Home Invasion
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[Verse 2: Body & Soul]
Sisters,✦ since we are the mothers✦ of this earth
It's time we start being good mothers✦ from the birth
Of our children,✦ no time for sleeping✦
Teach them to fight and win for the right reason✦
It's your time, it's your life, live it
Proud to be black, young and gifted✦
Lifted✦ by the knowledge✦ and taking✦ the right route
Gang violence✦ needs to be wiped✦ out
A-L-M-I-G-H-T-Y and Dee-Z-I-R-E
We see the F-U-T-U-R-E✦
Should be a positive✦ thing
Body✦ & Soul and you, we're in the same gang
[Verse 3: Def Jef]
One and the same
Everyone✦ came in the same chains
Caught with the same aim
Brain games✦ and names✦ changed
To protect the innocent bystander✦
Lies, slander✦ and the master-planner
Destroy the black male
Crack jail and semi-automatic
For static if the crack fails
So since we all talk the same slang
Stop killin,✦ my brother,✦ 'cause we're all from the same gang
[Chorus: Michel'le]
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?✦
Make the change cause we're all in the same gang
[Verse 4: Tone-Loc]
Now as a youth, I used✦ to get my bang on
And on the ave, get my part-time slang on
This point time for me was no joke though
They knew I was crazy,✦ so they labelled✦ me Loco✦
Khakis creased, golf hat, feelin'✦ sporty✦
Low ridin'✦ and tossin'✦ up a forty✦
Thinkin in my mind that no one could handle us
The downest brothers✦ ever✦ touched Los Angeles
I found life was much more suitable
'Cause I'm the brother✦ that makes✦ black so beautiful
I ain't slippin'✦ or down with a head trip
I'm talkin'✦ to all the Bloods and all the Crips
Throw down your rag and get on the right track, man
It's time to fight, unite,✦ and be a black man
Tone-Loc is on a positive✦ change
'Cause remember, we're all in the same gang
[Verse 5: Above The Law]
Bein' the pimps that we are
We're here to speak on a situation✦ that has gone too far
Here at home in the ghettos of LA
Where a young black brother's✦ not promised to see the next day
'Cause we used✦ to clock on the streets before✦ we made a beat
But fools just lay and prey on the weak
It don't depend on the color✦ of a rag
Cause if you got what they want you know they gonna✦ take what you have
Cause violence✦ don't only✦ revolve from drugs and thugs
And gangs that bang
Most times✦ it's a political thang
Yeah, a couple of spots'll get popped✦
And if the government wanted✦ to freeze it, it could all get stopped
But they don't because✦ they want it like that
Because✦ the system's been set up to hold us back
Yeah, Above✦ The Law means that we can do whatever
So why don't we stick together?✦
(You got it)
[Verse 6: Ice-T; Hen-G]
Ice-T✦ rippin'✦ the microphone✦ the way I do
Listen✦ close, my brothers,✦ 'cause I'm talkin✦ to you
The problem is we got a suicidal lifestyle
'Cause 90 percent of us are livin'✦ foul and wild
I say "job", you say "Bad joke
I'd rather✦ jack another✦ brother,✦ watch the gun smoke"
Livin✦ in the fast lane flippin✦ like you're insane✦
You won't stop until✦ your blood runs down the street drain
I got an idea,✦ give me a minute✦
And if it makes✦ sense, then get with it
What if we could take our enemies, feed em poison✦
Undereducate their girls and boys and
Split em up, make em fight one another✦
Better✦ yet, make em kill for a color✦
All my brothers✦ need to know one thing
No matter✦ what you think, we're all in the same gang
[Chorus]
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?✦
Stop the fighting
(Make the change)
Because✦ we're all in the same gang
[Verse 7: Dr. Dre and MC Ren]
Yo, we're not here to preach because✦ we're not ministers✦
We're telling like it is cause Ren and Dre is like sinister
Reality speaks for itself when it's spoken✦
A basehead cluck can't blame nobody✦ for smoking
Yo, bullets✦ flying, mothers✦ crying, brothers✦ dying
Lying in the streets, that's why we're trying
To stop it from falling apart✦ and going to waste
And keeping✦ a smile off a white face
N.W.A never✦ preaching,✦ just teaching✦
The knowledge✦ of the streets to each and
All that don't understand, that's why we came
To let you know that we're all in the same gang
[Verse 8: JJ Fad]
The J double, F, the A, the D, that is
And if you want the solution✦ to the quiz
What's black and black, yo, and kills another?✦
An ignorant sucker✦ that isn't labelled✦ as a brother✦
But another✦
So now it's time we evolve✦
And get together✦ and solve it
Cause the world is revolvin
Around✦ a terrible✦ situation✦
One will kill another✦ for a reputation✦
So it's time we stop and realize that we're all the same
Yo Train, tell em (We're all in the same gang)
[Verse 9: Young MC]
Brothers✦ killin'✦ other✦ brothers✦
I thought the idea✦ was to love one another?✦
Open✦ up the paper✦ to one more death
If y'all keep this up then there'll be no one left
I try my best to set an example
Sayin hype lyrics over✦ hip-hop✦ samples
Not just to brag or to boast but to inform✦
Cause we're livin✦ in the calm before✦ the storm
You see, I believe that the children✦ are the future✦
But what's it all about✦ if in the future✦ they shoot ya?
We're all human✦ beings, if we're cut we'll bleed
And I want to see all young people succeed
Do 9 to 5, not 5 to 10
Just go to work and not the state pen
Cause you live better✦ when you're out there free
And that's comin✦ straight to ya from the Young MC
[Verse 10: Digital Underground]
I'm in a rage
(Oh yeah? Yo, why is that G?)
Other✦ races,✦ they say we act like rats in a cage
I tried to argue, but check it, every✦ night in the news
We prove them suckers right and I got the blues
America
(Get busy,✦ Humpty)✦
The red, the white, the blue and
The blue and the red for Crips and Bloods
The white for who's got you doing time
Busting caps on one another✦
(The Underground's down for peace among✦ brothers)✦
Kill a black man?
(What?)
Yo, what, are you retarded?
(Tell em, Hump)
Yo, do you work for the Klan?
(Do what ya like)
Unless you like gang-banging✦
Let's see how many✦ brothers✦ leave us hanging✦
[Verse 11: Oaktown's 3.5.7.]
The gang that should hang is the one that contains
The sisters✦ and the brothers✦ who are all in the same frame of mind
Now listen,✦ get loose, it's unity✦ time
Yeah, yeah
Peace is a presence✦ that we all need
The future's in our hands, in word and deed
I'm Terrible✦ T and I'm Sweet LD
We're 3.5.7. totally
[Verse 12: MC Hammer]
Kickin✦ on the ave 'bout a quarter to 9
All the homies✦ gettin✦ blind in an eight ball line
Now on this tip they started✦ runnin✦ at the lip
Jumped✦ in their deuce and took a little trip
Hit the block about✦ 12 on the tick
The windows went down and the nines✦ went click
People started✦ yellin,✦ bodies✦ started✦ bailin✦
Bullets✦ cold flyin sendin✦ some to hell and
It's gotta✦ stop, we don't need all the violence✦
Peace in the hood and a moment✦ of silence✦
We got together✦ not for ego✦ or fame
We got involved cause we're all in the same gang
[Verse 13: Eazy-E]
Last but not least, yo, Eazy's✦ no sell-out
And if you can't hang in the streets, then get the hell out
I'm not tryin to tell ya what to do
You have your own freedom of choice who to listen✦ to
You knew good from bad, fair from foul, right from wrong
Now your mother's✦ singing that sad song
(My baby✦ ain't never✦ hurt nobody!)✦
But he still got smoked✦ at BeBe's✦ party✦
But you're not the first or the last
You're nothin✦ but a short story✦ from the past
You're dead now, not number✦ one but a zero✦
Take notes✦ from Eazy-E, the violent hero✦
[Chorus]
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?✦
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?✦
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