Dead Prez - Police State Lyrics
[sample of chairman omali yeshitela:]You have the emergence in human societyOf this thing thats called the stateWhat is the state? the state is this organized bureaucracyIt is the po-lice department. it is the army, the navyIt is the prison system, the courts, and what have youThis is the state -- it is a repressive organizationBut the state -- and gee, well, you know,Youve got to have the police, cause..If there were no police, look at what youd be doing to yourselves!Youd be killing each other if there were no police!But the reality is..The police become necessary in human societyOnly at that junction in human societyWhere it is split between those who have and those who aint got[dead prez]I throw a molotov *****tail at the precinct, you know how we thinkOrganize the hood under I ching bannersRed, black and green instead of gang bandanasF.b.i. spyin on us through the radio antennasAnd them hidden cameras in the streetlight watchin societyWith no respect for the peoples right to privacyIll take a slug for the cause like huey p.While all you fake niggaz {*unnngh*} try to copy master pI want to be free to live, able to have what I need to liveBring the power back to the street, where the people liveWe sick of workin for crumbs and fillin up the prisonsDyin over money and relyin on religion for helpWe do for self like ants in a colonyOrganize the wealth into a socialist economyA way of life based off the common needAnd all my comrades is ready, we just spreadin the seed(chorus: dead prez)The average black maleLive a third of his life in a jail cellCause the world is controlled by the white maleAnd the people dont never get justiceAnd the women dont never get respectedAnd the problems dont never get solvedAnd the jobs dont never pay enoughSo the rent always be late; can you relate?We livin in a police state[dead prez]No more bondage, no more political monstersNo more secret space launchersGovernment departments started it in the projectsMaterial objects, thousands up in the closetsCouldve been invested in a future for my comradesBattle contacts, primitive weapons out in combatMany never come backPretty niggaz be runnin with gatsRather get shot in they back than fire backWe tired of that - corporations hirin blacksDenyin the facts, exploitin us all over the mapThats why I write the shit I write in my rapsIts documented, I meant itEvery day of the week, I live in it; breathin itIts more than just *****in believin itIm holdin them ones, rollin up my sleeves an shitIts cee-lo for push-ups now, many headed for one conclusionNiggaz aint ready for revolution(chorus: dead prez){*police siren wails*}[speaker unknown]I am.. a revolutionaryAnd youre gonna have to keep on sayin thatYoure gonna have to say that I am a proletariatI am the people, Im not the pig[another speaker]Guiliani you are full of shit!And anybody thats down with you!You could man-make things better for usAnd you cuttin the welfareKnowin damn well when you cut the welfare,A person gon do crime..
