Saigon - Blown Away lyrics
rate meFree all political prisoners
Even if all of you are lucky to be prisoners
But do you know what happens to most people that step up?
They get blown away!
Damn right!
Martin Luther king had more than a dream
He was out for social changes and sort of a thing
Tried to lead us to freedom, but before of a reign
He got blown away!
Got blown away!
You see the Parliament thought that he had to end the problem
And that's the reason why Hooey started to.. the party
Wasn't for Hoover, he's be alive today
He got blown away!
That man, Clarence Smith was like a father for many
Was for the love, cause the brother wasn't offered a penny
He said the black men was God, and it costed him plenty
Was it the time when was no police officers friendly
He brought the opposite nation, calling him a true living
And just to let you know they woke him and through him in prison
Wasn't for them and he'd be with us today
He got blown away!
Marvin Gaye wrote a song called "What's Going On"
The label said no, but he convinced them to go along
He spoke of Vietnam, and the shit that was going wrong
Trying to convince people that they need to keep holding on
He's saying "mercy, mercy me" and felt like he was crying
He want to save the hood, they understood why he was trying
He took a stand and said what he had to say
He got blown away!
Two blocks the call was more than a rapper
More than an actor it was more than awards he was after
He tried to teach young people the ghetto way
He got blown away!
Hey! We gotta give to him, Abraham Lincoln was honest
He was a racist, but he did when he said when he promised
He freed slaves, of course he was going bad
He got blown away!
John F. Kennedy fought for the people
A white president that wanted to see all of us equal
At least that's what he said, but.. for office to beat through
But then he run and he start doing awful to people
Assassin hit him with a bullet, he tore his cerebrum
I know a lot of ya thinking we wanna believe you, we do!
Black people pray for J.F.K!
He got blown away same way!
Gosh, I can't forget Peter Tosh
Then Bob Marley was jiggered and tossed..
Peter was Bob's right hand man, one hand...
The... of these brothers wanted more than just be loved!
Kill 'em on a guitar, but better upon a mike
I remember that revolutionary shit that he would write
Like "heads up, stand up! stand up for your right game!"
He got blown away!
You damn right!
Martin Luther king had more than a dream
He was out for social changes and sort of a thing
Tried to lead us to freedom, but before of a reign
He got blown away!
Tupac Shakur was more than a rapper,
More than an actor, it was more than awards he was after
Tried to teach young black people the better way
He got blown away!
And then was Saigon, I brought you the greatest story
I know they're watching me, and I know that they're waiting for me
I just pray that ya hear what I had to say
Before I get blown away!
