Intro (HOMEPAGE)

Welcome to the lyrics page for Tha Civil Rights Movement Part II. Thank you for supporting independent, political hip hop by coming here. All lyrics for this CD can be found by scrolling down and clicking on the song titles on the right of the page. 

Album Art & Public Address Intro

I chose the cover for this CD because I was trying to convey to the masses that it was all about trying to make the world a better place. I felt that the masses would most easily recognize and identify people like Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr, and Nelson Mandela, as people who dedicated their lives to positive change. I decided to put them up on Mount Rushmore to suggest the idea that we as a society should be marveling at monuments of heroes of social justice and not men of power who perpetuate inequality. As, I said on the CD's Public Address Intro, the actual Mount Rushmore monument was made on Native American stolen land, and it was made with assistance from the K.K.K. In the intro I basically wanted to give people a reality check and to introduce some of the types of subjects that were to come. On the back of the CD we featured a painting from my friend Popx, who is an artivist who paints entire walls and buildings in the UK and NZ with amazing art pertaining to social justice. He and my other amazing friend P1, a similar type of ultra talented artist from the UK, created the image on the front of this CD. He also did the images on the front and back of the CD that would follow this one (Tha People's Music). The Popx painting on the back of this CD is of a huge group of people demonstrating and holding a sign reading "United for Peace & Justice" with an amazing quote from Dr. King about poverty and social justice above them. 

The Camden 28

After seeing the documentary film of the same name I felt compelled to try and bring more attention to this compelling story. Rappers like Biggie Smalls were famous for telling stories and I thought this was the type of story a rapper could and should be telling. Like the film, I wanted to build the story and save the surprises until toward the end. I felt I could make the story accessible to an audience that wouldn't spend the time watching a political documentary like this one. It was incredible to see the excitement of the documentary's director telling me of when he first heard the song. It was memorable to meet actual Camden 28 member Father Doyle and perform in his church in Camden, NJ years later at a peace festival. The most amazing thing was when another actual Camden 28 member, Eugene Dixon, told me of how his grandchildren had seen the movie and heard of what the Camden 28 did, but they never cared until they heard my song. From that point on Dixon was a hero to them. That is one of the stories that inspires me and demonstrates to me the power of political hip hop.

Universal Healthcare

I wanted to address many topics in this one and primarily how, why, and where we should have universal healthcare. Years later on my MisEducation CD I felt I did a better job addressing the topic but I am still proud of this song as well. I also felt it was important to talk about where the money really goes when the authorities claim to be helping an area out in talking about specifics like football stadiums and fancy universities in poor communities. A frequent collaborator, "Why," (as in why do we kill people who kill people to show that killing is wrong?) contributed by performing some of the hook vocals and by helping me in the writing process to keep the hook short and simple so that it would be more memorable and powerful. There have been many amazing times where crowds would chant the hook with me at live performances.

The Real News 

I wanted to explain to people that the news is not objective and does not simply report facts or what is going on. The corporate media (all the major/mainstream media) prioritize making as much money as they can (profit). Seeing more social justice and equality is simply not a part of their business plan. They are a business, they always side with authority and virtually never with the people, and they almost never investigate or seriously question business or governments. I listed some examples in the song of independent media who prioritize human needs over amassing profit. On future CDs I would list more examples on the inside packaging and in songs as well. People will continue to be misinformed until and unless they find alternative sources of information that produce content in everyone's interest, and not just the interests of the rich and powerful. Currently, I often recommend Democracy Now as one of the best sources of independent media.

Intelligence

I felt the rhyme patterns on this one were formidable and highly advanced. The important connection to make here is that the CIA is the US government. With them overthrowing democratically elected leaders in other countries, supplying weapons, training, and funds to ruthless, dictators, locking up people without a trial in Guantanamo Bay and secret prisons around the world, and spying on US citizens, it doesn't make much of a case for the US being a democracy. Because the CIA is known for phone taps, I thought it would be creative to use a studio effect that made the song sound at times like a phone conversation or a dispatch.

Free Your Mind
There is a ton of hypocrisy in religion that I addressed here. I also conveyed the idea that it's be great if people actually followed the true message of Jesus and other religious figures and loved everyone, renounced violence, and helped the poor. I paid homage as well to religious people who have set a great example like Father Michael Doyle of the Camden 28 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Equality
Homophobia and heterosexism are rampant in our society and in hip hop and I wanted to take a strong stand against it and to make the statement that gay people should be treated just like anyone else.

They Don't Want U 2 Know
I liked the bounce to this track that producer Ox made and I especially felt it was important to address the idea that diamonds and other jewelry are just rocks. On this one I sought to convey many critical facts and ideas that people should know and be concerned with.

The Real News Remix
I had too much to say about the problems with main stream (corporate) media so I did two songs about it. When looking for a beat one of the studio engineers came up with the idea to flip the track for The Real News backwards. We liked this backwards version of the beat even better than the original! I'm proud to say many crowds have chanted the first part of this hook along with me at performances.

Global Warming
People have really appreciated me performing this acapella at events dedicated to environmental justice. I wrote it for that purpose. One organizer said nothing the first time he heard it. He just gave me a hug and seemed like he was near tears to see that a rapper could take on an important subject like this.

Take My Advice
Along with Its Time this was one of my oldest songs I eventually would release. I loved the mystical sound of the track. I'll always remember that a young gay man told me that he was moved to tears the first time he heard it. I felt the third verse was the most powerful but I had fun with the entire concept here.

Keys to a Better World
I felt the concept on this was at times very advanced but that it was also very simple: Here are the three basic problems; and here is how we can fix them. The production quality is lower than the other tracks because this track was recorded in a studio in Philly that was far inferior to my usual studio in Blackwood, NJ. I still love the flow and how it goes with the beat and how I was able to break down the message. Producer Andyman of the UK told me he made this beat and others like it when he was dealing with insomnia. I loved the mystical, middle of the night vibe.

Outside the Box
Producer GPH of the Netherlands was talking to me one day on MSN Messenger and he sent me a picture of a red sky he had just taken from outside his window. It was a surreal scene and soon after he sent me this otherwordly beat, which he said that he had made just for me. I think the music is a beautiful work of art on this one and so the lyrics are about not conforming, abstract art and ideas, and departing from the status quo (the norm). This was really the only track on this CD that wasn't entirely political. It also was about the idea of just being yourself and being original. I think fans of any musical genre from classical, to R&B, to jazz, etc can appreciate this piece of music.

Words from Pam Africa
This is a skit between songs from Pam Africa, a leader of The Move Organization in Philly. She is a fiery, powerful speaker who has fought for justice for decades. We have supported each others' efforts for years and Why recorded this from a speech she gave at Independence Mall in the city. Pam, like Mumia Abu Jamal who she fights for justice for, is good at getting to the roots of our societal problems.

Solutions
After hearing my 1st CD a guy wrote me and said, "Yeah, but what can I do about it?" I started writing this song as a response. In later CDs I'd suggest more solutions inside the CD packaging and in my lyrics like buying sweatshop free clothing, supporting independent and unionized businesses, buying only Citgo gas, getting only a Credo cell phone, and overall doing the best you can to try and help make this world better by working for a society based on cooperation and not competition.

End of the Newark March
This was a recording done by Why of Larry Hamm, a leader of The People's Organization for Progress in Newark, NJ. He is an amazing speaker and has worked for the interests of the people for decades. He hosted The People's March for Peace in Justice in Newark, NJ in 2007 and this was taken from that. In this track Larry talks about not having a chance to speak in Washington, DC. However, years later I am happy to say that I was there to see him do it. I was on stage that day in Newark with him and other people I admired like Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, the poet Remi Kanazi, Lady JAM (who sung the We Need Peace track from this CD), and others. Thousands attended this rally and march that day in Newark, NJ which is an area where it's harder to hide the true nature of this country.

F Bush (Remix)
This track really shows how I've evolved since it was written in 2006. I no longer rhyme using quasi curse words like "buck" or "ish" as I did on this song, because I've found more effective and direct ways to express myself. Looking back, I know it doesn't matter who is in office, it's a corrupt and decadent system that we need to fight. I hinted at these ideas in the third verse, which was added on for this album. The first two verses were from my first CD. This song was very popular in 2007 because of Bush's unpopularity at the time. If people got my CD because they hated Bush and thought getting rid of him would fix everything; they could learn that the struggle was much bigger than that and why by listening to the entire project.

It's Time (Club Mix)
My friend DJ Filthy Rich, a talented rapper and producer from the UK made this for me one night and I thought it showed his creativity and ability. He was a funny guy I enjoyed talking with and I was saddened to learn of his death before this CD was released. He was in his 20's. I'm not sure what happened exactly and I don't know much about it. I included this as a tribute to him. RIP DJ Filthy Rich.

Bring the Troops Home
I felt this would be a moving, perfect way to end the album. This memorable and rhythmic chant was started by Larry Hamm at The People's March for Peace and Justice in Newark, NJ and thousands were a part of it. I want people to roll their windows down and turn this up. I do this chant to this day with crowds as a tribute to Larry and to support the US troops by bringing them home from unjust wars of imperialistic conquest that do nothing to make anyone safer and only serve to increase profits and power for a small number of elite oligarchs.

The Camden 28

The Camden 28 they took their place in fate - they was great because they couldn't wait - to see some much needed change - they came up - shook it up and got framed - it was plain - they knew Vietnam wasn't the way - in the fray they decided to make a statement to stay - they agreed - they'd need to break in the federal office to burn draft cards (echo) to show us how much the war had cost us - Father Doyle lived in Camden and he wasn't blind - he could see the buildings then was like today and it's a crime - - fighting overseas for more oil is the design - back then I wasn't born but I learned about the time - too much like today but hey back to the tale - they didn't know how to get into the building - they would fail - but one of 'em - he started assisting with the mission - he knew how to cut glass and had equipment that could fit in - Father Doyle was the preacher I mentioned on another track - 27 others was together ready to act

HOOK
Always somethin shady with the army with the navy - so much we not told - I heard the story it was crazy - of the Camden 28 - get inspired don't be lazy - look up the mystery - learn real history


August 22, 1971 - the plans was all made and the raid was begun - there was no guards to stop 'em - their surveillance and equipment got 'em in with no problem - anything - that could come up they figured out and no doubt they could solve 'em - though they denounced any violence on all counts - so they made sure - no one would walk in unannounced - standin' there with draft cards they ripped up and chopped - on the spot - they got their hands on a lot - and wouldn't stop - it was a big occasion for anti war in the nation - a big statement - it inflamed and it became a situation - 'cause guards came to face 'em - The Camden 28 was surprised! - how could this happen with all the plans and supplies?! - takin' 'em to jail - still not understanding how their plans they could fail - police on the scene - doomed as a team - caught in the act of the scheme

At the trial they found out the jury was against the war - but wasn't for breaking in past the federal building room door - surprise! - they found out the guy who supplied the equipment - was hired to get 'em in by the FBI - who supplied the equipment - and what they need to arrive - in the building in disguise - the whole thing was a set up - tryin' to squash a movement so they could never get up - the Cointelpro (FBI) wanted to crush the Catholic left - makin' sure they got in - so they could bate 'em and arrest - it's a mess - when the government helps you commit a crime - when you protest a war that is a crime that is a lie - this is their lies way back - today it's back - in Iraq - and in the trial the 28 showed a slideshow of facts - showing back then in Camden - slides of the poverty - and showin' Vietnam - the rich man's atrocity - it's the same scam today we gotta fix this (so called) democracy

OUTRO
So you know since the government - the FBI put 'em up to it - they was found not guilty - we know whose guilty - it's the same system that's guilty of the same thing today - stop bein' distracted and followin' the crowd - and speak up against it - and be heard

Universal Healthcare

I'm the vocalist who broke this - homophobic scope in this - the media is bogus - plus the president provoking this - I'm focused - the drug war just dug more hopelessness - war on the poor since before Bush was born - it's the norm - we gotta form this hip hop mix into a storm - get your facts - and rap 'em in a swarm - when I wrote this I invoked this like biblical swarms of locusts - to let the people go - to start fixin' the system - and let it grow - to stop corporations placing carbon copies - jokers who do their bidding - rock the vote - vote independent - votes count but spend it - on a man with a plan - who not rented like a tenant - by a two party senate who see change but they prevent it - 'cause they fundin' come from rich who just wanna stay rich - life for the poor is a *itch* it gotta switch - they said slavery'd never end - we progress - but still we left with a mess to go protest

HOOK (ft. Why)
It don't matter who, what, why, or where - all people need Universal Healthcare


I told 'em I was sick of it in 2004 - now a few years later wow I'm sick of it even more - people sick and need a cure - but the industry is sick and got a war - you could vomit how they profit if we sicker - it's shocking - we in pain - their pockets became thicker - it's a shame how people's health came to people seeing wealth - hating how they call it 'benefits' - the true benefit would be if they became benevolent - I'm never hesitant to bring real issues to focus - and tryin' to find a job you like can seem hopeless - when you gotta worry first about healthcare it's chokin' us - or you could be like me - and think you got in hand - then somethin happen and damn - you find out it ain't covered in your plan - then you get a bill of like $30,000 and it's like man - I got set up in debt for the rest of my life - this verse ain't for spite - but to join the fight of Mic(hael) Moore - to help stop the Sickos with the cure - and I question all meds - rest assured - I invest in herbal cures - not weed nah I need aloe vera and acidophilus - the health care industry let's topple this - time to put a stop to this - corruption is monstrous - the US healthcare system of greed is preposterous

You wonder why - war wonders worries it ain't fair - and why the Bush daughters weren't in the war over there - and when the flood came pouring in New Orleans Bush waited - and let the place flood before he came and tried to aid it - and when money was sent for the city that was devastated - $200 million went to the Saint's stadium renovation - a whole city destroyed - football stadium better than ever - the corrupt think they clever - but I see through it forever - Spike Lee got it right - Nike - nightly write 'Football is Life' - CEO is Phil Knight - he live life for high price - but life's about makin a difference - I'm tired of 'em tryin' to brainwash us with their sickness - commercials is MK Ultra repetition - they tell you anything enough to buy your position - it's the same they say they used for convincing - snipers to send MLK and JFK to their death bed - dead for what they said - guess we should fear death - for speaking on their mess - we got freedom of speech - so I speak and invest - like V for Vendetta - no fear on my agenda - they say we got a media that needs to get better - it does but they crazy talkin' 'bout it's too liberal - my wife worked for cable - so yo take this literal - they won't air a spot for legal weed or anti war - even for a billion dollars they'll leave it on the floor - so go shut of your TV - go put on this CD - it's time for revolution - we know the real terror is war, greed, no healthcare, and air pollution - there is solutions

The Real News

We need the Bush regime and the news teams indicted - they choose to lie and scheme - I choose to move and fight it - they don't cover the news that we be in and I'm a source - and they attacked at first resort - they didn't question acts of force - and when we protest in thousands they ignore it with no remorse - Co-intelpro - hell I know it's all too much - they try to crush anyone tryin to un-silence the hush - of the fact they say we got the best country in the world - if you're rich - 'cause greed is the value that they pitch - the American dream of gettin' rich from nothin' ain't the answer - so I look up back to the Black Panthers - the Patriot Act it ain't new it's just a fact - it's like back when the FBI had MLK's phones tapped - I got no time in my raps for the status quo of ego - to busy with facts to get power back to the people

HOOK
Time to hear some real views - cause they hide the real news


Cointelpro by the FBI was so - the government could stop those who tried to grow - a more peaceful society - what irony - it was a secret till '71 - when a group in Media, PA came to say they was done - The Citizen's Commission broke in the FBI's position - investigatin the FBI - by takin all their files and gettin 'em - from breakin into their base they took papers and files - sent 'em off to newspapers all out way across the miles - most wouldn't print it - Win Magazine was all in it - so the FBI decided to shut it down and quit it - these days - the media is still a business that's for profit - to get real news - you gotta read both sides of a topic - Fox News is the worst - but back in 1898 - they had William Hearst - he was out to sell papers first - it hurts - when the media and medicine is for money - it's so much they don't teach you in school it's not funny

Gotta tell ya more about what William Hearst did - distorting facts and pictures - the worst type of kid - he helped bring the 1937 prohibition - bringing current marijuana laws into their position - he did it 'cause he owned timber and hemp was a threat - makin' up stories how weed was the worst thing you could get - he bashed people against war - 'cause war was a story - he cashed in on - selling papers with stories that was gory - watch Bill Maher on cable or Bill Moyers on PBS - or anything that acts to question lies that we address - the most famous film ever - it was Citizen Kane - it remained out of most theaters at the time 'cause it aimed - to get out the truth about William Hearst who was hurt - back then his Hollywood friends took it out of most theaters first - I intend - to show the proof of how truth gets out - in the end - look beyond the lies corporate news sends

Intelligence

You want terrorists - it's the CIA - see I say - the truth - believe me or you can look it up today - just get any encyclopedia they write - it be wikapedia as a source - they act with black ops - that means secret acts of force - of course since it's a secret - it don't matter how indecent - the government can frame - claim that they not a part of it - plus they practice propaganda and brainwashing - that's the art of it - The Bourne Identity is real - you might think it's just a story - they orchestrate many murders that was gory for their glory - and tried to make Castro die 639 times - gettin' elected leaders missing from the missions they supplied - armin' Mujahideen fighters in the land of Afghanistan - armin' Iran - to fight the Russians - and hushin' up the plans - and armin' many in the past - times passed while people get hurt - and fighters they armed with work became the Al Qaeda network

HOOK
You want terrorists it's the CIA - they act with black ops that means secret acts of force


The war on drugs was created by Nixon, Bush, and Reagan - their CIA bought drugs in by the planes and maintained 'em - in military aircraft - the past ain't forgotten - the Iran-Contra affair and the (US CIA) training of Bin-Laden - to fund rebels in foreign lands the CIA sold cocaine - and sold weapons to Iran who now they wanna go and blame - it's so insane - Bush senior was the CIA's leader - and that explains his kid and lots about the plots of either - they been torturing for years - hording up your fears - morphing what appears - and they specialize in propaganda exercise - sleep deprivation and bag placing over your eyes - I used to be like you - I thought things like this was crazy - I relied on TV and what they told me I was lazy - now I'm a fact checking specialist - investing rap lessons combating presidents - it's true we need to see a new genesis - leaders not for greed but for peace to get us freed

If you can't relate - wait I gotta let you know it's too late - when you go on your way - to Guantanamo Bay - stop watchin' Fox - we gotta stop the abusin' - drop verses with more solutions to restore the constitution - I don't know how you relax when they imprison and detain with no facts - and they attack backed with extraordinary rendition - it sounds better that way - it means torturing in prisons - they beat info out a prisoner for handing out convictions - and these camps have no restrictions - The World Can't Wait - plus the world hates the States' (US) position - it's like back when they imprisoned innocent Japanese citizens (in WWII) - they say they (the CIA) even recruited some Nazi secret service (members) and tore up the records of what a few did on purpose - no question -  I write raps - I light with facts - to rap heads back a lesson - to protest crimes and fight the mess we in - non violent resistance to make it better than it's ever been

Since I got freedom of speech I think there's more -  people should know about the war in Iraq - it's packed with mercenary acts - the government call 'em 'contractors' - I call 'em 'contractin' actors' - they ex military with scary orders - who roam in Iraq known as Blackwater - the government supplier - hit men for hire - private takin' corporations placed in and acquired - takin' three times more pay - than military privates - corporations takin' over - even takin' over bombin' - like when helicopter makers made the profitin' in Vietnam - the definition of fascism - is corporations placin' a mass vision of class-ism - the government don't want Blacks to have guns - but got no problem with corporations that's packaging the guns - 30% of ground forces in Iraq is contract enforcers - consuming 40% of every dollar spent on the war - they kill civilians more than military - it seems very scary - it's in action - people need to know what really happen - when government funded corporations taking military action - it's crazy

Free Your Mind

I'm not for division - my country is the world that I live in - my family's composed of all humanity - opposed to the vanity of religions that they live in - I never conform - forever warning of insanity - they should - follow my religion to do good - if driven than it would improve the 'hood - not divide it - they stay praising in churches that raise cults inside it - ignoring the cries of the hood like they can hide it - King and Gandhi followed religion but they never denied - that the most important thing was to stop whoever died - they both knew that faith could wait when it came to face wars and intolerance and people impoverished - stereotypes abolish this - myths that ain't true - but reflections of conflict placed by groups who would feud - some think they funny - I never hide the fact they ugly and coincide - with the act of genocide - like Darfur the cries - 400,000 lives died - historical hypocrisy - ridden in division and theocracy - it's time for the people to unify - stop the mental prison - all come to the same table and - end the division by stopping with all the labeling - non violent education in every school district - ethnic relations courses mandatory listed - you gotta start to play your part and join the movement it's enormous - think outside the box and become a non conformist - bring people together and unite - they can't ignore this

HOOK
Stop the division with ethnicity and religion - we gotta stop the ways that people raised, act, and live in - unify - it's a call for all people to come together - to stop them dividing the rich and poor forever


My souls in my rap - they always said that I was deep - and now you hear the thoughts that made me cough when I was sleep - get out the coffin that you seek - don't be lost in your physique - the golden rule - treat others like you want to be treated and it's cool - or else you just a fool - hypocrites can never rule - they got the country not our minds - we got the first amendment - I drop a testament of rhymes - could start my own religion - it's a given their man made - and a lot of 'em is hurtin' supporting mercin' (slang for killing) bannin' aid - a true religious person ain't cursin or always workin - a true devout would shout at how Jesus used for certain - peace, love, equality - help the poor get more property - what happened to that? - you poor excuse for a Christian - I tell some about they own - not even from their religion - some days I pray but I don't pay for this conviction - 'cause god don't need money - it's funny how some be livin' - thinking all with robes risen in the front speak with vision - religion's a business too - they need to start payin' taxes - stop wars - help the poor - or you got your religion backwards - co-exist - learn tolerance and follow this

My religion is peace - the division need to cease - imagine if the world converted to my said religion - we'd observe so many less left dead it's a given - it's like prison with minds closed - following traditions that arose from middle ages superstition and fear - religion ain't clear when it's organized - though at times - some religious people go exposin' those whose blind - like those who preach for peace in the streets and overseas - who know governmental greed's the opposite of what we need - it's apocalypse - when (so called) "profits" get to bleed and brainwash - up on the TV rockin jewels in their watch - they say (in the bible) for a rich person to get into heaven for certain - it's harder than puttin' a camel through the eye of a needle - too many TV evangelists tellin' lies to the people - true religion is preserving what a creator would create - drop the killing rate by gettin' peace stoppin' the hate

Equality

So many envy - so much following it's plenty - it's petty - discriminating - hating is so empty - but yet they act like it's a choice to be gay - I'm not gay but - I got a lot to say - 'cause the ways of the worst - why would anyone choose to have a place to immerse - in the most discriminated group on the face of the earth - if you gay I know you born that way - there's nothing wrong with it - the creator (whatever that means) had gays made - just like straights is made - and besides - it don't matter who you sleep with - what matters is - who you are inside - what I'm sayin' in this - you can diss it - but the most wise alive they don't hide it they admit - so get it - get the fact that we all deserve the same rights - we all human - unite - it's annoying people you find of all types - stop being afraid of what your friends think - if they was all drinking poison would you be havin the same drink?

HOOK
I'm not afraid to say stop hating on gays - people deserve the right to live life in different ways - you disagree - you showing your own ignorance to me - and the fact that you might not be sure who to be


If you discriminate then you a hypocrite - 'cause look at this - the way you treat another - is settin' behavior precedent - you hatin' on a person - for a certain etiquette - the way you act'll come back and harm (you) - karma's evident - the reason that we still have gay bashing lasting - is it's hard to break the cycle of hate that they lived the past in - it's like racism persisting - like the blind in a bind with no vision - they still have a position in the system - conservatives they want no marriage for gays - like in the past they used to want no marriage for slaves - slaves had to jump over a broom - so it's room for evolution - taking a stand against homophobia is a solution - hip hop plays a part - I drop art for retribution - the way these rappers stay followin' - is confusing - be an artist - step up - and make a mark in this - don't care about the charts in this - change I'll play a part in this

They Don't Want U 2 Know

Rosie O'Donnell was right - Donald Trump he just represent the plight of a country that values its celebs over the hungry - and most of those don't know and it's alarming - that 40% of the world is stuck growing up starving - The USA throws out enough to feed 'em everyday - they don't want you to know facts that which they want you distracted - not thinking how you fund wars based on lies by paying taxes - strapping magnets on cars - not enough to be for the war - if you for it - you gotta pack - get to Iraq for your tour - I implore - want you to see the work of Cynthia McKinney - she wanna free the sealed records of the MLK assassination - and end government secrecy seen on many occasions - The King files was sealed in 1978 - they not gonna be revealed until 2028 - the 911 commission as expected has been hidden - they hid forensic evidence we'll see in two years past '07 - just a few things I thought that I should mention

HOOK
It's quite a few things I thought that I ought to mention - things you need to know as you grow and see the tension - you gotta go find these things that we need to show attention - so many lies they can't hide or keep it fenced in


McKinney also tryin to find out who killed 'Pac (Tupac) - I'm inclined to find out everything in my time before it stop - and tell you it all - tell you 'bout the fall of Jonestown - they said it was mass suicide from a drink they all downed - but they lied - 900 hundred lives they all died - and they hide the fact that it was a mind control drug camp - they don't want that getting out - they wanna stop it but they can't - you can check it no doubt go find it out on the internet - Jonestown conspiracy - mind control lies revealed to me - and it appears to go deeper than that and you can fear - but a coward dies a thousand deaths for them it's always near - if Jesus was alive they'd be callin em a traitor - for not supporting war - Fox News would be his haters - they'd call him 'hippie' and worse - and say he hate America first - diamonds are rocks - can't buy love or appreciation - supplied by blood diamonds - mined by lives at war in other nations - these status symbols could feed a kid for a year - and it's clear - and they fear - you'll realize weed is more benign than beer - race doesn't exist - it was socially created by a racist plant scientist named Carl Linnaeus

The Real News (Remix)

The real news is out there digging for facts on real topics - but it's where it's not for profit but exposing conglomerates - see news is an art - but sensationalism start - to bring ratings and top the charts - they get money - it's a business - you wanna know what's goin on read the Green Pages and witness - get The People's Weekly World - Teaching Tolerance Magazine - The Defenestrator - Worker's World - they put a stop to schemes - 'cause yo it seems if you live in the Philadelphia area - all the news talk of is murder - you probably heard of the hysteria - they stay getting their money off sensational headlines - investigative journalism don't figure in their deadlines - like looking at the cause of all these endings of these lives - why North Philly looks like Iraq and stays like that - why the military budget could knock poverty back (and end it) - we need investigative pieces of the independent news - don't rely on status quo - for the dough - corporate views - 'cause to blame people in Philly for the murders is straight racist - I blame the government for being money hungry and tasteless - when you make rich people richer - and stay ignoring the poor - of course you gonna have mass division and lasting wars - and Fox News is so loud they like kids when they fight - they got no logic and just yell what they think considered right - but all the major news they ain't asking the right questions - support the independent news and play my album for suggestions

HOOK
Time to hear some real views - 'cause they hide the real news - yo we lose when we pay attention to news that they presenting - we gotta move to the independent news - gotta choose - the real facts - like when I rap - what I mention needs attention


Gettin' the news today you can see it don't seem straight - since Reagan abolished the Fairness Doctrine in 1988 - it's no debate but it was 'cause the doctrine required - the news to air all sides of a story - or they got fired - now that it's away - this in fact paved the way - for large corporations to charge in and have the say - they own almost all of the radio - TV - and the news - we got corporate profit centers disseminating their views - they don't care about poverty - the greed - or environment - they out for top ratings to sell more air space for buying it - airing stories that trivial like Paris Hilton or Michael Jackson that appeal to the shallow parts of our brain for a reaction - we need the Fairness Doctrine back if we wanna see the facts - I react by reading and viewing the news that attacks - the status quo news - that ain't news - it's a business - that help keep the country in the hands of the richest

Global Warming

Al Gore tried to tell you truth - trouble with the land - but people didn't listen - they been missing what's at hand - global warming - this (is) a warning - we gotta stop with a plan - stop pollution - recycle - conserve and take a stand - conserve electrical power - in the electoral hour - we need - politicians with a vision - driven like Bill Cowher - use your voice like I rap - matter (of) fact - it's not an act - we got polar ice caps that could melt 'cause we been dealt with global warming from pollution - and if they melt we'll be losing - about half the world's land - from the floods over dams - like Katrina New Orleans - imagine the problems pouring - time to save the world -save the earth - I gave a verse - reserved for education - observe the problems that we facin - the environment - if we don't take care of it - we'll die in it - hip hop's divided with - them - and Truth's side of it - not for negativity - I'm for the earth - and I'll try and get - you to pay attention - get inspired and get to ventin' cause to save the earth's air - we gotta learn prevention - use your voice - sing or rap - or just talk and have direction - but whatever you do - do your part - start preventin - this issue it's life and death - with the mic it's like my quest - I use my musical form & bring the warning of global warming

NOTE
The above was an acapella/spoken word verse written for and eventually performed at events and festivals seeking environmental justice. It was used as a skit of sorts in between songs on this CD.

It's Time

Let's get it right - I'll incite - the type - light up a fire - get the mic - I excite - stay wired - got desire - not a liar - I'm reppin for the truth - this is proof - that at a young age - a sage can be a youth - like hippies and the Panthers - see cancer in the troops - it's time to seek answers and unfurl a world truce - my instincts is harder - now I think smarter - lines are flame starters - I'll explain - they come from my brain like a charger - it's time to end those - status quo rhymes they bug - they get retiring - I love to spark thoughts from above - plug the wires in - I stay movin' words like a cursor - it's time for - Essence and People to have a merger - I murder the ridiculous - ya heard - is ubiquitous - get a dictionary - I'm visionary - you ain't gettin' this - wordplay's slick - all day - I stay rippin' this

HOOK

It's time for - conformist thinking to hit the floor - it's time for - finding minds to open get the door - it's time for - troops to come home from their tour - it's time for - woman presidents to get four (years)

It's time to jump like Sam Dalembert - rip into this war - I roar - like a bear - my spirit - people fear it - it's rare - to find heads that question - I would dare - it's a blessing I'm'a share - rhyme lesson with a flair - my mind's so open - I be scopin' - couldn't change me if you arranged to let the pope in - it's Natural - I don't need to be smokin' - I'm sober - goin' over heads of those I be provoking - got hope - I'm not jokin' - the beat struck - I heat up and smolder - bringin' down walls fall - I'm the bulldozer - freedom creeps closer - each time I step up - and get up - my composure - to bring the dream of Martin Luther King to it's closure - I'm a ill composer - so hot - I need to sit on a coaster - not a poser - like airheads on a poster - check it out - gotta let it out - just be yourself - or else - your mental health - be in doubt - on the shelf

OUTRO

The man ain't keepin me down either

Take My Advice

Now we got a lotta talk about a whole lotta different issues - and I'm'a let you know which ones getting blown like some tissues - it's miscues - misused - mistrust - my disgust - the right wing's a bust as sure as night brings in the dust - check it - I'ma get like Beckett - Ben Wallace for President - Rasheed Wallace for VP - and me as secretary of what y'all need to see - I get visionary - they say times is scary - when the flag's more important than civil rights things is hairy - the 2000 Election was Gore - I wanted Nader - but too many jokers wanted to vote for Darth Vader. Yeah they stole it - but it - shouldn't have been so close - I expose it - you was stupid and got stupid 'cause you chose it - 2006 - I bust out the midst - I don't yield in the field like the Bus (Jerome Bettis) in a blitz - I don't care if you rich - talent usually don't get the chips (cash) - it's the people they knew that was already rich - I was hipped - I'm not fooled to the rules of the game - growing up for fame - seeing egos blowing up - just because you got a name - it's a shame - you gotta be your own person - they control you with money like rods to get the herds in - I'm sharp like an urchin - slick - searching for enlightenment - like Ricky Williams - I'm not out for the entitlement - if they rap like this - it's probably me ghostwriting it - heads need to take my advice so I'm reciting it

HOOK
It's a lot goin' wrong (echo) - I'm not gonna lie - but open up your eye(s) - take my advice - putting your head in the sand's not the way to live life - don't roll the dice - take my advice


I got a lot of advice - first rule in this life - it's nice to be important - but more important to be nice - and I'm nice on the mic - I like beats that be creepin - like this - so I can sneak up on those that be sleepin - to make 'em open minded and change 'em like the seasons - I was grievin' 'bout the state of the system - what's missing is common sense and vision - thoughts was trapped in my mind like a prison - I've arisen 'cause rhyming is my mission - sometimes I gotta speak - those times you need to listen - 'cause a lot of you pray - but they just be wishing - stop talking - start living - rappers today they talk is like littering - they stay embittering - impactin my raps sting like slaps when the winter's in - little kids is wildin' cause the world be bickering - change the adults 'cause the answers not ritalin - don't ever forget if you got a dog as a pet - don't let it bark - it might get poisoned - it's just real - I seen it happen - I'm not rappin - I'm lettin y'all know the deal - I love animals but - nobody want the noise - like when you at a restaurant wit your cryin' baby boys - it's like I told you in life - I stay givin' 'em advice

I got news for the country we not all white and Christian - and a lot of us is tired of the way you stay dissin' - stay wishin' us Merry Christmas - you don't get it - it's many holidays but a lot - don't respect it - I'm one to inspect it - analyze - open eyes - 'cause jokers try to pull wool down over lives - dissenting voices - the media be telling ya how to make choices - brains stained by advertising - bringing lives in - making you think that - you're worth what you're driving - I'm live in effect with the lines I inject - I object willingly - (the world) it's hostile - I got style like the Blade trilogy - and like the soundtrack to Bullworth it hurts to murk in laws with incivility - gays can't marry 'cause of your bible that's liable to tell you to stone those that oppose and rival? It's a crucifixion living lives with contradiction - addiction to listening to reverends that's rich and directin' your kids to meet priests that's molesting - yeah things is graphic but commercials got people with smiles to try and mask it - that (the) government (they) control it by putting cash in they basket - that's why they smile on the news when heads get blasted (killed) - to be positive take to heart my advice - your spirit'll be free - you'll be sharp like a knife

Keys 2 a Better World

Here's the keys here to fixing the earth 'cause we immersed - in sins like we cursed - seeing 'em get thin and worse - people dying from starving - it's alarming - and wars - and people harming each other 'cause of what they thought was sure - people ain't born racist - that's something that is learned - and religion ain't fixing what we faced with and it burns - sometimes it makes it worse - like the people that wanna kill gays - I fight it with my verse - you wanna kill 'em 'cause damn - you was brainwashed by thoughts not from god but a man - the bible was written by men who wanted power - to tell us how to live - so they could rule up in a tower - with plans to devour lands they invade in a guise of giving aid - just to have more space to build castles they can waste - so greedy *bucks* can get richer quicker - not caring how we bicker - in the trap of a battle to battle over scraps - but the facts and the keys - believe - I got three

HOOK
One problem is ignorance - they don't know about the problems, and two is the greed - but both problems we can solve 'em. Three is intolerance - the bigots is xenophobic - the keys to the world - they don't know it - so I'm'a show it


The first problem (echo) - is ignorance revolving - it's spinning - they don't even know who's winning or what we lost in - it's costing (echo) - lives (echo) and times (echo) we gotta up their eyes - let's arise - the real issues that they hide - the real victims how they died - King and Lincoln victims - Malcolm X - they had to trick 'em - and Bob Marley conspiracies - yet they hardly hearing these - they stuck in the lies - they arise on TVs - the second problem is greed - people bleed with many needs - it's time to go and share - prepare to go where I lead - sharing is vital - with great power comes great responsibility - you got cash but what you doing to build hospital facilities? Stop buyin' up the ice (jewelry) and start seeing what's real in life - take a trip to Africa - and say the way you live and rap is trife - and third that's intolerance - what you call racists I call bigots - One Race (1st album song) human it is scripted - but some old whites got it twisted - we all the same like white people with red and brown color hair - why don't we call 'em "Reds" and "Browns" and tell 'em they poor 'cause they stupid? It's conditioned - we all the same - it's a shame and I can prove it. No one is born a bigot - it's all learning what is ignorant - I know that this intolerance is the same thing with gays - it's time to re-educate - create new fate and different ways - get minds free with the keys

Alright here goes the keys real simple so you can see - you gotta listen to me to learn about two and three - then share - solve two from one - and that's the keys - I ain't gotta say nothing else - 'cause that's the way to share the wealth - to solve the plight of the world  - what's wrong and right unfurled - what to believe and who to choose - how we can win instead of lose - what's priceless and righteous - and the light to cure the blues - other speakers and rappers drop clues - give you bits and pieces to use - I gave you the whole puzzle and keep going 'cause I'm trouble - Tha Truth - I never fumble or stumble and staying humble 'cause I know the keys ain't easy to apply - and I'm a guy - who need money to supply the money to buy better ways to educate all these rappers and kids who think it's about their self and being great - so it's my fate to keep serving what I make - it's who I be - and who I am - for what I stand - 'cause man - damn that's the keys - it's time to open up the lock - press stop - rewind so you can see - how I gave the answers to problems in the hook and hand(ed) the keys - and if you got it in less than a minute - you didn't get it - it goes deeper than that - so hit rewind and take it back - to see the answers and the end - again and again

Outside the Box

Here I go again - freestylin' - (grab) my pen and then I put it down hyped - this the right sound - me I'm mic. bound right now (echo) - you can hear the tight sound - electronical - music it's impossible for me not to write to it - hits become iconical - stuck in these times - armed with rhymes - all my tonsils full - it's probable - indomitable lines - rhymes hit like a brahma bull. Rappers pause like commas, full, when I come through and drop these comets pull - logic - got my R.O.M full. Random - access - memory - remember me - I got it locked tight for life in the penitentiary. Beats they will mention me - they be whispering - listening - tryin' to figure out my identity - I rap abstract - it's an art started back in days before rap fell prey to dark acts

HOOK
Vision is seein' the things that can't be seen. I see it in my soul and unfold it in my dreams. I'm not limited in actuality - I paint a new reality - with breath that I express - few do it like my gallery


I'm so full of electronical artistry - I'm starting the - movement - so move wit it - pianos start the keys - start ascending from your leagues - start - hearts spark and breathe - set a fire to tracks quick like lit bark and leaves - I'm'a hearken a light breeze - grab the mic at night and please - I'm flyin' in music, so live I'm movin' through it - not my eyes they ain't provin' - got my ears back and groovin' - do this - remove stress - music take me on a trip to the West - yes - it's the new thang - new boom - here comes the bang - that's the way abstract rap move and hang - I'm out - exploration - studio in the middle of nowhere for creation - with beats seek to take you out the planet for vacation - face the sun - we burn learn from a space station - you don't understand what's here 'cause you stuck in low gears - you gotta think different when this flow go in your ears

I see these visions these other rappers ain't seeing or living - dead or alive - in the horizon I see my red sky is risen - sent in pictures living - (producer GPH from the Netherlands sent me a picture of a red sky that he saw outside on the day he sent me the beat for this song and named it Red Sky) and beats - we set the pace - this is G - P - H - my fam 'cross the lands - in the Netherlands - but the music bringing us together fam(ily) - ain't limited to genres or labels - I graduated through classes with honors - for me 'cause I'm able - to bring a lot of *ish* to the table - we bringing unescapable tales with rhymes - through times like a fable - it's mystic (echo) - echoes flow from everywhere - unexplained lyrical creations - getting placed in the soul of a man who can express what he facing - but can't explain how he got the gift the world embracing (music) - I'm not a rapper I make art - it's time to start appreciating - if they hating they don't understand - abstract rap visions is living and it spans - expanding 'cross the sands - easily breaking the rules and bans of the simple world that stands - you to stuck in what's been done - I make a new path and run - I don't follow the rules that's made or how it's laid - I jumped off it to evade and made my own trail I paved - 'cause hip hop - started from bein' original - stop following the rest and start being an individual - this way you can start to see all this crazy *ish* that I been givin' you. They always call visionaries crazy 'till they start to see with vision too

Solutions

We got so much pollution - so many things for which we need retribution - they wanna know - how to go make a contribution - to find a place for solutions. I say - think about today - how far are you willing to go? - how far you wanna know? - how many scars you wanna sew? For me, I've been formally introduced - Tha Truth shirt is my suit - I wear it everyday - every way - I can make a difference that I can say - I flip it in my scripts I play - 'cause - this is my job - but it's hard to find a job makin a difference - but it's other ways you can do your part to start makin' solutions in this. Recycle - get educated - make others listen to the way we've been degraded. Free your mind man it's righteous - and teaching - reaching other minds - you'll find it's also priceless. Share the gift worth more than money. Volunteer your time - get on your block and feed the hungry. Join a coalition - join a rally - march - or start one - in line with your position. Learn about your prescriptions. Support herbal medicine. Stop buying the commercial hip hop that they done bred us in. Shut off the idiot box - the TV's grip has gotta stop

HOOK
Do your part - it's time to start placing the solutions - it's never too late to help create a revolution


People want solutions to a lot of things that suck - I tell 'em you're never a failure till you've stopped and given up. I tell 'em keep speaking your mind - and with this you'll find - that every action taken - causes a ripple that moves eternally through time - cause change comes slow - it's a great feeling knowing what you not supposed to know, so I be reading into the night watch flicks (documentary movies) that bring things to light. Each one you teach is another one we've reached. If you get some money help some others if you can - do a favor for a favor - it's nothing major but it's a plan - stop - with the idiot box - the T - V - is the biggest mind control device that's ever came to be. Take public transportation - give to a charity in the form of a donation - but make sure they really (are) for the cause that they is facing - 'cause a lot of 'em is outlaws - out for y'all's ($) that's fakin - (think) how can you change the nation?

F Bush (Remix)

F Bush and everything he stands for - I planned for - a whole album dissing you - youre scams that you ran for. Your WMDs - that stood for Was Mad Deception. They want the death penalty you're for - for your crimes and regression. Here's a question - why you so against gays how you choose? They say the ones who so against it often the ones most confused. It's the blues - you the president - we lose - as you provin you can refute the constitution and turn back time on solutions - to world peace - feast the least money makin go to die for who you chasin - where they placing all the oil. You want death for drug dealers? You should get it for killing kids for your addiction to money. You hustle - driven - and you're hungry for more dough - you had to invent a whole war so the idiots would believe it - but you had help - proving the voting system could be defeated - 'cause we all know both elections you won - was 'cause you cheated. We should have a marriage ban on who takes the bible literally and believes it - 'cause people that stupid - probably shouldn't be allowed to take a kid and conceive it. I believe hell is real 'cause Bush you takin us there now. I'm sure Jesus loves your bombing and for the poor how you share now. If there is a hell, well, you need to get prepared now.

HOOK
F George Bush - F the Conservaties - F the lies in their speeches and the way they'll be cursing this - F corruption and greed - your whole team - your whole regime - Rice, Cheney and all who lyin - illegal wire taps and spying


Its not fair - Bush - Blair - they where the ignorance is shared. I don't read or watch the news 'cause I know your views is aired - 'Cause I know you pay the media - they're a business living off you - and when you get elected they rep(resent) it and help you pay the cost too. Seein you step off due. Impeachment is a treatment that wouldn't cover the cost due. We need you deported. Send you to the Middle East to go feast the oil you sorted. Or, send you to the border to try and keep out immigration. It's funny 'cause the only reason you hear is Columbus' degradation. Everyone here immigrated - they say you fear what you created - so you fear all the hate - you create - that you bated. You afraid of terrorists than you afraid of yourself - 'cause you terrorized the whole world on your way to more wealth. Halliburton and Cheney - it seems the whole world is crazy. F your whole Conservative base - they so stupid it amaze(s) me. You ignorant, racist, lyin', greedy, stupid, close minded, hypocritical, cheatin', evil, sneaky, criming - why you hiding - can't hide from the truth - it's so obvious - why the hell? They can't see through your crimes with their eyes - what your lies sell? Learn how T - R - U - T - H - is what I spell

You responsible for 700,000 lives that died in Iraq. You killed civilians - they never comin back. Claiming you support the troops but responsible for - a war that killed - over 4,000 youths. When you stole the election back in 2001 - the cost of gas amassed to just $1.41. Your whole team corrupt - 'cause you whole regime suck. All profiting from the war with Halliburton behind the curtain. Limiting his (gay) daughter's rights, Dick Cheney's a disgrace - pretending to tell the truth - even shootin his friend in the face - The whole cabinet in place need to be tried for war crimes - first step is impeachment - it gotta happen - we gotta seek it. The D's (Democrats) corrupt too - they want the money they don't need it. Change the system 'cause we losing. Campaign finance reform is one of many solutions we need to see in revolution. You environment abusing, oil drillin, all too willing - every week cost two million for the war costing trillions - taking bribes from the right - can't put a price on a human life


OUTRO
Impeach. Politricks.