Here is the plan to command urban cities You took me from Africa, said that's the way to fix me But I want my retribution, revolution is with me I got my fucking gat, ain't whizzling no Dixie Like baba-do-ba baba-do-ba baba-do-ba To my ancestors you'll bow, I want my freedom now And I ain't doin' no talking, I'm stalking today You don't keep your peace treaties anyway...
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth Now how many eyes and teeth you think I lost, tell the truth "Maroon!" feeds the hypeness in my psyche tonight I watch the whites full delight from my second class life But a land without the first class the second class is right So I'm eliminating those that think they wanna fight, you might Should I heed for capital crimes, they'll read 'em Verdict: "Death!" Sentence: "Freedom!"
Death to me - Here we diddy come come If it'll make me free - Here we diddy come come
Yeah, bring it on, death's about to grow from the seeds you sown You fertilized it with poverty, you watered it with dope And harvested it by the guns that betrayed my hope But scopes came with them guns, now what do I see? You and your family looking scared of me, you plead mercy But non-violence has only got me half-way to where I want to be Now my vengeance will make me free...
"So don't call me Martin Luther King in my face" His dream's no reality, fatality's the case You took away my dignity, I forgot about who I was "But I never had a dream 'cause..." Life is something that I think we can no longer share "...my life is a nightmare" Death is something I don't fear America's been my boogieman for 400 years!
Death to me - Here we diddy come come If it'll make me free - Here we diddy come come
I'll ride the pale horse, to you my name is Death Hell is with me, of course, now it's forced I'm the messenger of spawns to come, go warn your son You've battered splattered brains where I run the verdict Like you he was guilty, I find you wretched and weak Your evil seeds are filthy, but still we got to go through the motions I accuse thee of being like a devil in the first degree, let's see...
Did you steal the land that you're on? And is my red brother nearly gone? Took my ancestors from their home Build your fucking nation on their bones Atomic rain on the yellow man Poisoning the air and the land Narcotics and disease from your hand Now I can't see nor understand
Death to me - Here we diddy come come If it'll make me free - Here we diddy come come
Listen to my words as i speak of rivers Some may be shallow and some may be deeper and deeper my brother Man sits with pan and scans the land for what he can Hopin' that he might strike gold Wading in the water, in search of the soul To find what you seek, the valleys and the peaks Open up your ears to the grooves and beats and be complete Now the water's deep You see dancin' and rejoicin' now people make some noise and Dive into the water let it splash across your face Don't you stop the party and don't you lose your faith Keep it goin' on and movin' on son Converge upon your urge and be submerged In the funk We all come to the river because the water brings growth Let the Lord provide it baby can you stroke The style in the south of the union:Good food and good jams is our communiuon Down at the river the soul is wet Take a dip and revive yourself
Revival! Revival! Go into the...
Get into the water boy we're havin' a revival If you don't learn to groove then tell me what is your survival chances Dances The fellowship is dope If the water is to shallow then gallows and ropes await me I got to keep on movin' upstream It's where the party's at it's the baptism and the swing a brotha man's dream The rythem must be phat Now tell me what is wrong with that it makes the people say Psychoalphadiscobeta Brotha man you got to take a dip into the water Psychoalphadiscobeta Sista girl you too can take a dip into the water Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadooloop my troop we can take it strong to the hoop An old style Revival! the traditions respected Old ladies putting up a finger as they exit you guessed it It's gonna bring you closer to the self The power of the river if you can hold your breath And see the reality of spirtuality Positive Individuality Hear me now we wade and splash and love and laugh and seek and greet And walk the path of the rhythm we're with them The river is flowin' So we gonna keep this Revival! goin'
We have gathered here today to cleanse our minds and wash the B.S. away To gain strength for another day To get into the river I figure the music must Play to make the crowd sway throw ho's and hey's and shake out booty's Our duty is to be here to stay Because people we are in it for survival So won't you come and join me at the river at the Revival
I see little children eatin' watermelon and elderly storytellin' ruffnecks scrappin' and yellin' Deacons and preachin' and Hip Hop beats and Funky aquaboogie we could be achieving groovy salvation The soul is in the house everyone's dancin' and hangin' out Brotha's clockin' bank but we got to have the wisdom To make it through the eye of the needle And when I make it through I will be dancin' and singin' and rejoicin' and voicin' My opinion dominion over all on the earth Baby work The brothers came first Africa the birth And if we cannot do it on the Nile then we'll go to the Missippippi Down to Memphis, Tennessesee, we'll travel like a gypsy And don't worry about the neighbors callin' Five-O Nobody's gonna stop this Revival!
