[Ice Cube]So yo check this out
This is Ice Cube from the Westside ConnectionCallin all the way from Johannesburg, South AfricaThe world has never seen a million black men in one place
But on October 16, in Washington, D.C., a million black men will gather "This is a mission, not a small time thing" (sample repeats) [Mobb Deep]Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah, word up son, check it out thoughYaknowhatI'msayin? Word up son
Listen up son, knowhatI'msayin?(Watch out for them man) Listen up son, check it out though, yo Open your eyes get wise and look alive focus your attention
Windows 95 updated high tech lynchin
Crosses of the colored man who claims he holds the keys to the safe
Secrets of the world, blow him in his faceWho's the master of the universe, galaxy and planets
Babylonians ecstatic moon the sinkin of Atlantis(Be the one soul original black filled with melanin
Goin out like represent Kuwait in two thousand) [Ice-T]Brothers gonna have to put themself in check
Three strikes you in the penzo, checked to your neck
Your woman cries, your baby grows up alone
Talkin through a three inch glass on a two way phone
You tell me brothers got no options today
You best to listen to the Ice closely fool, crime don't pay
Gas and dope bullets and coke ain't the way
You need to march with the Nation on Atonement Day, represent [Chuck D]Now, to all my brothers we be rhymin like this
Yeah I can handle, but they can't kill it mill or dismantle it
And we can leave the component alone
Show all my brothers a brother instead of negro
Crackers in the back obscene knahmean
But I've been knockin em out the box like ?'So on the single we be flowin at the lingo
Comin together, not solo like Mandingo Chorus: all together So where you at y'all?Right here, hangin with my brothers and we showin no fear
So where you at y'all?Right here, if you represent then throw your hands in the air [Smooth B]Arm Leg Leg Arm HeadMy people with braids waves dreads and baldheads
A million strong doin duty, wisdom strength beauty
Ummah Ahs they are, sun moon star
And it's a holy day, come sober
Smooth B in D.C., sixteenth of OctoberIn unity there is power, none can devour
Hour after hour, we shower [RZA & Killah Priest]Imagine us travellin back to NazarethMost fabulous
To raise up the black dead slaves like LazarusWhen I catch rays through the blaze holy essays
No more death days and vexed slaves possessed in caves
Yo it's the last days and times we gots to raise your mind
Brothers walk around dumb different and blind
Pregnant Earths always carry eggs
I pledge to never fall off the ledgeand blacks remain family like Sister Sledge [Shorty]God prepared the table for us, in the presence of our enemy
Now we soon to be, one in unity
One two three I'm a GBut the God inside is that G I chose to be
The world is a stage and everybody plays a partI'm not considered, the one with a sensitive heart
When I say black man you say go
Black man GO black man GO Chorus [DA Smart]Somebody stole me, you took me from Kunta to Tobyand mold me, in a way that you freed me but still hold me
What you tryin to pull? Eatin us like cannibals
Whatever happened to that forty acres and that animal
Now you tryin to use integration just to fool us
Like Malcolm said, we been hoodwinked and bamboozled
Mama cryin, and I ain't lyinI'm going to Washington for justice, I'ma get it, or die tryinDon't hesitate, he's at the gate
And that's a million black men in one place to set it straight
So black women applaud the black GodI'm DA Smart, with the million man march [KAM]Damn that's how you know the world about to end
Rain hail snow earthquakes and a million black men
Upon the God indivisible
With liberty and justice for all cause y'all done made us miserable
With this AmeriKKKan nightmareThat's why October 16th we gon be right there like yeah
The same niggaz that you want gone
Well we about a million deep on your front lawnIt's goin on from here to Abraham Lincoln's statue
And every brother here thinkin yeah we need to holla at you
About this overdue bidness
With the Black Muslim, Christian Jew and Jehovah WitnessTo get this out in the open the only way
Is for us to declare a black holy day
The homies say that they rollin
Plus we got family, forty miles up, controllin Chorus 4
X (to fade)
Ice Cube, whose real name is O'Shea Jackson Sr., is an American rapper, actor, and record producer born in Los Angeles in 1969. He began his musical career in the 1980s as a member of the group N.W.A., known for its raw and politically charged rap that reflected the harsh social realities of African American communities in Los Angeles. After the group's disbandment, Ice Cube embarked on a highly successful solo career, releasing albums such as "AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted" (1990) and "Death Certificate" (1991), which cemented his position as one of the most influential rappers in history. In addition to music, Ice Cube has acted in numerous films, including "Boyz n the Hood", "Barbershop", and "Friday". His multifaceted career has made him a prominent cultural icon, recognized for his musical talent, acting prowess, and ability to address complex social issues.
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