[00:00.00]Lyrics by：Daddy O
[00:23.79]Feat
[00:23.97]Daddy-O
[00:24.18]Once we have the knowledge of self as a people then we could be free
[00:27.69]And no devil could ever enter the boundaries
[00:30.06]I stand in the center around all these sounds I see
[00:32.58]Blessin' *****that I found the key
[00:33.96]That's how we be
[00:35.16]We are by no means ashamed of our cultural background
[00:39.03]Not a tad bit 'fraid of change
[00:40.59]Look around it's the same ol' same ol' thang
[00:42.24]Hey what's goin' on man How you doin' man
[00:43.41]Ahh you know I can't call it
[00:44.46]Try to maintain overlooking these boundaries
[00:46.77]I gotta be righteous I gotta be me
[00:49.65]I gotta be conscious I gotta be free
[00:52.38]I gotta be able I gotta attack
[00:55.08]I gotta be stable I gotta be black
[00:57.42]Who is that surrounding me
[00:59.37]Enemy enemy you crossed the wrong boundary poof
[01:02.67]Wicked witness wizardry
[01:04.73]Disappear from here and end up in a tree
[01:07.59]Crossed the wrong boundary
[01:27.00]Daddy-O
[01:29.88]The sharp shooting wizard but not a Grand Dragon
[01:32.79]A chop off the block but my pants ain't saggin'
[01:35.22]Got a strong a*s grip but my name ain't Money Grip
[01:38.46]Liked Gladys better when she sang with The Pips
[01:40.83]And when it comes to strength I'm surely of the stronger
[01:43.62]And when it comes to death I pray my children live longer
[01:46.32]Payback's a *****that's why I never borrow
[01:48.90]If the push come to shove I'd do a stick-up tomorrow
[01:51.66]With the group thing over and my flat top gone
[01:54.54]I'm livin' kinda lovely only *****above me
[01:57.60]Provin' that old time axiom -birds of a feather flock together
[02:01.41]Know where I'm coming from
[02:11.10]Aceyalone
[02:35.16]I see I saw I'm the future the past I'm me I'm y'all
[02:38.67]I'm the enemy friend and the law
[02:39.96]The beginner then end-all
[02:41.28]The Final Call the raw
[02:42.63]The win the loss the draw
[02:44.04]The summit the peak the wall the downfall
[02:46.56]The energizing uprising black nigger
[02:48.51]The wise the eyes the dirt
[02:50.10]The overall ball the earth
[02:51.93]And most importantly the birth of a new generation of blackness
[02:54.93]And we're forced to set our boundaries
[03:30.27]I gotta be righteous I gotta be me
[03:33.15]I gotta be conscious I gotta be free
[03:35.88]I gotta be able to counterattack
[03:38.43]I gotta be stable I gotta be black
[03:41.13]I gotta be open gotta be me and
[03:44.55]I gotta keep hopin' we're gonna be free
[03:47.04]Gotta be able to counterattack
[03:49.02]Gotta be stable gotta be black