I don't sweat my past
Unless U bludgeon me with yours
I don't care if the score
Is four
Or
Landing against my will
On a foreign shore
I don't sweat the hit listI was deemed a terroroistBefore the word was definedNat Turner's rebellion Killed me and mineMultiple timesI don't seek a copyright on corruptionA patent on painWhat is the gainIf I'm running in placeAll that does is help youFocus your aimI don't sing Negro spiritualsAnd celebrate Martin Luther King'Cuz I dig hearing the disenfranchisedThe wretched The despisedPlaintive wails when they singI am a manMy birth from the earthAn earthlingI don't concedeSo what you think is sociological greedIs actually a refusal 2 bleedI've been Crippin My Blood before the Bible was writtenIf I'm shy it's only because for your loveI've been twice bittenSo you hear my screamsAnd while you sleep peacefullyI have nightmares when I dreamU represent the stripesBut I am the seamThe glueWithout meOld Glory Is goryThrough and throughSo you hear my diatribeAnd say black man is at it againBut let's not pretendNever did I intend2 winI just refuse 2 be defeatedI kill mine It's on page 46Next 2 Garfield, Charlie Brown and Viagra signsBlack on black crimeSign of the timesDoesn't even register while you stand In the Mega Million Lottery LineAnd you got the nerve 2 sayWhat's the problemIt's 2011 everything should be fineI don't try 2 be Tiger Woods'Cuz the woods got a lot of treesAnd I'm a strange fruit stillJames Bryd Jr Against his willMy name ain't MarcusBut I do read GarveySimultaneously Tryin 2 convince my LadyAll black men don't think likeSteve HarveyI don't admit 2 being what I'm notTry not 2 live in a constant state of readinessBut I swear it feels sometimesI'm surrounded by angry copsNot tryin 2 read my writesNah if I say the wrong thingThe pendulum swingsAnd I don't walk into my house that nightI don't deny being hyper sensitive2 lightMan I've becomeAquainted with the nightBet you didn't know In city after cityBlack men pray for snowOr torrential rainAnything to ease the painAnd catch our breath Before we walk back into 500 murdersA yearthe Answer my friendAin't blowin In the windMy tears are fromMortal fearSo we call each otherBrother'Cuz truth beWe All all we haveThe Million Man MarchWas a salveBut even on that special dayAmidst Black Brother's peace and harmonyThe government Emptied Washington, D.C.Why?What makes me and mine the enemyIn the midstJust because I sing in the key of freedom And By Any Means Necessary raise my fistSo why when Brothers get togetherAll past drama fadesIs it the sacrifices we've made?Or are we tired of being sacrificedFor the right price?Is it the kinship we feel?Or are we fed up with our kin'sSkin Being peeledOn fake appeals2 a judicial systemThat want me 2 be a pistonIn the engineAt least Slave Drivers didn't fake the funkThey said welcome 2 Yo..WHAT IN THE HELLIS A HOUSE OF DETENTIONI good damn good grades in skoolI paid attentionAnd I still do 'Cuz I don't care whether a brotha Is 22, 32, or 42When black and white Fight Black turns 2 blueWith shades of redDamn right I'm not afraid 2 dieBut who is gonna tell my daughter Your daddy is deadAnd how did I dieMurder in the 1st, 2nd 3rd degree?Or justifiable homicideDid I catch it in the back by BlackOr was I taken for a rideDid I slideOr get blown off of my feet?At the Compton Swap Meet?Or in HoustonOr San AntoneOr Naw'LeansOr the TidewaterOr the 5 buroughsOr the Ill a DelphDid I respect myself ?Did I pretend?How did I meet my end?And more importantly Does my demise mean Life can begin again?What whould you do if You didn't have me 2 apprehend?Would Max security Jails exist?Yo..I know I can be evil me and mineBut many timesI was just mindin mineAnd you couldn't resist'Cuz how dare I Expose American liesAnd stand like John CarlosRaisin my fistWho gave me that right?Look in the mirrorAnd see the love You taught 2 fightMightDon't make me rightIt' s made me SadlyAn afterthought Dawg I ain't gonnaRunWe brothers been on the hustle a long timeWhatever you gonna do 2 us It's fineBut just rememberWE STANDBACK 2 BACKBLACK 2 BLACK MANAlways Alpha 2 your OmegaKIn2 Your Klan How then can you ever hope 2 understandTHE SOULOF A BLACK MAN!

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