Mr. Lif - Hatred lyrics
[Mr. Lif - Hatred lyrics]
Black Man you better stand strong
Hurry before our chances for
Survival are gone it's the youth man
They get we at a young age
Try to live a better life but them want RAGE
You may ask me where this is coming from
So Imma let the numbers run in the year 2000
46 % high school graduate Black man
Without a job or in the can 2004
The number had increased by 4% more
Where does this leave us? Presently void
Shaking in a jail cell paranoid
I see lots of young Black men pun TV
Nuff jewelry yet them not free
How can it be that we can't see
We're still shackled on that boat
In the great blue sea flee!
You don't like hearing the truth?
The message that you're spreading
Is deading the youth
A people with no foundation stand naked
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred
"Listen""knowledge be the keyto unlock
Your brain" -Inspectah Deck
When I'm walking down the street
I see it all the time
People looking at me like my
Dreads are a crime
They signify the fact I refuse to conform
And I rock em' real thick
Cause I'm allergic to the norm
I guess it makes them mad
Because I cause a reaction
Maybe I remind them of their
Own lack of passion
Cops staring at me with a fatal attraction
Even Black people mad
Cause I don't rock the common rapper fashion
Hoodied down no bling, just intelligence
And a fire that'll burn nuff pestilence
Yet this man in my face with irrelevance
Told me go abck to the
Jungle with the elephants
Let me cross the street before I catch a case
Cause, I could wild the fuck out
And kick you in your face
Which brings us right back to where
We started in the first place
Wanna make it home
But Brothers' out at 1st base
It takes a bigger man to see the bigger plan
To analyze experience and truly expand
You must, keep a level head and never combust
With true peace of mind
They could never truly conquer us
We're conquerors in our own right
We're blessed by the sun and
We're one with the night
The darkness is a fertile ground for creation
Foundation, for the sun's presentation
Both provide energy, growth and chemistry
Reflect, redirect but respect your enemy
Without unity, we could never make it
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred
Hurry before our chances for
Survival are gone it's the youth man
They get we at a young age
Try to live a better life but them want RAGE
You may ask me where this is coming from
So Imma let the numbers run in the year 2000
46 % high school graduate Black man
Without a job or in the can 2004
The number had increased by 4% more
Where does this leave us? Presently void
Shaking in a jail cell paranoid
I see lots of young Black men pun TV
Nuff jewelry yet them not free
How can it be that we can't see
We're still shackled on that boat
In the great blue sea flee!
You don't like hearing the truth?
The message that you're spreading
Is deading the youth
A people with no foundation stand naked
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred
"Listen""knowledge be the keyto unlock
Your brain" -Inspectah Deck
When I'm walking down the street
I see it all the time
People looking at me like my
Dreads are a crime
They signify the fact I refuse to conform
And I rock em' real thick
Cause I'm allergic to the norm
I guess it makes them mad
Because I cause a reaction
Maybe I remind them of their
Own lack of passion
Cops staring at me with a fatal attraction
Even Black people mad
Cause I don't rock the common rapper fashion
Hoodied down no bling, just intelligence
And a fire that'll burn nuff pestilence
Yet this man in my face with irrelevance
Told me go abck to the
Jungle with the elephants
Let me cross the street before I catch a case
Cause, I could wild the fuck out
And kick you in your face
Which brings us right back to where
We started in the first place
Wanna make it home
But Brothers' out at 1st base
It takes a bigger man to see the bigger plan
To analyze experience and truly expand
You must, keep a level head and never combust
With true peace of mind
They could never truly conquer us
We're conquerors in our own right
We're blessed by the sun and
We're one with the night
The darkness is a fertile ground for creation
Foundation, for the sun's presentation
Both provide energy, growth and chemistry
Reflect, redirect but respect your enemy
Without unity, we could never make it
Look in the mirror and sever the hatred