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We walk alone

And as we walk

We must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead

We cannot turn back

Back in the days it was "Free Mandela"

In 2007 it's like "Free Mumia"

Oprah opens up a school for girls, that's dope

We don't like George Bush but black folks don't vote

We use the word "nigga" and we don't think twice

Then we get all upset when it's used by whites

Dope, guns and hoes is part of the rap game

And it's just entertainment how it's often explained

Trust, I'm guilty too when I call her a bitch

'Cause it takes a whole village to raise a kid

Willie Lynch system is still in effect

I bet this joint won't go platinum if it ain't all about sex

No more black medallions and consciousness

We living like we in blaxploitation flicks

What will the future hold if we don't school the youth?

I bet this won't get no radio play 'cause I'm speaking the truth

I am here in Shaw to discuss with you a problem

Which is not local but national

Not northern or southern, east or west

But a national problem, a national challenge

A problem and challenge and responsibility and opportunity

Which will be before us all in the coming months

And indeed in the coming years

People look blind, the government's corrupt

Mad young millionaires, the hood's still fucked up

We forgot where we from, so where you at?

Record companies give us deals so we can sell crack

James Brown died, it was on TV once

Anna Nicole Smith was on channels every four months

Nobody wants to be a doctor, everybody wants to stunt

I saw this cat on TV give a baby a blunt

The ghetto got the highest dropout rate

Blacks occupy the most cells in jails upstate

Wanting what they see on TV, young chicks sell they ass

A new mother can't cope, she throws her baby in the trash

Inflated gas prices like $3.99

Troops in Iraq are straight losing they mind

What will the future hold if we neglect the youth?

I bet this won't get no airplay 'cause I'm speaking the truth

Click, brrrrrrr, click

I'm sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative

Is inoperative

Nuclear power's tarnished by Kim Jong-il

Shorty only thirteen and already on the pill

Poor people of the planet feel like there's no hope

Satanism's a religion, a ex-Nazi's the Pope

Damn near five years and we ain't get Bin Laden yet

Palestine suicide bombs but Israel uses jets

Trailer trash snorts meth, crackheads smoke pipes

How come blacks have the most negative stereotypes?

Like we full of lies and we'll never rise

It's no surprise that killer bees are Africanized

Five cents a day in India keep companies rich

Truth, justice and equality is all bullshit

Like the days of Defenfetchet we still acting like fools

We have the most expensive cars but oldest books in schools

What's our future gonna be if we don't teach the youth?

I bet this won't get no airplay because I'm speaking the truth