[00:10.50]Killing us one by one in one way or another
[00:13.87]American will find a way to eliminate the problem one by one
[00:16.37]The problem is the troubles in the black youth of the ghettos
[00:21.18]And one by one we are being wiped off the face of this earth
[00:25.62]At an extremely alarming rate
[00:27.87]And even more alarming is the fact that we are not fighting back
[00:32.18]Brothers, sistas, niggas
[00:36.74]When I say niggas it is not the nigga we are grown to fear
[00:39.75]It is not the nigga we say as if it has no meaning
[00:45.06]But to me it means, never ignorant, getting goals, accomplishes, nigga
[00:51.12]Niggas what are we going to do, walk blind into a line or fight
[00:54.90]Fight and die if we must like niggas
[00:58.28]This is for the masses the lower classes
[01:02.40]The ones you left out, jobs were givin', better livin'
[01:05.15]But we were kept out, made to feel inferior, but we're the superior
[01:07.84]Break the chains in out brains that made us fear, yah
[01:10.53]Pledge a legiance to a flag that neglects us
[01:12.21]Honor a man that who refuses to respect us
[01:13.78]Emancipation, proclamation, please
[01:14.34]Nigga just said that to save the nation
[01:16.40]These are lies that we all accepted
[01:17.53]Say no to drugs but the governments keep it
[01:19.59]Running through our community, killing the unity
[01:21.53]The war on drugs is a war on you and me
[01:23.72]And yet they say this is the home of the free
[01:26.03]But if you ask me it's all about hypocracy
[01:28.03]The constitution, yo, it don't apply to me
[01:29.53]Lady Liberty still the bitch lied to me
[01:31.28]Steady strong, nobody's gonna like what I pumpin'
[01:33.72]But it's wrong to keeping someone from learning something
[01:35.46]So get up, it's time to start nation building
[01:37.46]I'm fed up, we gotta start teaching children
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[01:40.88]That they can be all that they wanna to be
[01:43.75]There's much more to life than just poverty
[01:47.00]This is defiantly, ahh, words of wisdom
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[01:55.94]America, America, America
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[02:03.00]I charge you with the crime of rape, murder, and assault
[02:07.06]For suppressing and punishing my people
[02:09.19]I charge you with robbery for robbing me of my history
[02:12.51]I charge you with false imprisonment for keeping me
[02:15.69]Trapped in the projects and the jury finds you guilty on all accounts
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[02:22.88]And you are to serve the consequences of your evil schemes
[02:26.51]Prosecutor, do you have any more evidence?
[02:30.13]Words of wisdom
[02:31.19]They shine upon the strength of an nation
[02:33.88]Conquer the enemy on with education
[02:35.63]Protect thy self, reach with what you wanna do
[02:39.38]Know thy self, teach what we been through
[02:41.69]On with the knowledge of the place, then
[02:43.75]No one will ever oppress this race again
[02:45.63]No Malcolm X in my history text, why is that?
[02:48.19]'Cuss he tried to educate and liberate all blacks
[02:50.88]Why is Martin Luther King in my book each week?
[02:53.82]He told blacks, if they get smacked, turn the other cheek
[02:56.69]I don't get it, so many questions went through my mind
[02:59.26]I get sweated, they act as if asking questions is a crime
[03:01.76]But forget it, one day I'm gonna prove them wrong
[03:03.76]Now every brother had to smother on the welfare line
[03:06.00]The American dream, though it seems it attainable
[03:07.94]They're pulling your sleeve, don't believe 'cuz it will strangle, yah
[03:11.26]Pulling the life of your brain, I can't explain
[03:13.63]Beg as you can obtain from which you came
[03:16.20]Swear that your mother is living in equality
[03:18.69]Forgetting your brother that's living her apology
[03:23.13]Thought they had us beat when they took our kids
[03:28.38]But the battle ain't over till the black man sings words of wisdom
[03:37.00]But the battle ain't over till the black man sings words of wisdom
[03:40.63]Nightmare, that's what I am, America's nightmare
[03:42.20]I am what you made me, the hate and evil that you gave me
[03:45.32]I shine of a reminder of what you have done to my people
[03:48.76]For four hundred plus years
[03:50.44]You should be scared, you should be running
[03:54.63]You should be trying to silence me, ha ha
[03:56.76]But you cannot escape fate, well, it is my turn to come
[04:05.07]Just as you rose you shall fall by my hands
[04:09.75]America, you reap what you sow
[04:13.07]2pacalypse America's nightmare
[04:17.88]Ice Cube and Da Lench Mob America's nightmare
[04:19.82]Above the Law America's nightmare, Paris America's nightmare
[04:23.76]Public Enemy America's nightmare, Krs-One America's nightmare
[04:34.44]Mutulu Shakur America's nightmare
[04:37.82]Geronimo Pratt America's nightmare
[04:39.38]Assada Shakur America's nightmare