4 We Gon' Blame the Man? Lyrics

I don't think

You all understand

How serious this is man

I start this out

By offering

No apologies

For telling truths

Proven by

Anthropology

No need to

Offer me cosmologies

Align the stars in my astrology

I know what I'm doing

Read my words

So there's no misconstruing

I'm reviewing

The blasts

From the past

To create a new present

So we can all have

A brand new reverence

That will surely last

For generations

And build us

Some better nations

With positive vibes

On radio stations

Pouring libations

For participation

From ancestors

Yes! predecessors

Who fought

Their oppressors

And sometimes

Were the manifestoes

Of very strong aggressors

So learn from

Their lessons

Consider my suggestions

Cause we know

History is a weapon

We got to keep stepping

Flexing

Checking mics

Tell them

We gone blame the man

We could

The one in the mirror

Should

Work to do what's good

Regardless of the neighborhood

We gone blame the man

We could

The one in the mirror

Should

Work to do what's good

Regardless of the neighborhood

I was supposedly free

But the color of my skin

Legally defines me

In a place that was stolen

From my past

Ancestors of the red clay

Still last

But the rule of law is under

The rule of thumb

Of a bunch of criminals

That wanted freedom

Of their speech

Rights to bear arms

And noose necks

Free to change the meaning

Of holy texts

With unholy hermeneutics

JUST LET ME CLEANSE THIS ANGER FROM MY SOUL

So we can do this

My liver needs to heal

Can't drink away the pain

How does it feel?

If I'm free doesn't mean

I'll oppress

But you scared that I'll flip this mess

The indigenous ones

Claiming stake on our home

By splitting your wig

With one to the dome

But you're our distant cousins

That were chiseled out of

Caves in the frozen mountains

The ones that created colored water fountains

Bottlenecked gene pools

That are jealous of our genetic dominance

Our athletic prominence

And our rhythmic swag

Our very existence is

How we brag

And we don't even have to boast

So i make a toast

To all our predecessors

That fought and died

So we could be the host

Of a better world wide

That doesn't mumble

When we rap

That doesn't fumble

When we clap

And pick up the baton of leadership

So Let's LEAD

So Let's LEAD

So Let's LEAD

So Let's LEAD

So in vain we don't bleed

We gone blame the man

We could

The one in the mirror

Should

Work to do what's good

Regardless of the neighborhood

We gone blame the man

We could

The one in the mirror

Should

Work to do what's good

Regardless of the neighborhood