up in the fog of war
They let the big easy flood
You telling me that you would
Do what Jesus does?
No, I don't believe you would
The master teacher's back here to speak with
Us with the passion of a preacher
And the raps that make the speakers bust
The way I tackle the topic'll have
An agnostic acknowledge the last prophet
Fulfil the promise of Frederick
Douglass acquainted with death
He step among us on the blocks and corners
The people he taking steadily getting younger
You ain't over or getting under
I'm getting older, I ain't getting younger
I know there's strength in numbers
Taking HipHop back to it's roots
When people could see that the
Hip in HipHop stood for wE want to be free
WE go from the Bling Bling to
Let freedom ring
From the rich legacy to Gil Scott Heron
And the last poet
On to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
In this era of Bush-o nomics!
But sometimes people be hesitating
The government must respect the
Will of the people
The government serve the people
The people don't serve the government
Voter registration with no scope
Of education is
A waste of time with no hope
It's just frustration
It's ain't no choice when you're picking
The voice of a nation
You're just contributing to the
Status quo's preservation
Plus we ain't got no universal
Health care and who
The hell care about crack mothers on welfare?
Listening to Dead Prez, hell yeah
But Jay Z first
Thinking of how we was snatched
Like old ladies' purses
Dropped on American soil for
A greater purpose
Plus I know my people got layers
You gotta break the surface
The way I rap got the man nervous
Frodo failed
Bush got the ring snitching like
He's got a sink
Fixing elections like it's not a thing
Somebody please
Expose the fact that it's going
Back to one party they called president Bill
Clinton a whoremonger
Voted him out and replaced with a warmonger
It's like a jungle sometimes
I'm at the front of the line
I ain't tripping, but I stumble sometimes
Then I get right back up
Then I get right back up
Liars and thieves best believe that
Their record is long
Weapons of mass destruction the
Reason for catching Saddam
Lack of concern for the
Environment affected the storm
We can predict the levee breaking
Like a Zeppelin song the president warned
But before the levee broke the people was
They already owned the oil there
So there ain't nothing they need from us
Caught up in the fog of war
They let the big easy flood
You telling me that you would
Do what Jesus does?
No, I don't believe you would
The master teacher's back here to speak with
Us with the passion of a preacher
And the raps that make the speakers bust
The way I tackle the topic'll have
An agnostic acknowledge the last prophet
Fulfil the promise of Frederick
Douglass acquainted with death
He step among us on the blocks and corners
The people he taking steadily getting younger
You ain't over or getting under
I'm getting older, I ain't getting younger
I know there's strength in numbers
Taking HipHop back to it's roots
When people could see that the
Hip in HipHop stood for wE want to be free
WE go from the Bling Bling to
Let freedom ring
From the rich legacy to Gil Scott Heron
And the last poet
On to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
In this era of Bush-o nomics!