Killer Mike - Reagan lyrics

Our government has a firm policy not
To capitulate to terrorist demands that
No-concessions policy remains in
Force in spite of the wildly speculative and
False stories about arms for hostages
And alleged ransom payments, we did
Not repeat did not trade weapons
Or anything else for hostages, nor will we

The ballot or the bullet
Some freedom or some bullshit
Will we ever do it big
Or just keep settlin' for li'l shit?
We brag on having bread
But none of us are bakers
We all talk having greens
But none of us own acres
If none of us own acres
And none of us grow wheat
Then who will feed our people when
Our people need to eat?
So it seems our people starve
From lack of understanding
Cause all we seem to give them
Is some ballin' and some dancin'
And some talkin' about our
Car and imaginary mansions
We should be indicted for
Bullshit we incitin'
Sellin' children death and
Pretendin' it's excitin'
We are advertisements for agony and pain
We exploit the youth
We tell them to join a gang
We tell them dope stories
Introduce them to the game
Just like Oliver North introduced
Us to cocaine in the '80s when them bricks
Came on military planes

A few months ago I told the American
People I did not trade arms
For hostages my heart and my best
Intentions still tell me that's true
But the facts and the evidence
Tell me it is not

The end of the Reagan Era
I'm like 'leven, twelve, or
Old enough to understand that
Shit had changed forever
They declared a war on drugs
Like a war on terror
But what it really did was
Let the police terrorize whoever
But mostly black boys
But they would call us "niggers"
And lay us on our belly
While they fingers on they triggers
They boots was on our head
They dogs was on our crotches
And they would beat us up if
We had diamonds on our watches
And they would take our drugs and moneys
As they pick our pockets
I guess that that's the privilege
Of policin' for some profit's
But thanks to Reaganomics
Prison turned to profit's
'Cause free labor's the cornerstone
Of US economics
'Cause slavery was abolished
Unless you are in prison
You think I am bullshittin'
Then read the 13th Amendment
Involuntary servitude and slavery
It prohibit's
That's why they givin' drug offenders
Time in double digit's
Ronald Reagan was a actor
Not at all a factor just an employee of the
Country's real masters
Just like the Bushes, Clinton, and Obama
Just another talking head telling
Lies on teleprompters
If you don't believe the theory
Then argue with this logic
Why did Reagan and Obama
Both go after Gaddafi?
We invaded sovereign soil, going after oil
Taking countries is a hobby paid
For by the oil lobby
Same as in Iraq and Afghanistan
And Ahmadinejad say they coming for Iran
They only love the rich
And how they loathe the poor
If I say any more, they might be at my door
(Shh)
Who the fuck is that staring in my window?
Doing that surveillance on Mr michael Render
I'm dropping off the grid before
They pump the lead
I leave you with four words:
I'm glad Reagan dead

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