Dead Prez - Freedom Walk lyrics

Freedom Walking - Walk the talk Real Recognize Real Lifesavas, Dead Presidents -Worldwide Freedom Walk-, Vernon Reid, RBGs up Yeah, you got to walk with me (Chorus, x2) Freedom walk Walk the talk with me, walk with me Everybody's still a prisoner Walk with me Walk the talk with me, walk with me Step by step (Verse I) A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step But it's not vote or die dog, it's freedom or d**h Cuz without no struggle, there is no progress We can't vote our way up out of this mess, we oppressed My old ?? always tell me to pray But a n***a need a vest these days In the streets we the prey And I can't eat no sermon, can't live no lecture, can't drive a scripture We need food, clothes, and shelter Is a million men walking, but where are we going? When the leaders changing sides like the flip of a coin Money talk, bullsh** walk, that's what I heard That's why we stay G'd up giving George Bush the bird All I got is my balls and my word, real talk But it's not just what you say, it's the way that you walk I don't want to be that MC just talking the talk I want freedom in my lifetime, cuz life is too short (Chorus, x1 now) (Verse II) Remember strange fruit hung from the Mississippi tall trees Nowadays brothers hang from their chains and car keys These ghetto celebs, they sentenced to life 11th hour pardons give em back they civil rights Freedom sound like when thunder be threatening to strike But freedom don't come free, freedom comes with a fight See we programming, fighting for freedom is treason Free your mind and your cash will follow the reason There's a black tomorrow, being a slave is in season Even freedom of speech ain't free When you got beef with me, better let beats be bygones Cuz you don't decide whose side d**h will ride on My people, black people, m**m to Mason Rastifari, Christain, we facing A nation shamed for the sweet thrill of k**ing The face of a black man is free blood spilling Little children inherit scars of hatred Clubs spit whip, ?? stripped naked Erase that shame ?, son we love being black Now walk that talk when we be screaming that (Chorus, x1) (Verse III) Black Malcolm when he went back to Africa Let me show you what I just was a captive of And if I pop ja?, homie I can back it up Every day a new way that's spectacular We fighting two wars, internal and external I'm on the front line in my camouflage thermal Shooting at the other side, I'm on a spiritual high Ready to ride or die, either way I'ma fly Any way you want to put it, I'ma be in the sky Amongst the stars, so the world will remember who we are Give thanks and praise, and be humble in your ways Till your dying days, If you afraid you fade away Better walk like a Zulu Shaka, 2Pac Amaru Scream warrior if somebody asks who are you Better yet, ask them what side is they reppin And if they start stuttering, tell them to keep stepping (Chorus, x1) (Verse IV) Let the prison gates swing open for the innocent men inside Black genocide, it's so called justice A system corrupted, won't admit it How many locked down just cuz they looked like the n***a that did it? Inmates wait years for parole hearings and such We on the outside, trying hard to get locked up We need ya all on the street for when we rebel The backbone of the revolution It won't do us no good from a cell When freedom walk, it shut down Washington with a speech Walk without a bus ride for over 54 weeks Force the issue Us gotta support us is ours for the taking Cuz freedom don't come with an invitation Demand it, shoot give ?? for it Let em riot and sue for it Woman and man, but let's plan to get property Hush that corner buffoon mockery Now is the season, by any means freedom (Chorus, x2) Walk with me If you afraid to tell the truth Then you don't even deserve your freedom