9TH PRINCE - Revolution Music lyrics

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['Beowulf' sample]

Tonight will be different

Tonight, he will find Geats waiting for him, not frightened sheep

[9th Prince]

It's time, aiyo, I was born the black Messiah

I was born, to expose all liars, my son name is Elijah

He got the power to heal the blind

The first lesson I was taught, is to stop eating swine

And don't believe in lies taught by mankind, praise the lord

Then pass the ammunition, like John Lennon

I'm part of the revolution, the solution

Stop the drugs, violence and prostitution

Build better schools, the seeds need to start droppin' more jewels

Before the hip hop community, drown in the devil's pool

I'm Malcolm X, I'm Noble Drew Ali, I'm Martin Luther King

I'm Nelson Mandela, fresh out of Sing-Sing

Or Abraham Lincoln, freeing the slaves and paving the way

My tongue is an AK, the world is a battlefield

I aim to kill all negativity, trying to lock down my will

But wait it gets ill, no tricks in '09, it's time to build

And shopping out my real skills, so what's the deal

We can listen to Farrakhan, pop champagne and still chill

"If you go away" - sample

[9th Prince]

Aiyo, the second verse is like a chapter out the bible

Thou shall not kill, thou shall not steal

Thou shall not squeal, thou shall not abandon

Pick up The Ten Commandments, to get a better understanding

I'm KRS-One, By Any Means Necessary

I'm Dead Prez, with a Talib Kweli vocabulary

I'm Killah Priest from the Middle East

Refusing, the mark of the beast

Teaching on these corners of these dark streets

I'm a Poor Righteous Teacher, coming through your speakers

From right to left, everything I say is Mos Def

I'm not from Chicago, but me and the rapper got something in Common

We both make sense, this song ain't about drama and suspense

It's war like, going against the teaching of Willie Lynch

Let's come together to make it better

No matter the stormy weather, stay black and get that cheddar

So we can build for the future, future

"If you go away" - sample

[Planet Asia]

Black leader with a heater, the resurrection of me

I'm peace, God, we never celebrate Easter

Or anything the beast does, feast your eyes on these thugs

Who sling drugs, getting his G's up

Diamonds in a rough, black conglomerates, the power is us

It's a collective, we can do alotta damage and plus

Just what it look like, back against the wall, me and my brothers

Dealing with science, high as a kush-ite

My solar flames cook mics, now is your shit mythological

Or archeological, my name printed in Egypt in hieroglyphics

I'm a monument, a czar to who be, the most dominant, magical molicule

Maker of mankind, the planet is mines, by a landslide

I'm on the throne as long as the fans ride, I dig it

It's easy, and we never letting the brand die, MC's

Sweeter than a slice of pecan pie

I come through looking blessed, surrounded by 24 elders

And seven angels of death, visions that appear when I rest

Yo, I learned reality, is only what the mind's able to manifest, yes

"If you go away" - sample

['Malcolm X' sample]

Before there was any such thing as a Republican or a Democrat, we were black

Before there was any such thing as a Mason or an Elk, we were black

Before there was any such thing as a Jew or a Christian, we were black people

In fact, before there was any such place as America, we were black

And after America has long passed from the scenethere will still be black people

I'm gonna tell you like it really is

"If you go away" - sample

Thanks to bogdanelu for correcting these lyrics