Rap songs about Bush/9-11/Iraq

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  my2hands Posts: 17,117

  March 2006

  i like this one by Mos Def...
  
  "War"
  
  
  
  
  War is a global economic phenomenon
  
  Ain't a batch of guns on where, hellfire
  Spittin', run up everything they hittin'
  Some do they job to dodge the barrage
  As sleek projectiles never stay bound
  Fire bite invades the night with light
  Loud, fighter planes shout shell rain
  When they shot to kill cops on the terrain
  And leave any brain that may remain stained
  You god damn right this war goin' too far
  Socialists think they converse with the stars
  Wars found, my find the beauty in the stars
  I level with death even beneath radar
  I level with death even beneath radar
  I level with death and she got pretty eyes
  Nobody told me death was so damn fine
  I go to sleep with that girl on my mind
  Wake up in a sea, I wanna fire in line
  Grab my heat, then it's get down time
  One day I'ma make that girl all mine
  But for now I'm a soldier abidin' my time
  Writin' my rhyme behind enemy lines
  Palestine, Kosovo, Cashmere
  No different than the avenues right here
  An increase in the murder rate each year
  Paramilitary unit keep the streets clear
  Curtains up on the theatre of warfare
  Dramatic politics nightly preformed here
  Worldwide from Colombia to Columbine
  Don holders keep ya dollar signs on the line
  
  "I don't want to rule or conquer anyone
  I should like to help everyone if possible
  Jew, gentile, black man, white
  We all want to help one another
  Human beings are like that
  We want to live by each other's happiness
  Not by each other's misery
  In this world, there's room for everyone
  And the good earth is rich
  And can provide for everyone a way of life"
  
  Fuck that
  
  You know the drill
  Fix ya face
  I'ma hustle off the hill
  Go get my money man
  Go get my money man
  
  See every hunter need to kill
  Go get my money man
  
  I'm old school from off the hill
  Go get my money man
  
  Go get my money man
  I give a fuck what I do
  Go get my money man
  Go get my money man
  Go get that money man
  Go get my money man
  Go get that money man
  Gimme my money man
  Gimme my money
  
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Gimme the loot, Gimme the loot, Gimme the loot

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  El_Kabong Posts: 4,141

  March 2006

  i see your mos def and raise you a black star
  
  [Talib Kweli]
  
  Yo I was sold to a sick European by a rich African battlin
  Middle Passages, I can't go back again
  Battlin years of denyin history, lies with mysteries
  Wives with misty eyes watchin their niggas be beaten viciously
  Battlin the worldliness and North America
  Ran by the river, only stoppin to pray
  Shaped up predators
  Terrorists with etiquette who vote and kill their president
  Their capacity for evil so evident and prevalent
  Ain't no hesitation they rob, a nation dissolved
  While we sit back waitin to evolve
  Those who would trade in their freedom
  For their protection deserve neither
  Fuck a name, fuck tradition
  Religion - you learn Jesus
  Turn the other cheek
  Inherit the Earth, just stay meek
  Fuck the way you speak
  Try to walk, we chop off your feet
  Fastforward to 2003, niggas beef
  The psychology of children are slaves to run deep
  
  [Mos Def and Talib Kweli]
  Hell yeah, hell yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yo
  What's beef? hell yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yo
  That's beef, hell yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yo
  It's always your own peoples
  Sometimes it's your own peoples yo
  Yeah yeah, hell yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yo
  What's beef? hell yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yo
  That's beef, hell yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yo
  It's always your own peoples
  Sometimes it's your own peoples yo
  
  [Mos Def]
  Beef is not what Jay said to Nas
  Beef is when workin niggas can't find jobs
  So they tryna find niggas to rob
  Tryna find bigger guns so they can finish the job
  Beef is when the crack kids can't find moms
  Cuz they end up in a pine box or locked behind bars
  Beef ain't the Summer Jam for Hot 97
  Beef is the cocaine and AIDS epidemic
  Beef don't come with a radio edit
  Beef is when the judge is callin you "defendant"
  Beef, it comes with a long jail sentence
  Handed down to you in a few short minutes
  Beef is when your girl come through for a visit
  Talkin bout "I'm pregnant by some other nigga"
  Beef is high blood pressure and bad credit
  Need a loan for your home and you're too broke to get it
  And all your little kids is doin is gettin bigger
  You tryin not to raise 'em around these wild niggas
  Beef is when a gold digger got ya seed and
  A manicured hand out like "pay me nigga"
  Or I'm telling your wife
  Or startin up some foul rumor that'll ruin your life
  Beef is when a gangster ain't doin it right
  Another gangster then decided what to do with his life
  Beef is not what these famous niggas do on the mic
  Beef is what George Bush would do in a fight
  Yeah, beef is not what Ja said to 50
  Beef is more than Irv not bein here with me
  When a soldier ends his life with his own gun
  Beef is tryin to figure out what to tell his son
  Beef is oil prices and geopolitics
  Beef is Iraq, the West Bank, and Gaza Strip
  Some beef is big and some beef is small
  But what y'all call beef is not beef at all
  Beef is real life happenin everyday
  And it's realer than them songs that you get at Kay Slay
  This has been a Black Star PSA
  From Mos Def, Pretty Flocko, black Dante
  And the Black Star embassy, B to the K

  standin above the crowd
  he had a voice that was strong and loud and
  i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
  eager to identify with
  someone above the crowd
  someone who seemed to feel the same
  someone prepared to lead the way

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  Commy Posts: 4,984

  March 2006

  I'm tired of hearing of young fellows, who think you know it
  all.
  You know nothing, you have not seen a shot fired,
  and you're waving the damn flag.
  
  Frank, what's that man?
  
  I'm just watching some bullshit.
  On the news. It's f**king bullshit.
  Reporters trying to win a f**king emmy.
  
  Makeshift patriot,
  the flag shop is out of stock,
  I hang myself at half mast.
  (3x)
  
  It's the makeshift,
  The patriot,
  the flag shop is out of stock,
  I hang myself for your live telecast.
  
  Coming live from my own theater room,
  Beautiful weather offered a nice shine,
  Which is suitable for a full view of an altered skyline.
  It's times like these I freestyle biased opinions every other
  sentence.
  My journalist ethic slips when I pass some offensive gestures.
  Don't give me that ethical shit.
  I've got exclusive, explicit images to present to impressionable
  american kids,
  and it's time to show this world how big our edifice is.
  That's exsactly how they attacked,
  with a typically dark-skinned disney villain.
  Use civillians against civillians and charge the trojan horse
  into our buildings.
  Using commercial aviation as instruments of destruction.
  Pregnant women could have protected their children;
  wheelchairs were stairway obstructions.
  I had to back-pedal from the shower of glass and metal,
  wondering if after it settles,
  we'll find who provided power to radical rebels.
  The melting pot seems to be calling the kettle black when it
  boils over,
  but only on our own soil,
  so the little boy holds a toy soldier,
  and waits for the suit and tie to come home.
  We're going to wait until he's older, though,
  before we destroy hopes for a colder war to end.
  I'll get a close-up of his head.
  
  Makeshift patriot,
  the flag shop is out of stock,
  I hang myself at half mast.
  (3x)
  
  It's the makeshift,
  The patriot,
  the flag shop is out of stock,
  I hang myself while the stock markets crash.
  
  The city is covered in inches of mud.
  I see some other pictures of victims erupt.
  Grieving mothers are thinking their children are stuck,
  leaping lovers are making descisions to jump while holding
  hands,
  to escape the brutal heat;
  sometimes in groups of three.
  The fallout was far beyond the toxic clouds where people would
  like to breath,
  but all they say when all was said,
  beyond the talking heads,
  was the bloody dust with legs,
  looking like the walking dead calling for meds.
  All the hospitals overwhelmed,
  volluntiers need to go the hell home.
  Moments of silence for firefighters were interupted by cell
  phones.
  Who's going to make that call, to increas an unknown death
  toll?
  Someone we rally behind.
  He's got a megaphone, promising to make heads roll.
  We'd cheer him on, but asbestos is affecting our breath
  control.
  The less we know, the more they fabricate,
  the easier it is to sell a soul.
  
  (Man talking)
  There is a new price on freedom, so buy into it while supplies
  last.
  Changes need to be made;
  no more curbside baggage,
  seven pm curfew,
  racial profiling will continue with less bitching.
  We've unified over who to kill, so until I find more relevant
  scripture to quote,
  remember, our kind is bigger, stronger, smarter, and much
  wealthier.
  So wave those flags with pride, especially the white part.
  
  We're selling addictive, twenty-four hour candlelight vigils on
  TV.
  Freedom will be defended at the cost of civil liberties.
  The viewers are glued to television screens, stuck,
  'cause lots of things seem too sick.
  I use opportunities to pluck heartstrings for theme music.
  I'll show you which culture to pump your fist at,
  which foot is right to kiss.
  We don't really know who the culprit is yet,
  but he looks like this.
  We know who the heroes are,
  they're not the xenophobes who act hard.
  We taught the dog to squat,
  how dare he do that shit in our own back yard.
  They happen to scar our financial state,
  and char our landscape.
  Can you count how many times so far I ran back the same damn
  tape?
  While the cameraman creates news and shoves it down our throats,
  
  on the west bank, with the ten second clip put on constant loop
  to provoke US angst.
  So get your tanks and load your guns and hold your suns in a
  family huddle,
  'cause even if we win this tug of war and even the score,
  humanity struggles.
  There's a need of blood for what's been uncovered under the
  rubble;
  some of them dug for answers in the mess,
  but the rest were looking for trouble.
  
  Makeshift patriot,
  the flag shop is out of stock,
  I hang myself at half mast.
  (3x)
  
  It's the makeshift,
  The patriot,
  the flag shop is out of stock,
  I hang myself.
  Don't waive your rights with your flags.
  
  (Two people talking)
  Seriously, if I want to find out anything, I'm not going to read
  Time Magazine,
  I'm not going to read Newsweek, I'm not going to read any of
  these magazines.
  I mean, because they've just got too much to lose by printing
  the truth,
  you know that.
  
  What kinds of truths are they omitting?
  
  Well, anything.
  Even on a worldwide basis.
  They'd just go off the stands in a day if they printed really
  the truth.
  
  What is really the truth?
  
  Well, really the truth is just a plain picture.
  
  
  
  -from Sage Francis

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  Sensei Posts: 2

  March 2006

  Most of these rappers revere Minister Farrakan (or whatever name he goes by).
  He of course, believes there is a mothership orbiting earth full of brothers.
  *laughs*

  "Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties -- provided we're only talking about criminals."
  
  "Liberals love the country the way OJ loved Nicole."
  
  -Ann Coulter

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  Commy Posts: 4,984

  March 2006

  Dude, you don't even know who most of these rappers are.

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  Sensei Posts: 2

  March 2006

  ... I don't? Interesting..

  "Liberals are stalwart defenders of civil liberties -- provided we're only talking about criminals."
  
  "Liberals love the country the way OJ loved Nicole."
  
  -Ann Coulter

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  Señor Bo Posts: 68

  March 2006

  Sensei wrote:

  ... I don't? Interesting..

  
  No, you don't, now here's a start, read on...
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sage_Francis

  I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month.

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  El_Kabong Posts: 4,141

  March 2006

  video here:
  http://serv03.bp6.net/~presstheissue.org/videodl/MosDef-DollarDay(KatrinaKlap).mov
  
  "Dollar Day for New Orleans (Katrina Klap)"
  by Mos Def
  
  
  
  (Speaks)
  
  This is for the streets, the streets everywhere,
  The streets affected by the storm called, America,
  I’m doin’ this for ya’ll, as for me, for the Creator,
  
  (Chorus)
  
  God save these streets,
  One dollar per every human being,
  Feel that Katrina Clap,
  See that Katrina Clap,
  
  (Verse I)
  
  Listen homie, It’s dollar day in New Orleans,
  It’s where there water everywhere and people dead in the street (eet eets),
  And Mr. President he ‘bout that cash,
  He got a policy for handlin’ the bruthas and trash,
  And if you poor you black,
  I laugh a laugh, they won’t give when you ask,
  You betta off on crack, dead or in jail, or with a gun in Iraq (a aq),
  And it’s as simple as that,
  No opinion my man it’s mathematical fact,
  Listen, a million poor since 2004,
  And they got illions and killions to waste on the War,
  And make you question what the taxes is for,
  Or the cost to reinforce the broke levee wall,
  Tell the boss he shouldn’t be the boss anymore (or or),
  Ya’ll bae-li-means (???),
  
  (Chorus)
  
  God save these streets,
  One dollar per every human being,
  Feel that Katrina Clap,
  See that Katrina Clap,
  God save these streets,
  Quit bein’ cheap brutha freedom ain’t free,
  Feel that Katrina Clap,
  See that Katrina Clap,
  
  Lord have mercy,
  Lord God God save our souls,
  A-God save our souls, A-God,
  A-God save our souls,
  Lord God God save our souls,
  A-God save our soul soul soul,
  Soul Survivor,
  
  (Verse II)
  
  It’s dollar day in New Orleans,
  It’s where water everywhere and baby’s dead in the stree (ee eets),
  It’s enough to make you holler out,
  Like where the fuck is Sir Bono and his famous friends now,
  Don’t get it twisted man I dig U2,
  But if you aint about the ghetto, Then Fuck You Too,
  Who care bout Rock N’ Roll when babies can’t eat food,
  Listen homie that shit ain’t cool,
  
  It’s like dollar day for New Orleans,
  It’s where the water everywhere and homies dead in the stree (ee eets),
  And Mr. President’s a natural ass,
  He out treatin’ bruthas worse than they treat the trash,
  
  (Chorus)
  
  God save these streets,
  One dollar per every human being,
  Feel that Katrina Clap!
  See that Katrina Clap!
  God save these streets,
  Quit bein’ cheap brutha freedom ain’t free!
  Feel that Katrina Clap!
  See that Katrina Clap,
  
  Soul Survivor,
  Lord God God save our souls,
  A-God save our souls, A-God,
  A-God save our souls,
  Lord God God save our souls,
  A-God save our soul A-God A-God save us,
  
  (Verse III)
  
  Lord did not inten (yen-end) for the wicked to rule the world,
  Say God could not inten (yen-end) for the wicked the rule the wor (o oorld),
  God did not inten (yen-end) for the wicked to rule the world,
  And even when they knew it’s a matter of truth, before they wicked ruling is through,
  
  (Chorus)
  
  God save these streets,
  A-dollar day for New Orleans,
  God save these streets,
  Quit bein’ cheap homie freedom ain’t free,
  
  God save these streets,
  One dollar per every human being,
  Feel that Katrina Clap!
  See that Katrina Clap!
  God save these streets,
  Quit bein’ cheap brutha freedom ain’t free!
  Feel that Katrina Clap!(Ha)
  Ghetto Katrina Clap!(Ha)
  
  Soul Survivor,
  Lord God God save our souls,
  A-God save God save our souls,
  
  Feel that Katrina Clap!
  Let’s make them dollars stack!
  And rebuild these streets,
  God save these streets,
  God save these streets,
  God save the soul,
  Feel that Katrina Clap!
  See that Katrina Clap!
  
  Soul Survivor,
  
  Don’t talk about it, Be about it, Peace.

  standin above the crowd
  he had a voice that was strong and loud and
  i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
  eager to identify with
  someone above the crowd
  someone who seemed to feel the same
  someone prepared to lead the way

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  MrBrian Posts: 2,673

  March 2006

  I see the world for what it is, beyond the white and the black
  The way the government downplays historical facts
  'Cuz the United States sponsored the rise of the 3rd Reich
  Just like the CIA trained terrorists how to fight
  Build bombs and sneak box cutters onto a flight
  
  My words'll expose George Bush and Bin Laden
  As two separate parts of the same seven headed dragon
  And you can't fathom the truth, so you don't hear me
  You think illuminati's just a fuckin conspiracy theory?
  That's why Conservative racists are all runnin' shit
  And your phone is tapped by the Federal Government
  So I'm jammin' frequencies in ya brain when you speak to me
  Technique will rip a rapper to pieces indecently
  Pack weapons illegally, because I'm never hesitant
  Sniper scoping a commission controllin the president
  
  hacked the Pentagon for self-incriminating evidence
  Of Republican manufactured white powder pestilence
  Marines Corps. flat (?) vest, with the guns and ammo
  Spittin' bars like a demon stuck inside a piano
  Turn a Sambo into a soldier with just one line
  Now here's the truth about the system that'll fuck up your mind
  They gave Al Queda 6 billion dollars in 1989 to 1992
  And now the last chapters of Revelations are coming true
  And I know a lot of people find it hard to swallow this
  Because subliminal bigotry makes you hate my politics
  But you act like America wouldn't destroy two buildings
  In a country that was sponsoring bombs dropped on our children
  I was watching the Towers, and though I wasn't the closest
  I saw them crumble to the Earth like they was full of explosives
  And they thought nobody noticed the news report that they did
  About the bombs planted on the George Washington bridge
  Four Non-Arabs arrested during the emergency
  And then it disappeared from the news permanently
  They dubbed a tape of Osama, and they said it was proof
  "Jealous of our freedom," I can't believe you bought that excuse
  Rockin a motherfucking flag don't make you a hero
  Word to Ground Zero
  The Devil crept into Heaven, God overslept on the 7th
  The New World Order was born on September 11
  
  And just so Conservatives don't take it to heart
  I don't think Bush did it, 'cuz he isn't that smart
  He's just a stupid puppet taking orders on his cell phone
  From the same people that sabotaged Senator Wellstone
  The military industry got it poppin' and lockin'
  Looking for a way to justify the Wolfowitz Doctrine
  And as a matter of fact, Rumsfeld, now that I think back
  Without 9/11, you couldn't have a war in Iraq
  Or a Defense budget of world conquest proportions
  Kill freedom of speech and revoke the right to abortions
  Tax cut extortion, a blessing to the wealthy and wicked
  But you still have to answer to the Armageddon you scripted
  And Dick Cheney, you fuckin leech, tell them your plans
  About building your pipelines through Afghanistan
  And how Israeli troops trained the Taliban in Pakistan
  You might have some house niggaz fooled, but I understand
  Colonialism is sponsored by corporations
  That's why Halliburton gets paid to rebuild nations
  Tell me the truth, I don't scare into paralysis
  I know the CIA saw Bin Laden on dialysis
  In '98 when he was Top Ten for the FBI
  Government ties is really why the Government lies
  Read it yourself instead of asking the Government why
  'Cuz then the Cause of Death will cause the propaganda to die..

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  my2hands Posts: 17,117

  March 2006

  MrBrian wrote:

  I see the world for what it is, beyond the white and the black
  The way the government downplays historical facts
  'Cuz the United States sponsored the rise of the 3rd Reich
  Just like the CIA trained terrorists how to fight
  Build bombs and sneak box cutters onto a flight
  
  My words'll expose George Bush and Bin Laden
  As two separate parts of the same seven headed dragon
  And you can't fathom the truth, so you don't hear me
  You think illuminati's just a fuckin conspiracy theory?
  That's why Conservative racists are all runnin' shit
  And your phone is tapped by the Federal Government
  So I'm jammin' frequencies in ya brain when you speak to me
  Technique will rip a rapper to pieces indecently
  Pack weapons illegally, because I'm never hesitant
  Sniper scoping a commission controllin the president
  
  hacked the Pentagon for self-incriminating evidence
  Of Republican manufactured white powder pestilence
  Marines Corps. flat (?) vest, with the guns and ammo
  Spittin' bars like a demon stuck inside a piano
  Turn a Sambo into a soldier with just one line
  Now here's the truth about the system that'll fuck up your mind
  They gave Al Queda 6 billion dollars in 1989 to 1992
  And now the last chapters of Revelations are coming true
  And I know a lot of people find it hard to swallow this
  Because subliminal bigotry makes you hate my politics
  But you act like America wouldn't destroy two buildings
  In a country that was sponsoring bombs dropped on our children
  I was watching the Towers, and though I wasn't the closest
  I saw them crumble to the Earth like they was full of explosives
  And they thought nobody noticed the news report that they did
  About the bombs planted on the George Washington bridge
  Four Non-Arabs arrested during the emergency
  And then it disappeared from the news permanently
  They dubbed a tape of Osama, and they said it was proof
  "Jealous of our freedom," I can't believe you bought that excuse
  Rockin a motherfucking flag don't make you a hero
  Word to Ground Zero
  The Devil crept into Heaven, God overslept on the 7th
  The New World Order was born on September 11
  
  And just so Conservatives don't take it to heart
  I don't think Bush did it, 'cuz he isn't that smart
  He's just a stupid puppet taking orders on his cell phone
  From the same people that sabotaged Senator Wellstone
  The military industry got it poppin' and lockin'
  Looking for a way to justify the Wolfowitz Doctrine
  And as a matter of fact, Rumsfeld, now that I think back
  Without 9/11, you couldn't have a war in Iraq
  Or a Defense budget of world conquest proportions
  Kill freedom of speech and revoke the right to abortions
  Tax cut extortion, a blessing to the wealthy and wicked
  But you still have to answer to the Armageddon you scripted
  And Dick Cheney, you fuckin leech, tell them your plans
  About building your pipelines through Afghanistan
  And how Israeli troops trained the Taliban in Pakistan
  You might have some house niggaz fooled, but I understand
  Colonialism is sponsored by corporations
  That's why Halliburton gets paid to rebuild nations
  Tell me the truth, I don't scare into paralysis
  I know the CIA saw Bin Laden on dialysis
  In '98 when he was Top Ten for the FBI
  Government ties is really why the Government lies
  Read it yourself instead of asking the Government why
  'Cuz then the Cause of Death will cause the propaganda to die..

  
  
  who is this?

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  Veddie_Edder Posts: 39

  March 2006

  It takes two to make a thing go right.

  Right on dude!!!!!

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  MrBrian Posts: 2,673

  March 2006

  my2hands wrote:

  who is this?

  
  same dude as the first rap kabong posted (Immortal Technique)

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  my2hands Posts: 17,117

  March 2006

  and i see your talib and raise you a big boi from outkast
  
  
  i love this fucking song right here...especially verse 2
  
  
  "war"
  
  Now get the fuck up off me nigga..
  
  [Big Boi]
  As I, struggle to keep my balance and composure
  I'm 'posed ta, propose a toast to players on every coast-a
  The lyrical roller coaster, mind-bender
  'Stead of watchin these sucker MC's
  I'm seein just how they lyin to the general population
  Don't be patient, get up and stand up for your life
  Don't you agree or understand we lost some rights at 1-1-9?
  Come dumb, come young, come blind unwind confined
  to the situation, we facin, cause in time, tick tick boom
  
  [singers]
  Tick, boom.. tick, tick-boom
  Tick, boom.. tick, tick-boom
  Tick, boom.. tick, tick-boom
  Tick, boom.. tick, tick-boom
  
  [explosion forward and reversed]
  singing: Hold my... hold my hand
  scratched: You're gonna die here
  Repeat
  
  [Big Boi]
  When will we all, awake up out this dream
  Come here and smell the Folgers, the soldiers are human beings
  Man actin as if he was the supreme bein
  Clockin the souls of men out like he was G-O-D and
  W-A-Rrah, there'll be no tomorrow but sorrow
  and horror will follow the hollow hearts battle for dollars
  Politicians, modern day magicians
  Physicians of death, more health care for poor health
  Who makin us ill, they makin us kill
  That's makin me spill my guts (chill Big, lay in the cut)
  For what? I refuse to sit in the backseat and get handled
  Like I do nuttin all day but sit around watch the Cartoon Channel
  I rap about, the Presidential election and the scandal
  that followed, and we all watched the nation, as it swallowed
  and chalked it up, basically America you got FUCKED
  The media shucked and jived now we stuck - damn!
  
  singing: Hold my... hold my hand
  scratched: You're gonna die here, die here
  Repeat
  
  [Big Boi]
  Operation Anaconda - ask yourself
  was it full of bleeps and blunders, did they ever find Osama?
  And why in the fuck did Daniel Pearl have to pay the price
  for his life and his wife plead twice?
  See Al-Amin got life and Fred got dead, Hampton
  To dampen the dream of all the Panthers
  They got they answer for ransom
  As we read together, as we dream together
  Count your blessings whenever you feel that things won't be no better
  But it got to, you gave me this microphone so I must rock you
  Your brainwaves, airwaves, energized and SHOCKED you
  Y'all got me, well I got y'all, long as I know y'all listenin
  I'ma always bring food for thought to the table in the kitchen
  Now eat nigga!

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  MrBrian Posts: 2,673

  March 2006

  know your enemy, know yourself
  that’s the politic
  george bush is way worse than bin laden is
  know your enemy, know yourself
  that’s the politic
  f.b.I., c.I.a., the real terrorists
  know your enemy, know yourself
  that’s the politic
  george bush is way worse than bin laden is
  know your enemy, know yourself
  that’s the politic
  c.I.a., f.b.I. the real terrorists
  
  you got to watch what you say in these days and times
  It’s a touchy situation, lotta fear and emotion
  september 11th
  televised world-wide
  suicide planes fallin like bombs from out the sky
  they wasn’t aimin at us
  not at my house
  they hit the world trade, the pentagon, and almost got the white house
  now everybody walkin round patriotic
  how we gon’ fight to keep freedom when we ain’t got it?
  you wanna stop terrorists?
  start with the u.s. imperalists
  ain’t no track record like america’s, see
  bin laden was trained by the c.I.a
  but I guess if you a terrorist for the u.s
  then it’s okay
  uh huh
  
  they try to make us think we crazy
  but I know what they doin, they tryna put us back in slavery
  check it, to get on welfare you gotta get your fingerprints
  soon ya gotta do eyescans to get your benefits
  now they got them cards to swipe, ain’t no more foodstamps
  shoulda seen it comin, now it’s too late to get amped
  and everything got a barcode
  so they know what you got, when you got it, and what you still owe
  you seen them projects, lately you better watch it
  why they got us surrounded if money is the object?
  why they use satellites to keep track of the criminals?
  why they puttin jails in schools, is it subliminal?
  cameras everywhere to protect us from one another
  or is it the undercover, disguised as big brother
  and even freedom of speech is limited
  mad leaders done spoke up, and look at what these crackas did
  
  and you ain’t got to believe me
  go ‘head and listen to bush
  the dope pusher on the t.v
  what you think the war is for?
  cause the greedy wantin more and more
  we be hustlin the corridor
  I would never join the military
  one soldier to another, nigga holla if ya hear me
  goin out to the best sons and daughters
  don’t be a lamb gettin led to the slaughter
  I’ma keep ridin when my momma released
  cause ain’t no stoppin us now, dawg
  freedom before peace
  ugh
  they got a plan for us?
  we got a plan for them
  and this time we gon’ win
  who in? you out? you in?
  no doubt, we men
  ain’t no ridin the fence
  It’s called self-defense
  It makes sense
  when they tell us we gotta shackles on our brains (say what?)
  I’ll be damned if I sit here and let them put us back in chains
  
  (singing)
  at the bonfires of the city
  I’ve seen blood

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  hailhailkc Posts: 582

  March 2006

  Veddie_Edder wrote:

  It takes two to make a thing go right.

  
  LMAO!!! I see your "it takes two to make a thing go right"...and I raise you a...
  
  This here's a tale for all the fellas
  Try to do what those ladies tell us
  Get shot down cause you're over zealous
  Play hard to get an females get jealous
  Ok smartie, go to a party
  Girls are stancin the crowd is showin body
  A chick walks by you wish you could sex her
  But you're standin on the wall like you was Poindexter
  Next days function, high class luncheon
  Food is served and you're stone cold munchin'
  Music comes on, people start to dance
  But then you ate so much you nearly split your pants
  A girl starts walkin, guys start gawkin'
  Sits down next to you and starts talkin'
  Says she wanna dance cus she likes the groove
  So come on fatso and just bust a move
  You're on a mission and you're wishin'
  someone could cure you're lonely condition
  You're lookin for love in all the wrong places
  Not fine girls just ugly faces
  From frustration first inclination
  Is to become a monk and leave the situation
  But every dark tunnel has a lighter hope
  So don't hang yourself with a celibate rope
  New movie's showin... so you're goin
  Could care less about the five you're blowin
  Theatre gets dark just to start the show
  When you spot a fine woman sittin in the front row
  She's dressed in yellow, she says "Hello,
  Come sit next to me you fine fellow"
  You run over there without a second to loose
  And what comes next, hey bust a move
  If you want it baby you've got it (repeat)
  
  Just bust a move
  
  In the city ladies look pretty
  Guys tell jokes so they can seem witty
  Tell a funny joke just to get some play
  Then you try to make a move and she says "no way"
  Girls a fakin' ... goodness sakin'
  They want a man who brings home the bacon
  Got no money and you got no car
  Then you got no woman and there you are
  Some girls are sophistic... materialistic
  Looking for a man makes them opportunistic
  They're lyin on the beach perpetratin a tan
  So that a brother with money can be their man
  So on the beach you're strollin'... real high-rollin'
  Everything you have is your's and not stolen
  A girl runs up with somethin to prove
  So don't just stand there, bust a move
  
  Your best friend Harry has a brother Larry
  In five days from now he's gonna marry
  He's hopin you can make it there if you can
  'Cause in the ceremony you'll be the best man
  You say "neato"... check your libido
  And roll to the church in your new tuxedo
  The bride walks down just to start the wedding
  And there's one more girl you won't be getting
  So you start thinkin, then you start blinkin
  A bride maid looks and thinks that you're winkin
  She thinks you're kinda cute so she winks back
  And now you're feelin really fine cus the girl is stacked
  Reception's jumpin, bass is pumpin
  Look at the girl and your heart starts thumpin
  Says she wants to dance to a different groove
  Now you know what to do g, bust a move

  MOSSAD NATO Alphabet Stations (E10)
  High Traffic ART EZI FTJ JSR KPA PCD SYN ULX VLB YHF
  Low Traffic CIO MIW
  Non Traffic ABC BAY FDU GBZ HNC NDP OEM ROV TMS ZWL

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  hailhailkc Posts: 582

  March 2006

  What? No Beastie Boys songs from their last album?! That thing was full of Bush / 9/11 references.

  MOSSAD NATO Alphabet Stations (E10)
  High Traffic ART EZI FTJ JSR KPA PCD SYN ULX VLB YHF
  Low Traffic CIO MIW
  Non Traffic ABC BAY FDU GBZ HNC NDP OEM ROV TMS ZWL

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  *given*to*fly* Posts: 325

  March 2006

  El_Kabong wrote:

  I know many of you aren't rap fans but i thought it was interesting...
  
  'Bin Laden' ~ Immortal Technique
  
  .....
  
  
  i LOVE immortal technique
  im not a big rap fan anymore but this man is amazing!!
  ever heard positive balance or one? ....this guys lyrick are unbelievable!!!!!
  
  i think ill turn off the pj for a bit and listen to some immortal technique

  dream like your living forever
  live like your dying today

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  El_Kabong Posts: 4,141

  March 2006

  'Home Of The Brave' ~ Mr Lif (there used to be audio of this on Def Jux's website, not sure if it's still there, it has parts of political speeches that no one included in the lyrics)
  
  *edit, the link to the audio is http://www.definitivejux.net/av/mr_lif/player.php?id=143&filetype=song there's also audio of a live and studio version of 'memorial day' which i posted earlier (just go to the audio section and click on 'the perceptionists'
  
  Now let's talk about self expression, true expression
  Open your minds without question
  No doubt, tell me what you're thinking about
  Let's try to set aside pride and clout
  Can you believe I feel the same exact way you do?
  You truly do believe
  These modern ways have fooled you
  Systems exist so we never meet each other
  Pretty soon from now that I'll long the word 'brother'
  And that's true if they see you walking with a crew
  If you don't know, that means more than two
  I'll tell you what they'll do
  They'll pull over, hunt you over
  Kick your ass, nightstick to your shoulder
  I know it's unjust, as if it wasn't enough
  If you try to fight back they're locking your ass up
  And Chuck already told you that a cell is hell
  But I'm waiting for the phone so I'll sit for a spell
  Call the guard, tell him I'm a piece of God
  With no beliefs in his streets or his boulevards
  I eat, read so my mental is hard
  And the heat from my anger just melted the bars
  They reach for their guns so I put them to sleep
  Break the chains and put the shoes back on my feet
  He's on the loose with no discernible scars or marks
  Just the mind of Mandela and the heart of Rosa Parks
  So I dip, time to see the governor and mayor
  Tell them life ain't fair and see if they care
  Well they do, but only if they are the heir
  So they appear to have a heart and make a flair
  But they haven't done shit for us and that's a fact
  Their only function is to keep the funny money where it's at
  And it causes pain, stress
  
  Ask me if we need a different way of life (yes)
  
  Headline: Bush steals the presidency
  He needs the backing of the media what could the remedy be?
  The country's headed for recession reminiscent of the Great
  Depression
  Are lives worth a world of power? Easy question
  Planes hit the towers and the Pentagon
  Killing those the government wasn't dependant on
  It's easy to control the scared so they keep us in fear
  With their favorite Middle Eastern demon named Bin Laden this
  year
  Bush disguises blood lust as patriotism
  Convincing the living to love 'Operation Let's Get 'Em'
  But when he realized we don't support their attacks
  They needed something to distract, hmm, anthrax
  This further demonizes Afghanis
  So Americans cheer while we kill their innocent families
  And what better place to start a war
  To build a pipeline to get the oil that they had wanted before
  America supported the Taliban
  To get Russia out of Afghanistan
  That's how they got the arms in
  They're in a war against the Northern Alliance
  And we can't build a pipeline in hostile environments
  Here's what your history books won't show:
  You're a dead man for fucking with American dough
  They killed several birds with one stone
  While you're at home with anti-terrorism up in your dome
  But my eyes are wide open and my TV is off
  Great, 'cause I save on my electricity cost
  And you can wave that piece of shit flag if you dare
  But they killed us because we've been killing them for years

  standin above the crowd
  he had a voice that was strong and loud and
  i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
  eager to identify with
  someone above the crowd
  someone who seemed to feel the same
  someone prepared to lead the way

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  El_Kabong Posts: 4,141

  July 2006

  finally watched dave chappelle's block party last night and it made me think of this thread
  
  Dead Prez ~ Turn Off The Radio
  
  I refuse to be a stereotype in ya box
  Never wanna try to be somethin I'm not
  I'm just a nigga from the block, if you got it twist it
  Stay blowin on green, if you got it, twist it on up
  DP's givin a fuck - R.B.G.'d up in some gangsta chucks
  Throw ya fist up homie if ya know what's up
  All my comrades puttin in soldier work
  We rollin dirty wit it, fully dedicated
  So real that the radio'll never play it
  But that's cool, the enemy supposed to hate it
  Freedom ain't gon' come til we regulate 'em
  That's why I'm in the dojo, not just for the video
  Really though, we really got beef with the po-po (woop-woop)
  Never know when they gon' put you in a chokehold
  This is for you new niggaz, holdin for the radio
  
  [Chorus]
  Turn off the radio!
  Turn off that bullshit!
  Turn off the radio!
  Turn off that bullshit!
  Turn off the radio!
  Turn off that bullshit!
  Turn off the radio!
  
  [M-1]
  What's on the radio, propoganda, mind control
  And turnin it on is like puttin on a blindfold
  Cuz when you bringin the real you don't get ro-tation
  Unless you take over the station
  And yeah I know it's part of they plans
  To make us think it's all about party and dancin
  And yo it might sound good when you spittin your rap
  But in reality, don't nobody live like that

  ---

  
  Propaganda
  
  Intro: (news snippets)
  "Let me now turn, to our program for the future..."
  "The economy right now, is extremely supportive of the president and his
  policies"
  "FBI scientists have found chemical traces, consistent with a bomb or a
  missle, on a piece of wreckage..."
  "Police using clubs and tear gas against demonstrators..."
  "They called me a mother -(bleeped out)-ing so-and-so...and a white
  facist...like they said, 'you're getting some of your own medicine'..."
  
  Singing:
  Telling lies, to our vision
  Telling lies, to our children
  Telling lies, to our babies
  Only truth, can take us away
  
  Verse 1:
  You can't fool all the people all of the time
  But if you fool the right ones, then the rest will fall behind
  Tell me who's got control of your mind? your world view?
  Is it the news or the movie you're taking your girl to? (uh)
  Know what i'm sayin cause Uncle Sam got a plan
  If you examine what they tellin us then you will understand
  What they plantin in the seeds of the next generation
  Feeding our children miseducation
  No one knows if there's UFO's or any life on mars
  Or what they do when they up in the stars
  Because i don't believe a word of what the president said
  He filling our head with lies got us hypnotised
  When he be speaking in cold words about crime and poverty
  Drugs, welfare, prisons, guns and robbery
  It really means us, there's no excuse for the slander
  But what's good for the goose, is still good for the gander
  See...
  
  Chorus:
  I don't believe Bob Marley died from cancer
  31 years ago i woulda been a panther
  They killed Huey cause they knew he had the answer
  The views that you see in the news is propaganda
  
  Singing:
  Telling lies, to our vision
  Telling lies, to our children
  Telling lies, to our babies
  Only truth, can take us away
  
  Verse 2:
  I don't want no computer chip in my arm
  I don't wanna die by a nuclear bomb
  I say we all rush the pentagon, pull out guns
  And grab the intercom, my first word's will be I believe
  Man made God, outta ignorance and fear
  If God made man, then why the hell would he put us here?
  I thought he's supposed to be the all loving
  The same God who let Hitler put the Jews in the oven
  We don't fall for the regular shit, they try to feed us
  All this half-ass leadership, flippin position
  They turn politcian and shut the hell up and follow tradition
  For your TV screen, is telling lies to your vision
  Every channel got some brainwashed cop shit to watch
  Running up in niggas cribs claiming that they heard shots
  It's a plot, but busta can you tell me who's greedier?
  Big corporations, the pigs or the media?
  Sign of the times, terrorism on the rise
  Commercial airplanes, falling out the sky like flies
  Make me wonder what secrets went down with Bob Brown (?)
  Who burnt churches to the ground with no evidence found?
  It's not coincidence, it's been too many studied incidents
  It coulda been the Klan who put that bomb at the Olympics
  But it probably was the FBI, deep at the call
  Cuz if they make us all panic then they can start martial law
  
  Chorus:
  I don't believe Bob Marley died from cancer
  31 years ago i woulda been a panther
  They killed Huey cause they knew he had the answer
  The views that you see in the news is propaganda
  
  I don't believe Bob Marley died from cancer
  31 years ago i woulda been a panther
  They killed Huey cause they knew he had the answer
  The views that you see in the news is muthafuckin propaganda
  
  Singing:
  Police is telling lies fooling millions
  What are they teaching our kids in these school buildings?
  Televised, enterprised in all the killing
  Controlling our lives, this ain't living
  No this ain't living
  
  Chant:
  FBI, CIA
  ATF, KKK
  IRS, TNT
  CBS, NBC
  
  FBI, CIA
  ATF, KKK
  IRS, TNT
  CBS, NBC
  
  Singing:
  Telling lies, to our vision
  Telling lies, to our children
  Telling lies, to our babies
  Only truth, can take us away
  
  News snippet:
  "uh, we view each other uh, with uh, a great love and a great understanding
  and that we try to expand this to the general, uh, black population and also people,
  oppressed people all over the world, and, i think that uh, we differ from
  uhmm... uh, some other groups simply because we understand the system better
  than uh, most uh, groups understand the system, and uh, with this
  realisation, uh, we attempt to form a strong political base based in the
  community with the only strength that we have and that's the strength of uh,
  a potentially destructive force if we don't get freedom."

  standin above the crowd
  he had a voice that was strong and loud and
  i swallowed his facade cos i'm so
  eager to identify with
  someone above the crowd
  someone who seemed to feel the same
  someone prepared to lead the way

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  Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209

  July 2006

  Talib Kweli ~ Get By
  
  We sell, crack to our own out the back of our homes
  We smell the musk at the dusk in the crack of the dawn
  We go through "Epidodes II," like "Attack of the Clones"
  Work 'til we break our back and you hear the crack of the bone
  To get by.. just to get by
  Just to get by, just to get by
  We commute to computers
  Spirits stay mute while you eagles spread rumors
  We survivalists, turned to consumers
  To get by.. just to get by
  Just to get by, just to get by
  Ask Him why some people got to live in a trailer, cuss like a sailor
  I paint a picture with the pen like Norman Mailer
  Me Abuela raised three daughters all by herself, with no help
  I think about a struggle and I find the strength in myself
  These words, melt in my mouth
  They hot, like the jail cell in the South
  Before my nigga Core bailed me out
  To get by.. just to get by
  Just to get by, just to get by
  We do or die like Bed-Stuy through the red sky
  with the window of the red eye
  Let the lead fly, some G. Rap shit, "Livin' to Let Die"
  
  [Chorus: Background singers]
  This morning, I woke up
  Feeling brand new and I jumped up
  Feeling my highs, and my lows
  In my soul, and my goals
  Just to stop smokin, and stop drinkin
  And I've been thinkin - I've got my reasons
  Just to get (by), just to get (by)
  Just to get (by), just to get (by)
  
  [Talib and background singers]
  (ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh
  Just to get (by), just to get (by)
  Just to get (by by by by by by)
  (ba ba ba, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da bada, ba da badahh
  Just to get (by), just to get (by)
  Just to get (by by by by by by)
  
  [Verse 2: Talib]
  We keeping it gangster say "fo shizzle", "fo sheezy" and "stayin crunk"
  Its easy to pull a breezy, smoke trees, and we stay drunk
  Yo, our activism attackin the system, the blacks and latins in prison
  Numbers of prison they victim black in the vision
  Shit and all they got is rappin to listen to
  I let them know we missin you, the love is unconditional
  Even when the condition is critical, when the livin is miserable
  Your position is pivotal, I ain't bullshittin you
  Now, why would I lie? Just to get by?
  Just to get by, we get fly
  The TV got us reachin for stars
  Not the ones between Venus and Mars, the ones that be readin for parts
  Some people get breast enhancements and penis enlargers
  Saturday sinners Sunday morning at the feet of the Father
  They need somethin to rely on, we get high on all types of drug
  When, all you really need is love
  To get by.. just to get by
  Just to get by, just to get by
  Our parents sing like John Lennon, "Imagine all the people watch"
  We rock like Paul McCartney from now until the last Beatle drop
  
  [Chorus: Background singers]
  This morning, I woke up
  Feeling brand new and I jumped up
  Feeling my high's, and my low's
  In my soul, and my goals
  Just to stop smoking, and stop drinking
  And I've been thinking - I've got my reasons
  Just to get (by), just to get (by)
  Just to get (by), just to get (by)
  
  [Talib: repeat 2x - with background singers]
  Yoyoyo, yo
  Some people cry, and some people try
  Just to get by, for a piece of the pie
  You love to eat and get high
  We decieve when we lie, and we keepin it fly
  
  Yoyoyo, yo
  When, the people decide, to keep a disguise
  Can't see they eyes, see the evil inside
  But there's people you find
  Strong or feeble in mind, I stay readin the signs

  If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
  
  Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
  -Oscar Wilde

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  Abookamongstthemany Posts: 8,209

  July 2006

  Mos Def ~ War
  War is a global economic phenomenon
  
  Ain't a batch of guns on where, hellfire
  Spittin', run up everything they hittin'
  Some do they job to dodge the barrage
  As sleek projectiles never stay bound
  Fire bite invades the night with light
  Loud, fighter planes shout shell rain
  When they shot to kill cops on the terrain
  And leave any brain that may remain stained
  You god damn right this war goin' too far
  Socialists think they converse with the stars
  Wars found, my find the beauty in the stars
  I level with death even beneath radar
  I level with death even beneath radar
  I level with death and she got pretty eyes
  Nobody told me death was so damn fine
  I go to sleep with that girl on my mind
  Wake up in a sea, I wanna fire in line
  Grab my heat, then it's get down time
  One day I'ma make that girl all mine
  But for now I'm a soldier abidin' my time
  Writin' my rhyme behind enemy lines
  Palestine, Kosovo, Cashmere
  No different than the avenues right here
  An increase in the murder rate each year
  Paramilitary unit keep the streets clear
  Curtains up on the theatre of warfare
  Dramatic politics nightly preformed here
  Worldwide from Colombia to Columbine
  Don holders keep ya dollar signs on the line
  
  "I don't want to rule or conquer anyone
  I should like to help everyone if possible
  Jew, gentile, black man, white
  We all want to help one another
  Human beings are like that
  We want to live by each other's happiness
  Not by each other's misery
  In this world, there's room for everyone
  And the good earth is rich
  And can provide for everyone a way of life"
  
  Fuck that
  
  You know the drill
  Fix ya face
  I'ma hustle off the hill
  Go get my money man
  Go get my money man
  
  See every hunter need to kill
  Go get my money man
  
  I'm old school from off the hill
  Go get my money man
  
  Go get my money man
  I give a fuck what I do
  Go get my money man
  Go get my money man
  Go get that money man
  Go get my money man
  Go get that money man
  Gimme my money man
  Gimme my money
  
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Fuck you, pay me
  Gimme the loot, Gimme the loot, Gimme the loot

  If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
  
  Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
  -Oscar Wilde

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  MrBrian Posts: 2,673

  July 2006

  I lost my Dead Prez cd, I really miss that cd.

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  Byrnzie Posts: 21,037

  July 2006

  Be-Bop-A-Lula she's my baby!
  
  (Whoops! Sorry, wrong thread!)

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