the future of the race compromised by the corrupted
the slave trade was fueled by black on black abduction
now pause: here’s where im goin wit this introduction
nowadays it seems the black race just keeps regressin’
socially with hip hop, plus the economic recession
it’s like black folks refuse to ever learn they lesson
they think they got the answer, but don’t even kno the question
you think we getting better; your example: Barack
but tell me: what other blacks have made it to the top
okay you say Oprah and Condoleezza, so Barack plus two
but look at most of the people who influence black youth
young blacks in the hood don’t memorize Obama speeches
but they suck up the rhymes of MCs like leeches
and the words they sit, study and resuscitate
reinforce sexism, racism, ignorance, and hate
the hip hop industry replaced the chains on Sojourner
if you don’t fit the mold, then the industry’ll burn ya
well what is the mold? Angry nigger totin’ burners
sellin cocaine and treatin his women like Ike Turner
cuz now it’s cool to “go hard in the paint” like waka
but have u heard somebody rap about blacks becomin doctors?
“well weezy did ‘dr. carter’ on his album ‘tha carter 3’”
But really what did that song add to the whole cd?
Simply this: a couple more rhymes where wayne spit nonsense
People listen for punchlines but don’t care about content
But if u listen to the way that these rap guys tell it
The only way to make it out is ballin, rappin, or sellin
Yea it might sound hot, but they all singin the same song
Sex, money, drugs, ice, plus girls with no clothes on
And we disrespect our women so much they’ve started to accept it
Now all you gotta do is strip if u wanna be accepted
Sex with anyone and everyone, these days it’s expected
Young girls see it growin up and they learn to respect it
Parents try to teach em that really they should reject it
But then turn on the radio and contradict they own message
Look at kat stacks, buffy the body, and superhead
Made a name sellin sex and now they all earnin stupid bread
Tv shows, movies, book deals, and the works
That’s what girls get these days for liftin up they skirts
And it’s stuff like this that hurts, for me to sit back and watch it
The type of things people will do and say to make a profit
Cuz we sellin our souls to the same folks who used to own us
Keep us around just long enough so that they can clone us
Then disown us, kick us to the curb like a trash can
And we say “that’s just how society do the black man”
But this time we can’t even blame our failures on ‘whitey’
Cuz we’ve been given every opportunity to live rightly
We just choose to be complacent with our current lot in life
And with our own darkness, we’ve learned to block out the light
The messages in our music have overshadowed our rich culture
As these industry executives continue to mimic vultures
Sayin “which one of these niggers is gonna make me money”
And “which nigger’s gonna spread ignorance and hate for me”
Cuz the new generation of rappers spits the same words differently
And ends every verse with “ain’t none of y’all niggas sick as me”
Man, this is the type of stuff that sickens me, perpetuatin our destruction
And then we try to blame it on the government’s corruption
You think it’s George Bush’s fault that no blacks got jobs?
Well Bush ain’t the one sayin that we should steal, kill and rob
That we should drop out of school and forget about education
No, these messages come from the music we keep makin
