I Want to Talk to You

Lyrics
[Chorus] I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman Can I talk to ya? [Verse 1] Step up to the White House, let me in What's my reason for being? I'm ya next of kin And we built this motherfucker You wanna kill me because my hunger? Mr. America, young, black niggas want ya I wanna talk to the man, understand? Understand this motherfuckin' G-pack in my hand Look what happened to San Fran Young girl hit by policeman Twelve shots up in her dome, damn Niggas thought we slept but the architect sent The Pentagon's from Egypt, government secret The 99 to 2-G computer shutdown, what now Extension on Earth, human cutdown Niggas play with PlayStations, they build a spacestations On Mars, plottin' civilizations Dissin' us, discriminatin' different races Tax payers pay for more jail for Black and Latin faces [Chorus] I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman Can I talk to ya? [Verse 2] I'm just a black man, why y'all made it so hard, damn Niggas gotta go create his own job Mr. Mayor, imagine if this was your backyard Mr. Governor, imagine if it was your kids that starved Imagine your kids gotta sling crack to survive Swing a mack to be live, cardiac and get high It's the ghetto life, yeah, I celebrate it, I live it And all I got is what you left me with, I'ma get it And y'all combinin' all the countries, we gon' do the same Combine all the cliques to make one gang It ain't a black and white thing It's to make a change, citizens of a higher plane [Chorus] I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman Can I talk to ya? [Verse 3] What y'all waitin' for, the world to blow up? Before you hear this, rewind this, 4 minutes before we timeless Let y'all niggas bang my shit before Saddam hits Let Nastradamus tell us what time it is They try to buy us with dough Fake black leaders of puppets always talkin' 'bout the city budget The news got it all confused, lyin' to the public They eyes watchin', stay wise, move above it Water floods predicted, hurricanes, twisters It's all signs of the Armageddon, three sixes People verse the system, politics verse religion Holy war, Muslim verse Christian Niggas in high places, they don't got the balls for this People in power sit back and watch them slaughter us Mr. President, I assume it was negligence But your streets are upside down, I'm here to represent [Chorus] I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman I wanna talk to the mayor, to the governor, to the motherfuckin' president I wanna talk to the FBI, and the CIA, and the motherfuckin' congressman Can I talk to ya? [Outro] Can I talk to you, Mr. President? Niggas tryin' to get with the computers, man We ain't John Henry Banging down a fuckin' cave, fighting against a machine We want to be part of the establishment, nigga That's what we steppin' up for Ain't no cartoon out here This shit is real Total Package in this nigga LES in this nigga Ill Will nigga Mr. President wanna keep us from establishment Niggas are American, baby American Made
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Credits
- Writers
- Nas
- L.E.S.
- Al West