[Sadat X]The time is running out, tick-tock, like the grains of sandEvery man sharpens man, like steel sharpens steelThe threat of a war is realWhere my soldiers for the battlefield?And as the days of the two-oh approachI drop a seed in my girl, so I can stay in this worldAnd decompose the foes that jumped up under our clothesWe living on rows on top of rows and, half our stores is clothedWe still trickin out, jerkin outHalf the project workin outThey buildin underground citiesWhile we concerned about seein tittiesWith they …

[Lord Jamar]Once again it’s the dread and the bald headWon’t be satisfied til the devil’s I see em all deadLayin in a mass grave, for the past slaves they were stayinDo you think a nigga forgot? Matter factmy trigger’s hot, you blink you gettin shotAnd if the weather’s hot, your body’s gonna stink when it rotLord J got the arms, Sadat got the bombsWe don’t feel shit, you cried a hit on ya momsNow leave the bloody bitch in a ditchGet’cha pretty penny if the mother of my enemyMy brother’s …

Verse One: Grand Puba
I hit a beat and swing a note as if my name was David RuffinQuick to toast an MC just like an english muffinDon’t worry about a thing cause the Puba’s never bluffinI gets headaches from the wack, so then I take a Bufferin and I maxI wait until the opportune time and then I taxBut should I max?Now they say sinning is for sinners so I guess I’m not a sinnerBeginnings is for beginners so I guess I’m no beginnerThis is how I spark it, with …

[Sadat X]Cool-ass Al, he got a badge from the neighborhood yoFly police car, the ninety-two mod-el.. now check it outNow Al used to rob, used to smoke, used to stealand he rolled a mean game of diceA factor boostin he was nice as he proved on the daily tipat Macy’s, he and this kid up in Lacy’sThrow his head to blow when he turned into a FedI seen him, one day, I tried to get inside his headThere’s two fit ill, glock cops, with passionBlack shoes fit, like they was …

Intro: Grand PubaBrand Nubian baby, here to flip it againAnd you know it don’t stop until the party endsSo get your hands up high, if you feel me replyCos you know these brothers here we keep it extra tightVerse One: Lord JamarLook, listen and observe, it took precision to connectThe words of dialect within a rhythm you never heardForbidden fruit, take a bite, you could lose your lifelike how they crucified Christ Musa’s hair was whiteLord Jamar, Sadat X and Puba’s here tonightWe got next on the court, I don’t …

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Verse one: Derrick X (Sadat X)

[Grand Puba]Uhh..Now it’s love, vs. hateTime for my people to eliminatethat hate, let’s loveBecause it’s our people that we’re thinking ofNow they say we playa hatin cause we hate the black on blackAnd the fact we can’t stand when we act like thatSelf-hate killin us more than the Po-Po or crackI tell my peoples with the gats it ain’t about all thatWe arrived on slave ships, tortured chained and whippedFour hundred years of bein slaves in the land of the braveHave we forgotten? Our ancestors forced to pick cottonWomen raped …

[Featuring Loon]No, FlagroUh, what!!Yeah, Brand Nu’ comin’ throughLong Island, Harlem World, all out, all outLet’s talk abou titWhat, yeah, now put ya hands upUh, what, now put ya hands upPut ya hands upNow get ya back up off the wall[Sadat X]I’m better feeling than running rawChain gang link I need a shrinkWhat y’all niggaz think I’ma do when I get real moneyIano keys played in seriesPeace to Lil’ CeaseMicrophone track board, loose chord, oh LordPromo number one Sadat X had a grenadeAnd the have next day I smashed the shit …