Black Dawn

Lyrics

[Intro: sample] For many though, this birth place Of the automobile and organized labor Was seen as a promised land For 25 years, southern blacks migrated north Seeking middle class prosperity But by summer of 1967 Much of that hope, had turned to hopelessness [Chorus: Bronze Nazareth] Yo, you that wrong, I crack a sky, a black dawn Put your Wallabies back on, it's time for a swarm You that wrong, you get your Timberlands blacked on Jungle fatigues, bulletproof vests back on [Verse 1: Bronze Nazareth] I blow dimes all up in your way, spit a dart in your face You don't know me in the first place My birth date equivalent to forty earthquakes I smirk gray, polly on streets where the motors leak Kids hold heat cause they plates is cold My weight's in gold, turn about face behold The street scroll, never run slow, said wise old Elder, I hear beats like Helen Keller Feel 'em straight out the speaker, to my animated blood flow Pass records around like contaminated needle, heave ho My sound heavy like tree fall, I flee halls, bleed through gauze Carry grym reaper in millimeter form, and spill a liter for him Born to take any soul, relentless henny flow, chops heads like guillotines Smoke Philly's with my queen, I'm still in the machine DT's at my day job, talking bout the day gruel They may drown me, my shadow too vicious Can't keep them around me, hide 'em under the hoody He live like Whitney, intelligent like Eli We ride like the jitney Pass time like a clock used for a Frisbee Joy Road, Ward Street, that's the shoes that fit me [Chorus: Bronze Nazareth] Yo, you that wrong, I crack a sky, a black dawn Put your Wallabies back on, it's time for a swarm You that wrong, you get your Timberlands blacked on Jungle fatigues, bulletproof vests back on [Verse 2: Bronze Nazareth] Burn a building, Wu-Tang bats all in the sky Causing a black day, I see through the eye Of a tornado, force feed with grater ladels Tower of babel labels, Fall of Rome when I call the chrome Go home lord, I'll slice you I engineer trains of thought, diabolical molecules Light skin marksmen, park two in your follicles Twelve men equipped, seven reverends can vouch too About you, fuckin' with me, my Clan emblem Remember where it came from, 'fore I cock and aim one Dart at the cranium, fuck up your suit coat These rhymes I wrote, aimed at the ivory coast Piano keys I tap, like a nervous child's knee I served in the streets for the army of God Bring your bomb squad, national guard, I'm passin' through bars Escapin' prison, armed with great vision God given heredity, bet it be An armed bank robber with pedigree [Chorus: Bronze Nazareth] Yo, you that wrong, I crack a sky, a black dawn Put your Wallabies back on, it's time for a swarm You that wrong, you get your Timberlands blacked on Jungle fatigues, bulletproof vests back on "Think Differently!"