all i do is stay focused looking straight forward at the world and beyond i feel people pulling me down i feel some pullin me up i cant get stuck i just keep movin forward i got places to go man lets go
when di armagiddeon start get dread alla da weakheart a weep an mourn only de strong will continue do you have it in you god we've got a journey to go and when di bottle get sour an dread alla da weakheart a ridda an mourn only di strong will continue do you have it in you i know you have it in you
The victory is found in truth like innocence found in youth self defeat is a own dispute and when you put yaself in yu own shooses either you winning or losing dont you get it confused niya starring ina ya own movie playing not the role you choose no stand up an fight if you know say you right i know you will never fail tippin the scale an de win shall prevail and de boat shall forever sail the rain no stopping our cruisin giving it up ya battered and bruised old girl al ya spring bless a mount olympus My gal s tuffa dan soos
when di armagiddeon start get dread alla da weakheart a weep an mourn only de strong will continue do you have it in you god we've got a journey to go and when di bottle get sour an dread alla da weakheart a ridda an mourn only di strong will continue do you have it in you i know you have it in you
as i walk though the valley of the shadow of death New York to Cali for the money power respect It's a Journey someone gets left behind cause in life you cannot press rewind Get it right you only have one first change to make one first impression that last a lifetime repetitions to perceive itself do you believe in Hell? Babylon grief from wealth do you deceive yourself and let your ego swell. and disregard those who most need your help Thick skin the dark womb won’t take my soul Suffice spirits to war to see my wounds and the evil is felt but the faith is stronger I was a grown man fall when I was a youngster But I clench my fist ready to go against whoever tie my ten's advise in the end
when di armagiddeon start get dread alla da weakheart a weep an mourn only de strong will continue do you have it in you god we've got a journey to go and when di bottle get sour an dread alla da weakheart a ridda an mourn only di strong will continue do you have it in you i know you have it in you
no man live for ever but never say never every goody wan better just be a goal getter an always be clever in every endeavour now trust in thy god now trust in pleasure you mer try to pleasure for you name is ring seva de land an de treasure work our devar just say don' be a beggar the alpha omega we bless every soul no matter which they na prefer but i mark no steppa we live in evry skin no matter which schol a letter we never let riddim a care which kinda weather your destins are rise like the son of rebecca dont stop for a second every man record it sure would be good to be there put a zion a record when the gates are finally closed an the saints come marchin in
when di armagiddeon start get dread alla da weakheart a weep an mourn only de strong will continue do you have it in you god we've got a journey to go and when di bottle get sour an dread alla da weakheart a ridda an mourn only di strong will continue do you have it in you i know you have it in you
Some of the smartest dummies Can't read the language of Egyptian mummies An' a fly go a moon And can't find food for the starving tummies Pay no mind to the youths Cause it's not like the future depends on it But save the animals in the zoo Cause the chimpanzee dem a make big money This is how the media pillages On the TV the picture is Savages in villages And the scientist still can't explain the pyramids, huh Evangelists making a living on the videos of ribs of the little kids Stereotyping the image of the images And this is what the image is You buy a khaki pants And all of a sudden you say a Indiana Jones An' a thief out gold and thief out the scrolls and even the buried bones Some of the worst paparazzis I've ever seen and I ever known Put the worst on display so the world can see And that's all they will ever show So the ones in the west Will never move east And feel like they could be at home Dem get tricked by the beast But a where dem ago flee when the monster is fully grown? Solomonic linage whe dem still can't defeat and them coulda never clone My spiritual DNA that print in my soul and I will forever Own Lord
Huh, we born not knowing, are we born knowing all? We growing wiser, are we just growing tall? Can you read thoughts? can you read palms? Huh, can you predict the future? can you see storms, coming? The Earth was flat if you went too far you would fall off Now the Earth is round if the shape change again everybody woulda start laugh The average man can't prove of most of the things that he chooses to speak of And still won't research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of Scholars teach in Universities and claim that they're smart and cunning Tell them find a cure when we sneeze and that's when their nose start running And the rich get stitched up, when we get cut Man a heal dem broken bones in the bush with the wed mud Can you read signs? can you read stars? Can you make peace? can you fight war? Can you milk cows, even though you drive cars? huh Can you survive, Against All Odds, Now?
Who wrote the Bible? Who wrote the Qur'an? And was it a lightning storm That gave birth to the earth And then dinosaurs were born? damn Who made up words? who made up numbers? And what kind of spell is mankind under? Everything on the planet we preserve and can it Microwaved it and try it No matter what we'll survive it What's hu? what's man? what's human? Anything along the land we consuming Eatin', deletin', ruin Trying to get paper Gotta have land, gotta have acres So I can sit back like Jack Nicholson Watch niggas play the game like the lakers In a world full of 52 fakers Gypsies, seances, mystical prayers You superstitious? throw salt over your shoulders Make a wish for the day cuz Like somebody got a doll of me Stickin' needles in my arteries But I can't feel it Sometimes it's like 'pardon me, but I got a real big spirit' I'm fearless.... I'm fearless Don't you try and grab hold of my soul It's like a military soldier since seven years old I held real dead bodies in my arms Felt their body turn cold, oh Why we born in the first place If this is how we gotta go? Damn.
INTRO Tougher than concrete Eh bwoy Go labbajuice Watch ya Check it! Boom
VERSE 1 JR.GONG You Nah Mean Mi dip out a whole fourteen Nah Mean And reload man extra magazine Nah Mean A wounded them housing scheme Nah Mean Nuff a dem a move sideways and lean Nah Mean Cant come bout when man deh in Nah Mean We nuh like dem colonial regime Nah Mean Ethiopian nuh like Mussoline Nah Mean Mi Queen hafi rock and come in Nah Mean And jump pon mi big trampoline Nah Mean And boost up her self-esteem Nah Mean Nuff a wonder how man kitchen so clean Nah Mean And which recipe dat a steam Nah Mean The lyrics dem a flow like a stream Nah Mean Mek you feel like you living in a dream Nah Mean It come to the crop man a cream Nah Mean It come to discipline man a Dean Nah Mean Mi tougher than a Hummer limousine Nah Mean We stepping we fresh and we clean Nah Mean I burn the stinkest of green Nah Mean Better listen up careful and keen Nah Mean A Puppa Nas a rock and come in Nah Mean
VERSE 2 NAS We celebrate like I finished probation Boy Boy Notty Head with no chaser Boy Boy From the mouth I can spit out a razor Boy Boy Open up your facial like your boy Roy In his prime Eat food Dinnertime Jr. Gong pass the Guinness Handle business Black Velvet sippers Females never bid us farewell They with us Cause we arrive on the scene Just like a high beam Nah Mean Dont let us have to make the 9 scream Nah Mean At your racial Policing Regime Nah Mean Spiritual like a Elohim Nah Mean In a casino or a yacht Wherever Im seen My brothers and sisters are never forgot Nah Mean Dont wanna hear another soldier drop Nah Mean Another dope addict get shot with the morphine And Feds are indicting my block Nah Mean Theyre wearing Red from they shoes to they top Nah Mean Im wishing that all the violence would stop Nah Mean
VERSE 3 JR GONG We nuh like the sound of siren Nah Mean And some bwoy soft like ice cream Nah Mean From a bwoy mek the Feds intervene Nah Mean We send a bwoy go tek intravene Nah Mean Parabellum dem a itch up inna spleen Nah Mean Inna Queens Gunman reign Supreme Nah Mean Kingstonians are real blood fiends Nah Mean The world is a big crime scene Nah Mean
CHORUS/BRIDGE Yo Yo Mr. President What you doing for my residence? Yo Mr. Minister Why you being sinister? Yo Yo Mr. President What you doing for my residence? Yo Mr. Minister Why you being sinister?
VERSE 4 JR GONG Se Man a di real Buffalo inna Rastafari Regime Bush Bungalow is where mi dwell with mi Queen Trash to the bone down inna camouflage green Nuff a dem that cant go the places we been Nuff a dem that cant see the sights whe we seen Thats why them face all a twist up and a lean Nah Mean Dem better mine we kick it off clean Nah Mean Man a Gangster just like Gambine Dat Mean Dem cant serve Congo Dread court supine Nah Mean A who you want come in convene Nah Mean Attorney have to rock and come in Nah Mean Mi pocket dem green like spurlene Nah Mean Mi regular fly out and fly in Nah Mean The stadium pack like sardine Nah Mean Cant catch mi speed a fassy hole need caffeine Nah Mean Run out a breath and antihistamine Nah Mean Wash over gold dem come in like Listerine Nah Mean You think a lie we badder than Al Pacine Nah Mean
VERSE 5 NAS Its Genocide Its a Genocide Its a Genocide Its Genocide 5th Floor cooking raw Had my own supply Cause of capitalist ways That was back in the days So now I do rap and it pays
[Chorus] Jah told you, in his own words And I'll see you through To guide you through this cold world And I'll see you through
Jah told you, in his own words And I'll see you through To guide you through this cold world And I'll see you through
Two steps away from death, a vest and a holster I detest detectives arresting us over Weapons possession, they was checking the Rover Inspecting the tattoos on my neck and my shoulder How many times I'm one of six coffin-holders Or I'm sitting with goons in a visiting room Flip it, I could've been you Behind state walls bidding These are the things that a G pray for, acquit us A little stash in the safe or a little shorty to wait for 'em Or a shorty to take the weight for him What really did I escape from? Thought I saw God's face on the design on my vintage Claiborne Swear I see 'em every day in the bus or the train Or the billboards out there that hang tall I still give thanks for him, have faith for him No matter what his name's called
[Chorus]
Hey can you think of a color that you've never seen? Can you reminisce on places you've never been? Well is many are called But them never deemed Worthy for the cause Cause them never clean Help who help themselves Jah nuh raffle dream That's why me chummy with Jah Jah Like a Cherubim Keep us strong through the winter like an Evergreen And all of us are more connected than it ever seems All things are related and creation is a package Generate together and we increase the wattage A how them a go manage? Tell Babylon them can't do Rasta damage Nor stop we through the passage Jah did make a promise, God is always honest Always keep his word, don't care what the plan is Don't be astonished Stumbling bocks vanish One day the meek gonna live inna di palace, whoa!
[Chorus: x2]
Yo, yo, Some people ask me if I feel the Zionists are real And in my songs do I plan to expose and reveal Word to the curb that's under these chrome wheels My homies is only ones I'm taking care of But severe reality starts to become more clear And these know-it-all rappers have become more weird As if they were superior and fans are inferior How I balance between the streets and the theories of Collegiate literature, I hold mirrors up Give combination's of pain, joy, fear, and love Through my perspective I can see Jah reflection In the highest definition getting high with my brethren Could've asked us why Africans dying from circumcision They lack proper surgeons, suffer malnutrition Underestimate the wealth of their own wisdom It's like it's been exchanged for this penicillin
Yes The promise land Going to the promise land Yes the promise land Oh gosh now, through the promise land
Imagine Ghana like California with Sunset Boulevard Johannesburg would be Miami Somalia like New York With the most pretty light The nuffest pretty car Ever New Year the African Times Square lock-off Imagine Lagos like Las Vegas The ballers dem a ball Angola like Atlanta A pure plane take off Bush Gardens inna Mali Chicago inna Chad Magic Kingdom inna Egypt Philadelphia in Sudan The Congo like Colorado Fort Knox inna Gabon People living in Morocco like the state of Oregon Algeria warmer than Arizona bring your sun lotion Early morning class of Yoga on the beach in Senegal Ethiopia the capital of fi di Congression A deh so I belong A deh di The King come from I can see us all in limos Jaguars and B'mos Riding on the King's Highway To the promise land Going to the promise land Oh gosh the promise land Yeah through the promise land
Promised Land I picture Porsche's Basquiat Portraits Pinky Rings realistic princesses Heiresses bunch a Kings and Queens Plus I picture fortunes for kids out in Port-Au-Prince Powerless they not allowed to fit But not about to slip Vision Promised Land with fashion like Madison Ave Manhattan Saks 5th Ave and Rodeo Relaxing popping labels Promise land no fables This where the truth's told Use them two holes Above your nose To see the proof yo! Imagine a contraption that could take us back when The world was run by black men Back to the future Anything can happen If these are the last days And hundred-foot waves come crashing down I get some hash and pounds Pass around the bud then watch the flood Can't stop apocalypse My synopsis is catastrophic If satellites is causing earthquakes Will we survive it Honestly man it's the sign of the times And the times at hand
There's a lot of work to be done, oh gosh In the promised land
Talking 'bout promise land Oh gosh get me to the promise land The promise land oh the promise land The promise land
There's plenty of land for you and I By and by Lost of food, to share for everyone Cause that was civilization in the promise land Answer to the promise land The promise land Going to the promise land There's a lot of work to be done, In the promise land
Lord! Dispear, huh! Shaka Zulu, Bobo Shanti, Nyabinghi Man a Mau Mau Warrior Dispear, eh Fear and desperation no depression can't tarry ya Dispear, hey Ayatollah, Idi Amin, Mennelek, Man a Masai Warrior Dispear, eh Fear and desperation no depression can't tarry ya This spear Like burning spirits And such and such before me Who all fought for the cause and Dispear, eh Enforcing all the laws
The master of the masses One has power The other one lacks it Guns are power Controlled by assets Owned by financial forecasters Who are the masters? They are the gangsters They are the bankers The ones who tax us The masses They are us The sheep, the people Divided in classes I go off like a shia bomb And all y'all see I'm on my War paint on my face, shit My nine mm on my waist, shit I'm a problem Shoot up your place shit Let a few go Then I get low Blazing Haze again The masters, the wall street war chiefs The elitists groups The masses They pray to Jesus Saying he will see us through The masters are the aristocratic The masses Ask if the most high Is on his way here I'm trying to stay clear My mind is my modern day spear
Hey I say, Dispear, huh! Shaka Zulu, Bobo Shanti, Man a Gideon Man a Mau Mau Warrior Dispear, eh Fear and desperation no depression can't tarry ya Dispear, hey Through the hands of time and cruel men It has slew more than a billion Dispear, eh It keep on suppressing the humble man's opinion
This lead into Swiss cheese When the 5th squeeze Mislead The media misleads Scares you to the point Where you miss sleep With that said This lead with this Ruger And that shooter Sub-machine gun Ratta tat through you Copper tops, hollow points Will do ya something bad Our future Is Mislead Three strikes There's no school When a teacher strikes This economy This monopoly Get no job Just own your property Now it's back to What comes natural Must survive any how you have to Dispear, desperation But I have no fear When I hold this spear
Mek some bwoy know mi nah smile Cause this spear nah mek friends Man a run racket Man a run scheme Man a run race Man a run down Benz Can't trust a she nor we nor eye Inna contact lens Man a run from police And a run down wealth And dollars and nah mek sense
So, Rise up to my defense Hollow pointed is my preference Should have been deterred Don't know what you heard Get referred By the wrong reference When this spear start dispense It a fly and a tear through fence Dismember your members And all of your limbs Body bust inna nuff segments Well, Man a run drugs Man a run risk Man all a run out a time and ends Man a run up and down And a run fi dem life And a run down this month rent Nothin' nah gwan a yard And food deh a road Then man hafi go touch pavement Dispear was a tool That was used to enslave man And mek manservant Escape from despair and desperation Becomes more urgent Mankind needs to cleanse and wash out dem soul With spiritual detergent A distant army A distant relative Controlling the circumference And any man move with no permission They're feeling the circumstance of
Dispear, hey Shaka Zulu, Bobo Shanti, Man a, eh Man a Mau Mau Warrior Dispear, eh! Fear of your recession and depression can't tarry ya Dispear, hey Inner city youth dem rise it up disguised as AK-47 Dispear, eh! And anytime them clap it up the whole city level Dispear Like burning spear And such and such before I Who all fought for the cause and Dispear, eh! They can't ignore me No!
And I've got studios to write in (?) And I've got news for rejoicing Now a new sun is rising I count my blessings That I'm safe when I'm resting Furniture in my nesting But by force I'm suggesting Ya count your blessings
I've got love and assurance I've got new health insurance And I've got strength and endurance So I count my blessings
And give thanks to the master That through all the disaster We're still here together after Better count your blessings
Cause yo this year, can't wait 'til it gets here 7/21/09, my first song will shine And it's amazing I'm about to be raisin' Another main man and like his dad they'll praise him And some will hate him, just cause we buildin' a nation Like Bob did with Damian The world will embrace him, girls'll chase him Forsee, they will not break him And when I'm not around, you look for God and thank him
And I've got somewhere to dress for, And I've got no need to stress for And so I'll always put my best forth And count my blessings
And they'll be no need for tissues 'Cause there will be no further issues If you got someone who miss you, Man, count your blessings.
I've got love and assurance I've got new health insurance And I've got strength and endurance So I count my blessings
And give thanks to the master That you are the disaster We're still here together after Better count your blessings
You wishin' you were sittin' in the top position Picture perfect, nothing less 'cause you deserve it Without the Hermes, you'd have a hurtin' You knew that you was destined for greatness, for certain You see the over-zealous, they be thirstin', caught up in emotion You keepin' your composure like Gershwin Songs by Earth Wind keep you in the zone, writing verses So when your pocket's light, know that you have a heavy purpose
We've got Sunday school and daycare We've got pension and welfare And though not all will play the game fair Still I count my blessings
I've joy in abundance I've got life full of substance I've got meetings and functions So I count my blessings
I've got something to live for I've got surplus to give more And we're all welcome through His door So I count my blessings
And give thanks to the master That you are the disaster We're still here together after So I count my blessings
I think you lookin' too hard for it With the double RR under your garage door Appreciate the things you work hard for Hey, count your blessings Count your blessings So don't be mad if you ain't fly y'all You got the means to reach the level I'm on You should know there's only one Nas y'all But count your blessings, count your blessings
And I've got studios to voice in And I've got news for rejoicing Now a new sun is rising I count my blessings That I'm safe when I'm resting Furniture in my nesting But by force I'm suggesting Ya count your blessings
I've got love and assurance I've got new health insurance And I've got strength and endurance So I count my blessings
And give thanks to the master That you are the disaster We're still here together after Better count your blessings
VERSE 1 JR.GONG) These later days in Babylon As I watch your children grow And the years them carry on And I miss you even more Still I send them go to school And tell them What dem fi know All of mi friend dem mi salute Daddigon & Lenny Screw Another year has come and past Man a drop like morning dew Uncle Warrick sick and gone When him couldn’t catch a flew Picka T you a mi don Respect long and overdue When nothing never did a gwan You still have on somethin’ new Our friendship ever last All when one minus from few Yes we surely had a blast We’re like family Me & you A nuh every path you cross Lead to somebody whe true Of the many that are called Only chosen is a few
CHORUS 1 Of the real friends that serve you long Your memories might fade Your real friends will serve you long Sunshine or rain Your real friends will serve you long Acquaintances will fade Your real friends wont do you wrong Real friend don’t change
VERSE 2 NAS Only talking with winners A looser or two Got my number Still they think they real But they just really awfully bitter Salty niggaz Hate the smarter ones These are the doubters Who sour ‘bout my run I barely made it out the slums My value high Cause I do more than Rap about a gun I made money for niggaz Ya’ll never looking out for none I helped millionaires get to that very position Some real millionaires see that’s ill Cause look at statistics Real millionaires And I ain’t talking ghetto riches Thorough business You mistreating niggaz Heard your folks bleed in prison You ain’t a G And if you was I don’t recall Who would roll with ya’ll Bunch a fucking know it alls Who’s dough is small Look what’s it come to Our rapport’s good no more We was good before Till I saw what type a dude you took me for We had a chance to take paper down What I took was more Because of hatred Opportunity wasted
CHORUS 2 Your real friends will serve you long Your car and cloths will fade Your real friend wont do you wrong Real friend don’t change Eh
VERSE 3 JR.GONG Your real friend won’t run in war Nuh care what the cost is You real friends are in for all the wins and the losses Fi Real! No question at all Them ready fi rie the tallest Take to the enemies All for one And one for all this Real friend will hear you out No secret feelings Real friends won’t sell you out No bargain pleading For real! Always looking out A meal! When outside a drought Your real! Friend won’t hide you out No
CHORUS 2
VERSE 4 NAS May laughter From backstabbers Turn to tears faster I wish for you No snake shall slither past ya You have to Keep your vision clear Cause only a coward lives in fear My surroundings Got only real powerful niggaz here Real men we have a code of ethics No question No jealousies No feminine tendencies We expecting No gossip No phony logic No counting your homey pocket Spare no expense for legal defense If your homey locked up No keeping tabs On who was the last who looked out Selfishness That’s a character flaw No holding out Yo what happened to the honor You’re dealing with Sensitive Pre Madonna drama Teflon love For my dudes who solid
CHORUS 1 Your real friends will serve you long Your memories might fade Your real friends will serve you long Sunshine or rain, eh Your real friends will serve you long, woe ya woe When all else fails Your real friends wont do you wrong Real friend don’t change
VERSE 5 (bridge) JR.GONG Now plentiful Or scantily My cup be full Or emptily With arm in arms We’ll all trod on Through destiny A friend that’s true Is there for me Respect is due They care for me ShouldI be down Or even out They’re next to me Hey
This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world
Yeah! Got out the six hundred Blunted Chicks hunt him Neighborhood know he comin' Jakes hate him Snakes could not violate him Pimps memorize his lines-verbatim He reps N.Y. yo Gives C-notes to winos Not church It's how he tithe though He walks the tenement Sleeps at his super fly condo My kinda nigga My icon, my idol No certificate For this misfit who handle business The odds stacked against him He fights back mackin' Benzes Never puts cash or ass Before friendship He laughs last? As some die young He is still existing Somehow he got around the pitfalls of the system When he walks we watch When he talks we listen Leaders
This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world
Who do I follow? Who do I copy? Look in to the mirror And it's you I see look at me Everything new Like it fresh from the factory Everything you do? It impact me Your lifestyle attract me Parents try distract me When I grow up I want to be like you exactly (exactly) And as soon as I get over this acne There's no way anybody coulda stop me
Me gravitate toward the aura And all the mannerism The sending out of orders And man start moving busy The locking of the corners? The streets and all the buildings Me love you like a father Me ready and me willing Anything what you a talk Is law in my dominion And me have similar thoughts I share the same opinions Me have it say you smart With me best interest at heart I'm following your path Yow mine when you a walk
This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world
They appeal to the conscious The Paramount The Cesar, the monsters The grandiose, the matters The hell on earth pompous Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson's The Harlemites the Garveyites Black as the credit card we swipe Poppin' Dom tonight For all of mine I can see myself back at the Autobahn Malcolm on the podium Shells drop to linoleum Swipe those Place 'em on display at the Smithsonian Next to only gems That were left behind By holy men Infectious Charisma of those who gave us direction The anti-sexes Resistance against oppression Progressive thinking Ghetto speakers Protesters against the colored Only section to the Jena 6 and The Frost Nixon The contradiction The cross the crucifixion The loss we took for sinning On Esau's back inscription That it was written That nothing is coincidence'n They took our leaders and they lynched them
This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world This one's for all the leaders Leader Lets all change the world Change the world Change the world, change the world Change the world Change the world, change the world You change the world
My generation will make a change This generation will make a change My generation will make a change This generation will make a change Now mi love fi see the schoolas dem a graduate A study hard and save the party for the holidays Diplomatic with dem Diploma And them bound fi great Because dem nah pick up no matic and a perpetrate And then I love the energies whe dem a generate My Generation it so special it will make a change Because the elders sew the seed and it a germinate So anytime dem see the progress dem a celebrate Because we rising up despite of the economy And then a we a star the show like the astronomy And how we keep on breaking through is an anomaly Because we keep remaining true without apology The mission ha to carry through and finish properly Say Gambia to Guadeloupe Paris to Napoli Say Zambia to Honolulu back to Tripoli And everybody want a future living happily My generation will make a change This generation will make a change My generation will make a change This generation will make a change Can you blame my generation subjected gentrification Depicting their frustrations over ill instrumentation Cause music is the way to convey to you what I'm facing Placing my life in front of your eyes for your observation Now if you can't relate then maybe you are too complacent Athletes today are scared to make Muhammad Ali statements Whats up with your motto Will you lead Will you follow Improve your values Education is real power I reach em like Bono So get rid of your self sorrow Add some bravado Get wealthy likes Wells Fargo Its truth that I am you And I am proof Surviving through We do what we gotta do Yo we could break the cycle let nobody lie to you Then maybe put our sons and our daughters in private school Cause there's a mission we gotta finish before we leave This generation is destined to do historic deeds My generation will make a change This generation will make a change My generation will make a change This generation will make a change uhh if you weather that storm Then that rain bring sun Been a long time comin I know change gone come Man I gotta keep it movin to the beat of my drum Last night I set the future at the feet of my son But they thinkin that my generation gotta die young If we all come together then they cant divide one Don't worry bout it just be about it Got a message from god heaven too crowded But I say hey young world you've never looked betta And I heard change started with man in the mirror ughh This generation I'mma represent A generation led by a black president Now hows that for change Who knew that could change I don't even look at the flag the same hey ughhh So when you finish readin revelations Thank god for my generation My generation will make a change This generation will make a change My generation will make a change This generation will make a change
INTRO Tougher than concrete Eh bwoy Go labbajuice Watch ya Check it! Boom
VERSE 1 JR.GONG You Nah Mean Mi dip out a whole fourteen Nah Mean And reload man extra magazine Nah Mean A wounded them housing scheme Nah Mean Nuff a dem a move sideways and lean Nah Mean Cant come bout when man deh in Nah Mean We nuh like dem colonial regime Nah Mean Ethiopian nuh like Mussoline Nah Mean Mi Queen hafi rock and come in Nah Mean And jump pon mi big trampoline Nah Mean And boost up her self-esteem Nah Mean Nuff a wonder how man kitchen so clean Nah Mean And which recipe dat a steam Nah Mean The lyrics dem a flow like a stream Nah Mean Mek you feel like you living in a dream Nah Mean It come to the crop man a cream Nah Mean It come to discipline man a Dean Nah Mean Mi tougher than a Hummer limousine Nah Mean We stepping we fresh and we clean Nah Mean I burn the stinkest of green Nah Mean Better listen up careful and keen Nah Mean A Puppa Nas a rock and come in Nah Mean
VERSE 2 NAS We celebrate like I finished probation Boy Boy Notty Head with no chaser Boy Boy From the mouth I can spit out a razor Boy Boy Open up your facial like your boy Roy In his prime Eat food Dinnertime Jr. Gong pass the Guinness Handle business Black Velvet sippers Females never bid us farewell They with us Cause we arrive on the scene Just like a high beam Nah Mean Dont let us have to make the 9 scream Nah Mean At your racial Policing Regime Nah Mean Spiritual like a Elohim Nah Mean In a casino or a yacht Wherever Im seen My brothers and sisters are never forgot Nah Mean Dont wanna hear another soldier drop Nah Mean Another dope addict get shot with the morphine And Feds are indicting my block Nah Mean Theyre wearing Red from they shoes to they top Nah Mean Im wishing that all the violence would stop Nah Mean
VERSE 3 JR GONG We nuh like the sound of siren Nah Mean And some bwoy soft like ice cream Nah Mean From a bwoy mek the Feds intervene Nah Mean We send a bwoy go tek intravene Nah Mean Parabellum dem a itch up inna spleen Nah Mean Inna Queens Gunman reign Supreme Nah Mean Kingstonians are real blood fiends Nah Mean The world is a big crime scene Nah Mean
CHORUS/BRIDGE Yo Yo Mr. President What you doing for my residence? Yo Mr. Minister Why you being sinister? Yo Yo Mr. President What you doing for my residence? Yo Mr. Minister Why you being sinister?
VERSE 4 JR GONG Se Man a di real Buffalo inna Rastafari Regime Bush Bungalow is where mi dwell with mi Queen Trash to the bone down inna camouflage green Nuff a dem that cant go the places we been Nuff a dem that cant see the sights whe we seen Thats why them face all a twist up and a lean Nah Mean Dem better mine we kick it off clean Nah Mean Man a Gangster just like Gambine Dat Mean Dem cant serve Congo Dread court supine Nah Mean A who you want come in convene Nah Mean Attorney have to rock and come in Nah Mean Mi pocket dem green like spurlene Nah Mean Mi regular fly out and fly in Nah Mean The stadium pack like sardine Nah Mean Cant catch mi speed a fassy hole need caffeine Nah Mean Run out a breath and antihistamine Nah Mean Wash over gold dem come in like Listerine Nah Mean You think a lie we badder than Al Pacine Nah Mean
VERSE 5 NAS Its Genocide Its a Genocide Its a Genocide Its Genocide 5th Floor cooking raw Had my own supply Cause of capitalist ways That was back in the days So now I do rap and it pays
As we enter Come now we take you on the biggest adventure Must be dementia that you ever thought You could touch our credentials what's the initials You be Jamrock the lyrical official Send out the order laws and the rituals Burn candles say prayers paint murals It is truth we big news we hood heroes Break past the anchor we come to conquer Man a badman we no play Willy Wonka And I got the guns I got the ganja And we could blaze it up on your block if you want to Or haze it up stash box in a Hummer Or you could run up and get done up Or get something that you want none of Unlimited amount you collect from us Direct from us street intellectuals And I'm shrewd about decimals And my man'll speak Patois And I can speak rap star Y'all feel me even if it's in Swahili Or body Ghani Masuri Sana Switch up the language and move to Ghana Salute and honor real revolution rhymers Rhythm piranhas Like true Obamas unfold the drama Word is out hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream murder out The kings is back time to return the crown Who want it Tuck your chain we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it Queens to Kingston Gunshot we use and govern the kingdom Rise of the Winston I can see the fear up in your eyes Realize you can die any instant And I can hear the sound of a voice When you must lose your life like mice in the kitchen Snitching I can see him pissing on hisself And he's wetting up his thighs and he trying to resist it Switching I can smell him digging up shit like a fly Come around and be persistent That's how you end up in a hitlist Ain't no bad man business No evidence Crime scene fingerprint less Flow effortless Casual like the weekends No pressure when We're comfy and decent We set this off beasting Hunting season And frankly speaking Word is out hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream murder out The kings is back time to return the crown Who want it Tuck your chain we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it Word is out hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream murder out The kings is back time to return the crown Who want it Tuck your chain we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it
As we enter Come now we take you on the biggest adventure Must be dementia that you ever thought You could touch our credentials what's the initials You be Jamrock the lyrical official Send out the order laws and the rituals Burn candles say prayers paint murals It is truth we big news we hood heroes Break past the anchor we come to conquer Man a badman we no play Willy Wonka And I got the guns I got the ganja And we could blaze it up on your block if you want to Or haze it up stash box in a Hummer Or you could run up and get done up Or get something that you want none of Unlimited amount you collect from us Direct from us street intellectuals And I'm shrewd about decimals And my man'll speak Patois And I can speak rap star Y'all feel me even if it's in Swahili Or body Ghani Masuri Sana Switch up the language and move to Ghana Salute and honor real revolution rhymers Rhythm piranhas Like true Obamas unfold the drama Word is out hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream murder out The kings is back time to return the crown Who want it Tuck your chain we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it Queens to Kingston Gunshot we use and govern the kingdom Rise of the Winston I can see the fear up in your eyes Realize you can die any instant And I can hear the sound of a voice When you must lose your life like mice in the kitchen Snitching I can see him pissing on hisself And he's wetting up his thighs and he trying to resist it Switching I can smell him digging up shit like a fly Come around and be persistent That's how you end up in a hitlist Ain't no bad man business No evidence Crime scene fingerprint less Flow effortless Casual like the weekends No pressure when We're comfy and decent We set this off beasting Hunting season And frankly speaking Word is out hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream murder out The kings is back time to return the crown Who want it Tuck your chain we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it Word is out hysteria you heard about Nas and Jr Gong gonna turn it out Body the verse until they scream murder out The kings is back time to return the crown Who want it Tuck your chain we're due coming Renegades that'll peel you back like new hundreds Bet your jewels on it you don't want to lose on it Either move on or move on it
[Damian Marley] All aboard, and jump on the Ganja Bus We now want the new weed, beat under us Rollin′ up, roll like we thunderous Somkin′ up, Rasta not sprinkle dust Too much ecstasy, make manna exit us Too much fantasy, here upon next to us Fit in ganja weed, always notorious Sucker censor me, if you feel glorious We have weed in our cakes and Oreo′s Believe me though, death upon your Marlboro You want my roll, on someone you hardly know This Marley grow, no time to move feet Make it slow, you tellin′ me no Say you want to start the show Like cool, Johnny Depp and you want to blow You shot, direct; that means you are far bellow You start to take, substances up in your nose [Chorus: Damian Marley - 2X] No nina where you find me Some boy go rich, blow ninety We′re smokin′ like a genie The skunky and the greenie [B-Real] On the ganja bus, they comin′ after us We makin′ stops all over Los Angeles On the block, where the weed that get scandalous When we run around, police can′t handle us They wanna clout the bus, and on the top be us They never wanna come around, just a rowdy bunch Tengo el poder, tu no aguantas Yo sé, que el juego es dificil para usted Despiertate, no dejes tu gente ver Tu situación cuando no puedes mantener En fuerza que nosotros, enseñale Deja tu vida sin rastros, escondete Portate, we flyin′ up tu +santrope+ And if you want we can jet through Maldigo B [Chorus: Damian Marley - 2X] No nina where you find me Some boy go rich, blow ninety We′re smokin′ like a genie The skunky and the greenie Senn Dogg! [Sen Dog] Cuando fumo yo no juego, pásame el fuego Me lo fumo todo, quememe los dedos En la mańana cuando me levanto Antes que nada, yo quemo un pipaso Enamorado con la yerba buena comida cubana y las nalgas morenas todas las nenas saben que yo tengo las colitas, vete en mi leńo no hay nadie que me quite el vicio marihuano por vida, oiste chico? Mundo entero quiero que me entiende La cara virgen wanna va tu mente [Chorus] [B-Real] It′s so hazardous Take a strive with us When it′s over California, we react the bus We fabulous, your talk don′t mean jack to us Better fear for your ass the assassins come Pass ya′ blunts, gonna have to mash it up For you conniving mothafuckers wanna stash it up You actin′ up, we can′t have that′s whats up Listen Muggs on the table gonna slash it up [Chorus] (2x)
[Damian Marley] All aboard, and jump on the Ganja Bus We now want the new weed, beat under us Rollin′ up, roll like we thunderous Somkin′ up, Rasta not sprinkle dust Too much ecstasy, make manna exit us Too much fantasy, here upon next to us Fit in ganja weed, always notorious Sucker censor me, if you feel glorious We have weed in our cakes and Oreo′s Believe me though, death upon your Marlboro You want my roll, on someone you hardly know This Marley grow, no time to move feet Make it slow, you tellin′ me no Say you want to start the show Like cool, Johnny Depp and you want to blow You shot, direct; that means you are far bellow You start to take, substances up in your nose [Chorus: Damian Marley - 2X] No nina where you find me Some boy go rich, blow ninety We′re smokin′ like a genie The skunky and the greenie [B-Real] On the ganja bus, they comin′ after us We makin′ stops all over Los Angeles On the block, where the weed that get scandalous When we run around, police can′t handle us They wanna clout the bus, and on the top be us They never wanna come around, just a rowdy bunch Tengo el poder, tu no aguantas Yo sé, que el juego es dificil para usted Despiertate, no dejes tu gente ver Tu situación cuando no puedes mantener En fuerza que nosotros, enseñale Deja tu vida sin rastros, escondete Portate, we flyin′ up tu +santrope+ And if you want we can jet through Maldigo B [Chorus: Damian Marley - 2X] No nina where you find me Some boy go rich, blow ninety We′re smokin′ like a genie The skunky and the greenie Senn Dogg! [Sen Dog] Cuando fumo yo no juego, pásame el fuego Me lo fumo todo, quememe los dedos En la mańana cuando me levanto Antes que nada, yo quemo un pipaso Enamorado con la yerba buena comida cubana y las nalgas morenas todas las nenas saben que yo tengo las colitas, vete en mi leńo no hay nadie que me quite el vicio marihuano por vida, oiste chico? Mundo entero quiero que me entiende La cara virgen wanna va tu mente [Chorus] [B-Real] It′s so hazardous Take a strive with us When it′s over California, we react the bus We fabulous, your talk don′t mean jack to us Better fear for your ass the assassins come Pass ya′ blunts, gonna have to mash it up For you conniving mothafuckers wanna stash it up You actin′ up, we can′t have that′s whats up Listen Muggs on the table gonna slash it up [Chorus] (2x)
[Chorus - x2] Africa must wake up, the sleeping sons of Jacob For what tomorrow may bring, may a better day come, Yesterday we were kings, can you tell me young ones -- Who are we today? Yeah, now
[Verse 1 - Nas (+ Damian Marley)] The black oasis, Ancient Africa the sacred The sleeping giant, science, art is your creation I dreamed that we could visit old Kemet Your history is too complex and rigid for some Western critics They want the whole subject diminished But Africa's the origin of all the world's religions We praise bridges that carried us over The battle fronts of Sudanic soldiers, the task put before us (Do you hear me now?)
[Chorus]
[Verse 2 - Nas] Who are we today? The slums, diseases, AIDS We need that all to fade, we cannot be afraid So who are we today? We are the morning after, the makeshift youth, The slaveship captured, our diaspora is the final chapter The ancestral lineage built pyramids America's first immigrants, the kings and daughters from our waters The first architect, the first philosophers Astronomers, the first prophets and the doctors were us, us
[Bridge - Damian Marley] Now can we all pray? Each in his own way, Teaching and learning, We can work it out We'll have a warm bed, We'll have some warm bread, Shelter from the storm dread, And we can work it out Mother nature feeds all, In farming and drought And though selfish in ways, not to share is out What's a tree without root? Lion without tooth? A lie without truth? You hear me out?
[Chorus - x2, but the second one is: Africa must wake up, The sleeping sons of Jacob, What tomorrow may bring, May some more love come, Yesterday we were kings, I tell ya young bloods, The world is yours today...]
[K'naan - African verse (??)]
[Guitar/Instrumental break]
[Nas - talking] We want to thank y'all, everybody out there This is Nas, Damian Marley Distant Relatives.. We're all distant relatives, no matter where you from, where you live How near or far... Africa, China, Japan, Afghanistan, Israel... We're all fam, we're all distant relatives So that's why we came together -- one of the reasons Why myself and Damian came together, 'Cause we all come from one place, and that's Africa That's right, you too. And you. The whole world! We're all family, we're just spread out all over the place So to all my distant relatives, let's take it back home!
Set to high Now calling all revolutionary youth Dam Marley alongside K'naan Gunpowder philosopher what some boy feel like
I made the list this year I'm on a roll, you ain't know East African rock 'n roll You don't know what time it is like your clock is old You ain't know you're packin' like the block is sold
How could it be from the deepest darkest of zero To become king of New York like De Niro And he ain't even from New York that's what's weird yo But where he's from they just ratatata ratatata
So come now don't you try to play the hero Around here we've got pirates with torpedoes Alongside all the warlords and beardos The only city niggas blacker than tuxedos
Baby girl let me get all up in your earlobe And if you shut me down you can kill my ego Which is my enemy makes you my amigo So either way you and I are button and needle
And they say I might become big as a Beatle But I don't let it get to my head or feet yo And I got more street cred than legal But just in case we keep a big Des Eagle
Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared (ready) Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared (always) Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared (peppa, peppa(?) Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared
What was I on before this flow or sequel Somethin' about how I thought I was a Beatle I'm trippin' but it was something lethal It was fresh but possessed something Medieval
I came solo I ain't even bring my army The type of niggas that'll always ruin the party You know those socially inadequate Somalis Who walk in uninvited in your VIP
And Africans love them some B.I.G. But Tupac is official H.N.I.C. And my job is to write just what I see So a visual stenographer is what I be
Superman, superstar, give me super-fat dough So I can be super-rich and super fat so But maybe not super fat but super stacked though So I can fix some money shit on super back low
How many immigrants are this here sedan And is anyone carryin' any contraband Not really but I'm late for my concert man And here's a card for my lawyer Mr. Sam Goldman
Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, always Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, yeah Zion youths Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared
Some no cowboys, no the Kalashnikov, no play taebo If him feelin off the balance, feel walk tight rope. and gamble with them rafters like a casino And a somebody for save them like them save Nemo
Cause the Somalis are Somalians some mad people We a travel with some long strap in our vehicle And a screech across the border like a Latino Moving through the LAXs and London Heathrows Wait, man a gangsta we no star freak show No gimmicks nor shenanigans a real street flow
Feel me woman a feel flier than a Flamingo Real bullet we a bust and a no Placebo K'Naan have so much gun him open gun depot And we take way boy gun just like we a gun repo So tell some tosse MC there's no more free throw Soon as we finish a clip another clip reload because
Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, ready Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, (oh now) Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared, Yeah, I come prepared, I come prepared, I come prepared
Standing at this liquor store, whiskey coming through my pores Feeling like I run this whole block Lotto tickets, cheap beer, that's why you can catch me here Tryin' to scratch my way to the top 'Cause my job's got me going nowhere So I ain't got a thing to lose Take me to a place where I don't care This is me and my liquor store blues I'll take one shot for my pain One drag for my sorrow Get messed up today I'll be okay tomorrow One shot for my pain One drag for my sorrow Get messed up today I'll be okay tomorrow Me and my guitar tonight singing to the city lights Tryin' to leave with more than what I got 'Cause 68 cent just ain't gonna pay the rent So I'll be out until they call the cops 'Cause my job's got me goin' nowhere So I ain't got a thing to lose Take me to a place where I don't care This is me and my liquor store blues I'll take one shot for my pain One drag for my sorrow Get messed up today I'll be okay tomorrow One shot for my pain One drag for my sorrow Get messed up today I'll be okay tomorrow Here comes Junior Gong, I'm flying high like superman And thinking that I run the whole block I don't if it's just because pineapple kush between my jaws Has got me feeling like I'm on top Feeling like I woulda stand up to the cops And stand up to the big guys, because de whole lot a dem saps All de talk dem a talk and dem fly make no drop Nuff ghetto youth cannot escape the trap Give me this one shot for my pain One drag for my sorrow Get messed up today I'll be okay tomorrow One shot for my pain One drag for my sorrow Get messed up today I'll be okay tomorrow
