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The Last Poets - update...ome plays and shoot the shit. But there's o...an cities where all the blacks at...Niggas are on the grind...All of the time...Every day is the Winter...Cause evin in the middle of Summer...The streets shudder from the poverty blizzard...So you move in the white...With the crew in the night...But you're nervous:...The block drafted you into the service...The curse...Wakin' up is the beginning of a day ...I hit the front line with my ...Shootin' jumpers as the boys in blue pass m...I pass cream to the crack fiends...The other day a first L...Started up the car and it exploded...When if the the nigga with the purple heart of courage ain't the oldest...le man could go and create a plan to ambush...Could be the death of me...it's hard, when you're up in rank this far...Traumatized by the lies of the turncoats... shot glock nine to the head...The rate you're gain' weight got yo...They see you're not sleepin'...And manipulate the treason...I slowly turn the gun to myself and s...The grievous...I didn't create this shit, I was born into it. Like I didn't create the projects, I didn't create homelessness, I didn't create poverty, I didn't create unemployment, I didn't create this poor education

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That through the rain, cloudy skies...And the thunderbolts, it ai...I won't blame it on the rain...(Don't blame it on the rain)...can make it through the pain...To the otherside of the game...I won't blame it on the rain...(Don't blame it on the rain)...can make it through the pain...To the otherside of the game...ely can see through the smoke...At the end of my rope from...is - still sportin' the sag...Walkin' the streets, lightweigh...truggle, a puzzle - the pieces so scattered...in' around like you're blinded...your eyes, and peep the plot...That through the rain, cloudy skies...And the thunderbolts, it ai...Bow my head, askin' the Lord for change...Shit ain't been the same...These are the last days... cocaine to rockin' the stage...The otherside of the game...Where you're rich, my aim to fam...tradin' places, you're dealin' with races...The Lord, I'd like to t... try to parlay with the struggle God done d...Through the stormy weather...That through the rain, cloudy skies...And the thunderbolts, it ai...I won't blame it on the rain...I won't blame it on the rain)...can make it through the pain...To the otherside of the game...I won't blame it on the rain...I won't blame it on the rain)...can make it through the pain to the otherside of the game...g I ever knew since the day I was born...Makin' ends meet the best way she knew h...Keepin' food up on the table...Teachin' me the ways of the world - pick your f... your distance from the playa hater...I often wonder why the Lord...Had to create me in a world, oh s...No more, we're warriors....Ken bagged the stores...Tryin' to get money the best way I know how...But look at us now: the plan was to create jams...or die, Mo Thug all the way to my dirt...I know it hurt--the way we put in work...to Range Rovers, we're still soldiers... had it through all the wicked madness...Come kick it the way we roll...Come through with the battle...And robbed the people next door...The ghetto?...hy this old crooked system set up to mess us u...e up and never fade the soldiers' ghetto...That through the rain, cloudy skies...And the thunderbolts, it ai...I won't blame it on the rain...e can't blame it on the rain)...can make it through the pain...To the otherside of the game...I won't blame it on the rain (oh, no, yeah....can make it through the pain...To the otherside of the game....Often to the point of shatterin'...Keep you're head to the sky...And strive to reach the golden prize...may be like that on the outside...ollin', trustin' in the Lord (in the Lord)...gettin' harder with the time...That through the rain, cloudy skies...And the thunderbolts, it ai...(Through the rain, through the clouds...Through the thunderbolts)...I won't blame it on the rain...e can't blame it on the rain, no)...can make it through the pain...To the otherside of the game...I won't blame it on the rain...can make it through the pain)...can make it through the pain...To the otherside of the game

Give it to the people ...To be in with the in-crowd ...Who live their life the same ...To keep up with the trend ...The money you are savin...The changing of the trend ...The fashion they have c...Will create a financial friend ...To help the financial friend...You'll never have the authority ...You're of a so called bett...m to think that you're so special ...The end is nigh or so t...hat's that flash on the horizon? ...They're only going through ...Kids are all the same ...We know you're only young ...Ignore the bores at school ...Counteract the system ...Youngsters are the best ...Counteract the system ...You're just a load of poin...You're just a load of pointless bastards; You're driving me insane ...I can't see the reason ...ere's no justice in the lot of 'em ...They're all just legalized ...Using people is the name of the game ...You're just another dumb r...Don't know what we're gonna do ...In the day, you're just a lad ...You're a poser, it ain't s...aos in society, you're to blame ...s to come, it'll be the same...The glueheads walk with...The zombie walk that th...The glueheads walk with...ddiction overweighs the choice; corrosion of the brain ...ddiction overweighs the choice; corrosion of the brain ... unseen war without the crime ...ulation growing all the time ...Without the aid of bombs and pl...Politicians blab the crap ...What the hell does he take u...n, chaps, just join the call up: ...You're just one big fuckin

We gonna drop the bomb ("Drop the bomb!") ...We gonna drop the bomb ("Drop the bomb!") ...We gonna drop the bomb ("Drop the bomb!") ...We come to drop the bomb ("Drop the bomb!") ...] We gonna drop the bomb on the Yacub crew ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ...] We gonna drop the bomb on the Cave-Man crew ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ...] We gonna drop the bomb on the Ignorance crew ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ...] We gonna drop the bomb ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ...like a mason, facin the East ...Brought West, to the belly of the beast ...Rise the dead, from the graves of slaves ...Fly the head, of the men in the caves ...Why do we fear, the devil now that he's...ught you how to eat the wrong food ...By the course of Allah, the true and living ...cream of the planet earth God of the universe ...The first soul, black l...The devil couldn't chec...The Nubians wreck it, a... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ...s weight, and freed the slaves ...at the black man, see us ...They're way understaffed, and I don't understand the math ...Now the way the system works the black man can get the purchase ...Drop the family, it neutrali...Like wards of the state, doin one to ...The welfare system can create a black horror ...ow some people need the money but others, t...this they take away the cats who're disadvantaged ...And the long list grows, mo...This is the wrong circle that contains the black people ...Now the way devil got us is the way the devil want it ...ain't even his land the Indians was here fi...The savagery displayed made the red man disperse ...I'm out to squash the whitewashed brainwa...oks and a school in the fort ...in the Rule, with three gr...So beware devil man the days of ? is almost...The army's on the range, you think it...Nubians is in the picture, Armageddon... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ...Well here I go from the tippy so those who ...Blind deaf and dumb the God Haji's here to ...Straight to the Kingdom is where I ...The devil is the one who dare not to...Brought forth the plan on how to divi...rive to my duty for the better of the black man ...Everywhere you look the black man is on the map and ...headin straight for the colored man ...So let's move on, the mental of the black man has been ..., so here I come to the drum ...Cause see the purpose of me comin...give a third eye to the blind ...or years we fought, the blind's been taught, the chains in thought ... time, black man we're takin no shorts ...Here comes the God to send the devil right back to... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ... ("Drop the bomb!"), ("Drop the bomb!") ...tches "Drop it!" to the end *

others see the system that I see or do th...society. The days of smart enoug...for the spark will ignite. 'Till I can catch a cab at the town at ...rom Howard Beach to the Hearse. 'Till I can get the pill ...Don't tell me of the countries or the island that you see...As a player of the game, of the lifetime game I am ...Wish while I wash, the water hot gets cold...fact the dish gets clean and I get older. Seemly so, the dishes will ...erstand foundation. Create my own creation. If...lack I'm crying, so the tear would turn to ... give me money, but the money much to low f...meet the match of present da... 'cause you can get the play. I pick your s...ay, another day, in the land ...hove just living in the life of who. A blac...r blind. I'm seeing system is hard ...ieve in. Underneath the underside I'm under... so uncouth. I took the SAT's and that's the ... hang you'all. Walk the street ...you're ...only in the wrong if you get ca

om putting power to the test? ... who worked outside the system ...tle challenging all the rights and wrongs ...The state, sexism, war,...tions, reputations, the class systems ...The music took a backseat so the message got louder ...r game, and watched the political minds sub...ts failed feebly to create divisions in the movement ..., unmarketable, not the bullshit we were us...t? Not theirs! They're still doing their b...ople don't climb on the pedestal; they are ...The shit we get, the shit we get

ou was a mark up at the high school ...Now you're hardcore like CB4 ...So back on the grind and don't cat...Like the other young bitches...You're nothing but a mark ...s kicked hanging at the park, bitch! ...s Too $hort, I'm In the House like that ...Shorty the Pimp, was Born to M...Dangerous Crew got the funky beats ...Had to fire the hoe, but I'm still ...r been shit without the Bad-Ass Banksta (Th...I'm sorry" when you're funny ... Wait, it's the end? (Bitch-ass nig...trying to fuck with the Dangerous ...Cause the motherfucking turf is the place to be ...And let loose the whole clip ... everybody that you the baddest motherfucke...how them niggas you the biggest boss ...o slipping stopping the tripping just poppi...You eating the cunt and she suckin...l, and I don't play the fucking role ...'t be shit when you're old, nigga fuck a g...cker, go on and hit the dank ...That's how it is in the Oaktown ...ve a fuck, I'm from the Bad-N-Fluenz clique...Burn the sack, and don't be ...The shit comes naturall... to cuss in back of the church ...?Bracking the Max? is my birth, packing a gat on the turf ..., black, so pass me the bomb sack ...I live on the edge and the Feds and the brothers space ...Sit in the range, you'll get m...Talking shit to the world cause we don'...weapon fucking with the Bad-N-Fluenz clique...I pulled the trigger and I figure lead, that's when the nigga bled ...ed is what I see in the nighttime ...Motherfucker, we the Bad-N-Fluenz clique...Nigga I grab the fucking 40 and down the whole bottle ...On the avenue, having brew...The nine to your spine,...on't understand all the shit that goes on u...>From the hood come if you wo...Because the streets taught me m...I tried the education system but I dropped it ...So now I'm in the goddamn game and ca...Make the police sweat when t...On the drink every day lik... be slipping up off the blunt ... I packs a pump for the punks who want to t...d then I bump up on the block and knock aft...Watch the cop jock as I create a be a hot spot ...I'm in the game and it's real ...a you think you got the shit in? ...you can't fuck with the crew, nigga

pusher standing on the corner ...There's a junky on the street with some cr...Down and out in the city she's working ...So the system took the freedom to overlook...hat's made her feel the hate ...'s just a victim of the world that we create ...But she never got the choice so she just ...She took it to the bottom just trying ...r class family they're living in a vice ...Cockroaches on the floor so what they ...Rats in the cellar no water in the tap ...The kids of today are g...ost his job and all the money's been spent ...ody who's gonna pay the rent ...And you're all talking 'bout e...3 cars in the garage they keep ev...Afraid of the violence afraid to ... ain't funny if you're afraid to use it ...it to hard when you're afraid to loose it ...y to scared to face the facts ...Hiding from the life that's going on down in the city

She wakes up in the morning; the sun is shining in h... around; she shares the blanket on which the love embraced ...She looks out of the window; it?s a love... are fine, he pulls the sheets to cover his...The essence of the fresh air, that garden held the love affair ..., who tries to make the best of it ...The loneliness, dejectedness, God how the fuck he's missed he...s eyes turn turn to the window, the military roar by ...could evolve out of the sky ...with feelings; they're just ashamed to cry...e mans plan to push the button makes other ...The serenade is dead and now the only question?s why...at we all look from the pit ...e us, to keep us in the shit ...Because the minute we are born,...p, we find out that the paths been neatly s...Regret that is the word of it, as we l...The pain they create everyday, that just...ther, but still you're asking why? ...The system stands strong, as o...The pressure we once he...They are the enemy; they want a ...that far, then what the fuck is next? ...Forget the revolution, we've h...Heard all of the promises of ninetee...your back?s against the wall

She wakes up in the morning; the sun is shining in h... around; she shares the blanket on which the love embraced ...She looks out of the window; it?s a love... are fine, he pulls the sheets to cover his...The essence of the fresh air, that garden held the love affair ..., who tries to make the best of it ...The loneliness, dejectedness, God how the fuck he's missed he...s eyes turn turn to the window, the military roar by ...could evolve out of the sky ...with feelings; they're just ashamed to cry...e mans plan to push the button makes other ...The serenade is dead and now the only question?s why...at we all look from the pit ...e us, to keep us in the shit ...Because the minute we are born,...p, we find out that the paths been neatly s...Regret that is the word of it, as we l...The pain they create everyday, that just...ther, but still you're asking why? ...The system stands strong, as o...The pressure we once he...They are the enemy; they want a ...that far, then what the fuck is next? ...Forget the revolution, we've h...Heard all of the promises of ninetee...your back?s against the wall

The weakness starts to ...They've created the generation ...The system moves so slow ...You're thinking way too sl...So we're creating answers ...And you create ...The problems that will