Home Invasion
Message to the Soldier
Ice-T
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Now they killed✦ King and they shot X
Now they want me, you could be next
All you gotta✦ do is speak too loud
All you gotta✦ be is be too proud
Cause once you let'em✦ know
Who you are and where you're at
You better✦ watch your back
Cause you might think you're just dope
While you're livin'✦ in a sniper's scope
I'm not tryin' to scare you
But there's a danger✦ if you get too deep
Some nights I don't sleep
All you wanna✦ do is tell the truth
All you wanna✦ do is save the youth
Ice Cube knows, Souljah knows, P.E. knows
They throw death blows
And if you got kids or a girl that's true
They'll move on them too
But when I'm gone I need you to carry✦ on
You gotta✦ be strong and fight for our salvation✦
But there will be retaliation,✦ soldier...
To think that rap couldn't be attacked
Is ignorin' the simple fact
That they never✦ ment us to speak
They had planned to keep the black man weak
But rap hit the streets
Black rage amplified over✦ dope beats
Now they want to shut us down
And they don't fuck around
Check the history books, son
Black leaders✦ die young
They tell us that your words are scary✦
They're revolutionary
Because we speak the truth
About✦ crime and drugs
And expose✦ the real thugs
This info✦ is not beneficial
To the groups that go by three initals
So they try to discredit
They'll dog you with an edit✦
Print the words the way you never✦ said it
But we gotta✦ make'em✦ regret✦ it, soldiers...✦
Word! I know a lot of brothas out there want to get in this war...
You know what I'm sayin'? a lot of sistas got a lot of knowledge to drop on our people. But right now they're movin'✦ to shut down all hip-hop.✦ The first amendment had absolutely nothin'✦ to do with black people, at the time constitution✦ was written, we were considered nothin'✦ but property...The expectation✦ of havin'✦ black people speak on records never✦ came to mind, so we gotta✦ move!
But believe me, all the black leaders✦ have been silenced and most
Of the time it's been violent, so if you choose to get in this war
Realize what you're in for but we gotta✦ move on...
And we gotta✦ stay strong...
Message✦ to the soldiers,✦ welcome to the struggle...
Message✦ to the soldiers,✦ be careful, soldiers...✦
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