[Intro: Angela Davis]
People get very upset when they hear that black people have weapons or own weapons
Uhh.. and it’s so hypocritical because either they fail to realize the very real things which which uh..uh forced black people to arm themselves
Something that a lot of people perhaps are not aware of is the fact that W.E.B. Du Bois who was uh the greatest American black scholar
(He carried a gun all his life
All his life
He carried a shotgun and the shells
And he carried a pistol all of his life)
[Verse 1: Mach-Hommy]
I heard the story bout a man who had too much weight
Weighed too much grams
And too much eighths
Ate too much clams, too much steak
Had too much screw ups in his screw up state
Drove too much cars, wore too much clothes
But I was told, you could never hoard too much hoes
Weighed too much ears
Listening too clear
Making too much noise
Attract too much stares
Weighed too much eyes
Cried too much tears
Praying that you survive
That’s too much there
Shaking too much hands
And too much goons
Making too much plans
Much too much moves
Shaking too much spots
Too much of a lot, too much heart and too much smart to get shot
Don’t get too close because ya might get shot
[Chorus] x2
I finally told myself I had to go
I finally told myself I had to know, (know know know)
I finally told myself I had to leave
I finally told myself I had to see, (see see see)
[Angela Davis]
You ask me, well-
Whether I approve of violence
[Verse 2: Mach-Hommy]
Ain’t nothing I would rather f*cking do
Then to be hanging out with you
Getting paper
Uptown loot, with the coot giving vapours
Bucktown loose
Giving snoops what they came for
f*ck around duke, we the truth
Hittin’ capers
Hittin’ licks
Setting up fix with the laser, major
And that’s about the only intermezzo that a young fellow ever managed to bellow
These troubled thoughts theral, half steppin' rappers get rattled
I brush it off several, what you thinking back at the shettle
[Outro: Angela Davis]
The real content of any kind of revolutionary thrust
Lies in the- in the-
In the principles in the goal that you’re striving for
Not in the way you reach them