Rakim - Black Messiah lyrics

Love, respect, appreciation
To the Black Messiah
To the Black Panther Party, we salute
It's God Rakim, let's go

1948, Chicago, Illinois
A young panther was born
He became a man when he was just a little boy
Excellent athlete
He excelled in the classroom too
High supreme action speed
That's when his passions grew
Racial injustices, poverty, slavery
He went to college, studied law
Then joined the NAACP
A lot of bad things happеned
People need to havе answers
Why should he keep asking? So
He joined the Black Panthers
Have a mission, known the system, invite
Try to get all of them
Fight capitalism, the socialism
Fight fire with water
The right cause, grow plan
That requires understanding
The life course of a good man
The Black Messiah Fred Hampton

Am I a good man (Am I a good man?)
A good man
Am I a good man? (Am I a good man)
A good man

Man had a lot of heart
Some say a lot of nerves
Man had a lot of smarts
The man with the million dollar words
Led by example, righteous people wanna follow
Take a special kind of man to
Unite the gangs of Chicago
Made 'em march in peace, become allies
Soldiers supervised the police
They brutalized and controlled us
He wouldn't miss a lot of tricks
Told them what he knew about law
Informed them about politics
Told them what he knew about war
All races, one vision, the American activist
Began the Rainbow Coalition
Everybody thought Jackson did
Genocide, a global bliss
Poetry like a vocalist
FBI's Most Wanted list
Revolutionary socialist

Am I a good man (Am I a good man?)
A good man
Am I a good man? (Am I a good man)
A good man (Here we go)

They can't take it no longer
He getting bigger by the hour
Everyday getting stronger
The people give him more power
Intelligent, disciplined
He can organize confusion
Militant, different
He can recognize illusions
Maybe overthrow the government, protest
Riots maybe even run for President
But who would want to keep him quiet?
The informant's on the inside
He still seems unstoppable
But this is always how our leaders
Die because they getting too powerful
Like the barrel of a gun, crucified
He was only 21
Look at all the things he did in a short time
Imagine all the things that he could've done
If he could speak from the grave
Fred Hampton would say this:
"You can kill a Black Panther
But the Panther still exists"

This record is dedicated to
The Chairman Fred Hampton
May you rest in everlasting peace
And to his family, his queen, Akua Njeri
And his son, the Chairman Fred Hampton Jr
Peace, love and respect