We went from, odes and ballads, slave ships, and the highest plains
To the tightest slang...hip styles, and the flyest chains
The slightest pain that we speak of in this age of corruption
Is nuthin compared to slaves that felt the rage of destruction
From the masters of disaster.... attacks like malicious raptors
The world was their show...we were religious actors
A vicious factor to bear...the color of our skin, I swear
Feels like ur naked when those envious eyes stare
Hard labor no matter how rotten....ull never be forgotten
whips lashed on ya backs...while fingers picked the cotton
Cant u see it.... containment is harsh, sample a demo
We're free?? Well some of us didn't get the memo
I admit it...what happened back then...hard to forget it
livin life as the "concrete"....so ask me "can I dig it"
Beautiful culture from the corduroys, hats, and leatherboots
The dances, the rhythm, silk shirts, and pleathersuits
Cadillacs... afros, 8 tracks, our evolution was clear
Our cool attitudes made our conclusion to fear
No one felt us till they started watchin "roots"
The struggle drove us insane.... so now its coppin loot
Thats the trend...we migrated to black neighborhoods
Projects...the name was too long so we named em "hoods"
Used to be cool till the 80's came around it was shady
Was "dog eat dog" world, so "bitch" equaled a "lady"
A new revolution was formed...abusive and torn
Invested our gift of rhythm and the music was born
The heart beats of our ancestors pumped thru every race
The whole world was Africanized...changes in every case
Whites, Latins, and Japanese wore hats backwards and sagged
Speakin "yo, word up, peace, and phat"
Now look at the world...we got 10,000 eminems
Wearin baggy clothes...shades and be speakin on the benjamins
Preachin about rhythm... and livin like we livin and
United on the trends... pumpin em up like adrenaline
Amazing...we aint finished we just halfway thru
Even the British and the Germans getting that way too
Iraqis, Japs, Koreans, Canadians, and Hawaiians
Connected and we united...the culture is now combining
Us all...naturally evolving in races...embedded in
Itll never end...peeps use it daily...dosin like its medicine
Trust me when I say that everyone has black in the eyes
This movement is alive.....I call it "africanized"
