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Minister Malcolm, the thing that I thought |
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Might be good for starting it off is to talk about |
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One of the most pervasive beliefs in the general society |
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About the Nation of Islam |
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Talkin' to you like talkin' to myself |
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'Cause it ain't no gettin' through to you, with all I swear |
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And I've been thinkin' 'bout you since I came to jail |
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I've tried to reach out to you, but it was to no avail |
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Guess it ain't nothin' else to do when we outgrew each other |
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We hard down beefin' like we never knew each other |
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Top off the coupe, no bikini, we came out life now |
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I'm sippin' Bellini, livin' that lifestyle |
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And that is that it is an organization |
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Dedicated to the use of violent means to attain its goals |
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The question I have is, |
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How true is this, |
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And why do you think it persists in society? |
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Poppin' pills, poppin' pistols, I put my mic down |
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I almost lost my life that night, I was on a bloodhound |
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They tryna tell us put the bikes up and the guns down |
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X was tryna buy a bike and he got gunned down |
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X was tryna change his life, but he got burned down |
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X wasn't ridin' with no pipe so he got gunned down |
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Listen, do as I say, don't do as I do |
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Nine out of ten, it ain't gon' end up lookin' good for you |
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Have never at any time been guilty of initiating |
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Any aggressive acts of violence |
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During the entire 33 years |
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Or more that the honorable |
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Elijah Mohammed has been teaching us. The— |
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If I wasn't rich, you wouldn't be pullin' up to my funeral |
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First they kissin' you, huggin' you, then they suin' you |
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If it was me, it was you, I'm wonderin' what you would do |
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I just pulled up on your mama, homie, she beautiful |
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Yeah, gotta keep the strap, can't let you, let y'all on me |
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I got married to the game, she put these racks all on me |
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Now I got diamonds on my ring, look like a matrimony |
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First they screamin' my name, then file a lawsuit on me |
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You would hate to see me reach my full potential |
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You want me robbin', poppin' Mollies, poppin' pistols |
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I'm goin' to college |
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'Cause to the youngins I'm influential |
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Thought it was Congress, |
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They ain't know this was a Presidential |
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They ain't know that I was intellectual |
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You tryna change your life, but they won't let you |
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I know they know I'm special, why they playin' with me? |
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You talkin' jewels, |
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I'm droppin' jewels, you see the difference |
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Coppin' jewels for your dawgs, they don't appreciate it |
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Everybody gon' say you fake when you make it |
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Back of the Maybach with the tints so you don't notice me |
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When the money bring the fame, you can't even roll in peace |
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Guess all the pain that I went through had to be the recipe |
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I stood tall through it all and brought out the best of me |
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Ayo, dismiss all them charges, that ain't my destiny |
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Everything I said, I stood on it, I got integrity |
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G.A., I put my hood on it, I bring the checks with me |
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You need security by your grave so you can rest in peace |
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Tired |
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Charge of violence against us actually stems |
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From the guilt complex that exists in the conscious |
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And subconscious minds of most white people in this country |
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They know that they've been violent in their brutality |
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Against negros and they feel that some day |
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The negro is going to wake up |
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And try and do unto as them as they have done unto |
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Do unto the whites as the whites have done unto us |
