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[Intro] So you want me to tell you about the place called America, right? It's a very very evil place So many atrocities have been committed by this nation And the poor people suffer because of the evil evil dragon Let me tell you Ha ha ha, oh you don't believe me? [Verse 1] It's a population divided over multiple topics We go through the process, hoping that voting can stop it Systemic poverty, economics holding us hostage The rich controlling and watching while they choke us for profits Deflection is the tool they use to alter the movement False conclusions like racism is just an illusion The American flag—blacks don't believe in that hype 'Cause we see stars every time we get beat with them stripes You plotting like hell every time we try to prevail Now you scared 'cause people waking up out of the spell They tell the black man forget what was done to him They say that just to hide the fact that what was done to blacks was done up under them See we been picked to be the victims So begging the system to treat us equal with them is a contradiction Go and listen to John Ehrlichman who worked for Nixon Said the war on drugs was meant to lock blacks up and restrict them [Chorus] Listen up, I'ma tell ya what they won't tell ya Slap ya with the raw truth even if it scare ya We gotta soldier up and go through the heat How can you wake up when you don't even know that ya sleep? Listen up, I'ma tell ya what they won't tell ya Slap ya with the raw truth even if it scare ya We gotta soldier up and go through the heat How can you wake up when you don't even know that ya sleep? [Verse 2] "Let's Make America Great Again" A coded phrase by racist hateful men who blame the poor citizens for the state it's in But we on top of that, got 'em covered like calamine Holding up a power fist yelling, "Free Palestine" We focus on shining and chase showbiz We know every rapper and actor but don't know what Jim Crow is And black people, why you praising the Clintons When they responsible for jailing you and raising your sentence? But you sellin' ya little dope 'cause you live in the slums But even in the drug industry, they give you the crumbs The government decided it then they created this environment Supplying it, then punish you for selling it or buying it And I admit that we don't help our situation When we contribute knowingly through voluntary participation Some of us still chase integration but that's what caused the evisceration You racist but say you a Christian nation [Chorus] Listen up, I'ma tell ya what they won't tell ya Slap ya with the raw truth even if it scare ya We gotta soldier up and go through the heat How can you wake up when you don't even know that ya sleep? Listen up, I'ma tell ya what they won't tell ya Slap ya with the raw truth even if it scare ya We gotta soldier up and go through the heat How can you wake up when you don't even know that ya sleep? [Verse 3] You lost and you don't see that what you backing is false How many blacks been bumped off under the flag and the cross? For years we've been advised about the prison business enterprise In Michigan they lied 'bout the water, committed Flinticide We fight the beast and the ratchet police From slavery up to now we get attacked in the streets You can't compare the Holocaust to the Blacks you mistreat Because in no time, the Jews was right back on their feet But see in our case, justice wasn't properly handled Opportunities blocked even when we go through the channels Got some rotten politicians who pretended to help 40 million blacks owning 1% of the wealth You made 'em rich and as long as they above you, you trapped You think they love you 'cause you can dunk or 'cause you can rap? So we stay connected to those who deceived and betrayed us I wish we loved us the way we love the people who hate us [Chorus] Listen up, I'ma tell ya what they won't tell ya Slap ya with the raw truth even if it scare ya We gotta soldier up and go through the heat How can you wake up when you don't even know that ya sleep? Listen up, I'ma tell ya what they won't tell ya Slap ya with the raw truth even if it scare ya We gotta soldier up and go through the heat How can you wake up when you don't even know that ya sleep?