Shoot'n up and Gett'n High

He lived two train stops away

I was a train ride away from heaven

We signify about politics, low income housing Birth control and abortion

The capitalistic hand around my throat

Shootin'up d**e to cope in this dehumanizing society

We both found God when he O.D'd

He found beauty in my black skin

Amidst the cover girls and clairol ads

Makin'no mistake what's white is right

Livin'in a world where the TV shouts

"Forget where you come from!"

And damn I thought I was shootin'up Africa in my veins

White man voodoo slow my brain the while man fights wars and enslaves

All in God's name

What ya trying to achieve with your sun tan lotion

You wanna keep me down keep me down

Revolution against this racist institution

The white man shall forever sleep with one eye open

Dehumanize me.

Criticize, set aside.

Livin'in the midst of genocide I hear voices voices are what I hear

Uprise would you die for your right