Drugs, political thugs, nickel and dime crimes
Times ain`t bad it`s just about that time
A nickel`s enough to get sprayed for
Because gems ain`t the only rocks you get paid for
Get laid, sure, check the corner
For a buck you can do anything you want on her
Next week same place no she`s not
She kicked the bucket from what you just got
Man listen, it`s hard enough just to survive
Newborns hot up with dope, to stay alive
Poor lady, she ditched her cause she couldn`t feed her
So where`s her mother? Huh, she ain`t no better either
Say the hell with school that ain`t cool you fool
Learn the science of the other man`s rule
Books you forget, knowledge you forfeit
Stay legit, just don`t do it
Go and pursue it, you gotta fight to
Attain all the things you got a right to
And when you get it good, but damn we
got to boost up the family
Boost up the family, I`m here to reach and teach
Each and all who comprehend my speech
What does a door mean to you and me?
The door`s locked and we don`t have the key
But we do, it`s under the rug you think I`m bugged
My concept`s snug
In the pocket, they tell me rock it
I say sure fellas, long as I sell hell Jaz is the swellest
Remember when they asked a man what`s your program?
He said different plan but same objective man
Socialism, a cripplin disease
Can`t see the forest for the trees, people please
Who wears the clothes our parents paid for
Who sells the gold our people saved for
The writing`s on the wall you know who did this
I see it too but I`m the wrong kinda witness
Homeboys on the rock way up-state
How`re you livin he said? I`m livin great
Havin a good time for doin a large crime
Boost up the family in the name of my rhyme
We`ll tumble down for sure if we don`t stop
Chippin away at the mountaintop
Chase and hunt me yeah those boys want me
Ignorance is prison, now I`m free
Throw up a peace sign shout it in a stadium
At the Palladium speak in an auditorium
We`ll overcome, no? Well come and get some
Feel the drums, cold get dumb
Knowledge em off the face
Yo proceed with the human race
He`s ya boos huh, you let im bass you
This ain`t his house, he`s from another place too
Livin life is triflin as a mans`s toy
Eve of destruction, you need a friend boy
On the move the destroy
The mind is the power, the money is the decoy
For the causse I am fightin
My hands sweat but the pen keeps writin
Liberals, the deecptive weapon
Told a man named Jackson to get to steppin
Somebody said to say it loud we`re black and we`re proud
The people he reused are lost in the crowd
Rebel? Don`t dare, our uncle`s so fair
Ya gettin paid but ya ain`t goin nowhere
I`m sayin what I see see what I`m sayin?
Better start prayin; I ain`t playin
Can we survive? Tell me somethin can we?
Who`s to spruce, to juice, boost the family?
