Hatred - Mr. Lif

Black Man

You better stand strong

Hurry before our chances for survival are gone

It’s the youth man

They get we at a young age

Try to live a better life but them want RAGE

You may ask me where this is coming from

So Imma let the numbers run

In the year 2000

46% high school graduate Black man

Without a job or in the can

The number had increased by 4% more

Where does this leave us?

Presently void

Shaking in a jail cell paranoid

I see lots of young Black men pun TV

Nuff jewelry

Yet them not free

How can it be that we can’t see

We’re still shackled on that boat in the great blue sea

Flee!

You don’t like hearing the truth?

The message that you’re spreading is deading the youth

A people with no foundation stand naked

Look in the mirror and sever the hatred

«Listen»…"Knowledge be the key… to unlock your brain" -Inspectah Deck

When I’m walking down the street, I see it all the time

People looking at me like my dreads are a crime

They signify the fact I refuse to conform

And I rock em' real thick, cause I’m allergic to the norm

I guess it makes them mad because I cause a reaction

Maybe I remind them of their own lack of passion

Cops staring at me with a fatal attraction

Even Black people mad, cause I don’t rock the common rapper fashion

Hoodied down

No bling, just intelligence

And a fire that’ll burn nuff pestilence

Yet this man in my face with irrelevance

Told me go abck to the jungle with the elephants

Let me cross the street before I catch a case

Cause I could wild the fuck out, and kick you in your face

Which brings us right back to where we started in the first place

Wanna make it home, but Brothers' out at 1st base

It takes a bigger man to see the bigger plan

To analyze experience and truly expand

You must, keep a level head and never combust

With true peace of mind, they could never truly conquer us

We’re conquerors in our own right

We’re blessed by the sun and we’re one with the night

The darkness is a fertile ground for creation

Foundation, for the sun’s presentation

Both provide energy, growth and chemistry

Reflect, redirect but respect your enemy

Without unity, we could never make it

Look in the mirror and sever the hatred