[Lord Jamar]
We dealin with death, in abundance
Dirty guns and, the pungent smell, of those who fell
Bodies, like commodoties, ready to sell
Take you around the world for a hundred dollars
Meanwhile, a little baby hollers
Hopin that she doesn`t follow in her mother`s footsteps
of drugs and sex, every day, more thugs to arrest
And today could be the day you catch a slug in your chest
Funny thing about life - nobody, gets out alive
The trick is to see, how long, you can survive
We deprived of our basic needs
Sufferin at the hands of a racist greed
In the black wo-man`s where I place my seed
When they grow, will they know, that I tried to make it better for them?
Will I be dead or inside of a federal pen?
Niggaz just don`t learn, niggaz just won`t learn
[Chorus: Lord Jamar]
As we walk through the valley of dry bones
Death from, New York to Cali, the shit hits homes
Niggaz with 40 calibers, that`ll split ya bone
Other niggaz with silencers, with gats that`s chrome
It seems the violence only escalates, I`m concerned
When the slug penetrate your flesh, see it burn
Livin with the constant threat, that it could be yo` turn
Niggaz just don`t learn, niggaz just won`t learn
[Sadat X]
On 8th Ave, keep bouncin in the Mave`
He don`t even know the type of problems he gon` have
He facin obstacles, greed, it`s the large city need
Remember when he ain`t smoke weed
Jail hold`s raw, spittin seed
In the Polo Grounds, in 89 we dodged steed
All the slaves ain`t freed
Make him the captain, muh`fucker we`ll lead
Shoot him in the chest muh`fucker will bleed
Cause way he`s goin he`s gon` need God-speed
I seen a man die, gettin shot in the eye
And then leave this earth with a sigh
I wish I had a dollar for every funeral parlor
that I been to, and I ain`t tryin to end to
I`ve been a friend to a lot of dead niggaz
With multiple gunshots, niggaz used to run spots
[Chorus]
[Grand Puba]
Now little shorties don`t have a chance
Cause hard times be comin down like a avalanche
We play the streets until we carried on a ambulance
Day by day we be the victims of the circumstance
See the poison has us movin at a steady flow
It filters through your radio and your video
You ever once stop to think and wonder why it`s so?
We don`t know cause we blinded by the fog of `dro, so we let it go
We dedicate our whole careers to save our dyin nation
Cause what we facin is the process of elimination
So busy chasin that our history begins erasin
A savage nation that is headin for anihilation
Time out - put the killin to a drought
And shorty stop runnin around puttin all them dicks in yo` mouth
I be concerned cause we burn baby burn
and we just don`t, learn
[Chorus] - 2X
