[verse 1]Is the groove good to you Like when you lose your thing Forgetten grits is grocery And eggs is poultry Makin a livin against those makin a killin Super blackman gotha back And is back in the building If the prison is that skin you in And your cell sittin inside your skull They say you cant getaway From ya damn self When your earth is heaven And your world be hell Check your head Armageddons at the foot of your bed You aint heard a word i said Forget them slacks Im that throwback that Threw that throwback Back on the racks To get my mind back O say can you see I get back its still just a black and white tv In lyin color brother Gots to getaway to the other.[verse 2] Never was too good Off the top of my head Cause i want yall to know Exactly what i said This so called war in iraq Over a thousand dead Thats about10 a week Even as i speak33% of black males in jail55% of black students will fail85% of black folks forgot We were slaves Up inside this box America got folks brains on lock Forget the connects Some wanna buy whats next Wear it like a sign up in that chest Yall should know papa dont take no mess If you think your past is irrelevant Dont you know ol soul pays the gt damn rent That messiah aint never Gonna come as long as You thinkin freedom Is bein free to be dumb[verse 3] Soul is back So flip them hits back Damn the fashion I wanna know wheres the passion Thinkin we came a long way baby Sayin poor michaels psycho And prince hes crazy But what has bob mick sir paul Done for you lately How they maintain on your brain Seems to escape me Heard some ghetto cats Dont like metal rap Hear it and fear it And they think its wack They dont even know that the blues is black And when i rap is back to the roots Where i be at Not some 30 year old who dont know facts Whos wild sayin things like some juvenile Remember 2 million black folks in the penile Got a world of whitefolks Thinkin its style Think im hatin cause you lack the information Cause we the fbi still gots on file
[verse 1]Is the groove good to you Like when you lose your thing Forgetten grits is grocery And eggs is poultry Makin a livin against those makin a killin Super blackman gotha back And is back in the building If the prison is that skin you in And your cell sittin inside your skull They say you cant getaway From ya damn self When your earth is heaven And your world be hell Check your head Armageddons at the foot of your bed You aint heard a word i said Forget them slacks Im that throwback that Threw that throwback Back on the racks To get my mind back O say can you see I get back its still just a black and white tv In lyin color brother Gots to getaway to the other.[verse 2] Never was too good Off the top of my head Cause i want yall to know Exactly what i said This so called war in iraq Over a thousand dead Thats about10 a week Even as i speak33% of black males in jail55% of black students will fail85% of black folks forgot We were slaves Up inside this box America got folks brains on lock Forget the connects Some wanna buy whats next Wear it like a sign up in that chest Yall should know papa dont take no mess If you think your past is irrelevant Dont you know ol soul pays the gt damn rent That messiah aint never Gonna come as long as You thinkin freedom Is bein free to be dumb[verse 3] Soul is back So flip them hits back Damn the fashion I wanna know wheres the passion Thinkin we came a long way baby Sayin poor michaels psycho And prince hes crazy But what has bob mick sir paul Done for you lately How they maintain on your brain Seems to escape me Heard some ghetto cats Dont like metal rap Hear it and fear it And they think its wack They dont even know that the blues is black And when i rap is back to the roots Where i be at Not some 30 year old who dont know facts Whos wild sayin things like some juvenile Remember 2 million black folks in the penile Got a world of whitefolks Thinkin its style Think im hatin cause you lack the information Cause we the fbi still gots on file