Psychology - Dead Prez.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Lavonne Alford/Khnum M. Ibomu
[00:00.059] 作曲 : Lavonne Alford/Khnum M. Ibomu
[00:00.118]I was born, in a dump
[00:03.253]My mama died and my daddy got drunk
[00:06.492]He left me, to die or grow
[00:09.026]In the middle of Tobacco Road
[00:11.847]I grew up in a rusty shack
[00:14.485]All I owned was hangin on my back
[00:17.098]And Lord knows, how I loathe
[00:19.684]This place called Tobacco Road
[00:23.210]Tobacco Road, you're dirty and you're filthy
[00:25.822]Tobacco Road, gonna get me some dynamite and a crane
[00:29.166]I'm gonna blow it up, Lord knows gonna start all over again
[00:37.682]My mind is the place where I make my plans
[00:44.004]The world is the place where I take my stand
[00:49.150]The beauty of life is mine today
[00:52.520]They cannot take my mind away
[00:54.949]**** what you heard, I'm from Africa
[00:57.248]This ain't no act it's mathematical
[00:59.076]Past the black radical
[01:00.565]I choose the M-1 because it's practical
[01:02.786]Nothin was changed, we ain't protected
[01:04.562]No names, it's all factual
[01:06.156]They push the wrong buttons, count down to detonate
[01:09.003]Brooklyn blown away and the world will have to speculate
[01:11.824]This is what we learn in the streets, **** a degree
[01:14.306]Believe in none of what you hear and half of what you see
[01:16.761]It's like watching your own father smoke crack
[01:18.616]I have nightmares on shit like that
[01:20.418]No way in hell I'll ever get like that
[01:22.534]I seen a lot of shit in twenty-two years
[01:24.807]It's like a tour of duty
[01:26.035]My life is booby-trapped, it's hard to see the beauty
[01:28.438]When your heart is turning ice cold
[01:29.927]Cold like your hands exposed to blistering winds
[01:32.748]My mother keep her eyes closed, she say she prayin
[01:34.890]I listen close to what she sayin
[01:36.667]When she speak of Jesus I ignore it
[01:38.730]But when it's practical I'm all for it
[01:40.663]You got to think like a soldier
[01:42.570]I'm training myself to snatch pistols out of holsters
[01:45.548]Discipline keep the mind focused
[01:47.742]This whole world is a corn field son
[01:49.858]Look out for flying locusts
[01:51.295]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[01:53.881]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[01:56.755]And through you, control your whole crew
[01:58.844]It's psychology boy, now what the **** that make you wanna do?
[02:02.345]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[02:05.114]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[02:07.883]And through you, control your whole crew
[02:09.999]It's psychology boy, now what the **** that make you wanna do?
[02:13.421]You can't walk the streets with no state of mind
[02:15.746]Blind to the ways of mankind
[02:18.698]And if you know the time, give me a sign
[02:20.944]Tell me where we draw the line, I got your back if you got mine
[02:24.418]My enemy's enemy is my man, one dreadlock is stronger than one strand
[02:28.232]While the crackers got the upper hand my comrades stands
[02:31.236]On lands stolen
[02:32.307]Every tooth a golden opportunity, who holding my community
[02:35.651]Hostage? 10% ransom
[02:37.715]Costing us time we lost and some
[02:39.961]This is how the plan runs, thinking with a fugitive brain
[02:42.887]What we do to live is insane
[02:44.716]Hold in the weed , healing my membranes, just like crack
[02:47.902]You know it all boils down to the dollars-and-cents of it
[02:51.194]Niggas commence to get rents to sentenced to serve terms
[02:54.381]Jumping the fence, the black germ is loose
[02:57.019]When will they learn?
[02:57.960]Psychology
[02:58.456]We piss on walls and smoke reefa in the halls
[03:00.729]No respect for their laws
[03:01.878]I cut your face with a kitchen knife
[03:03.733]In gladiator times, man against machinery
[03:06.397]The tree bark fatigues help me blend in with the scenery boy
[03:09.558]Life is a series of serious choices
[03:11.517]Theories is formed from experience, never mysterious forces
[03:14.861]Various courses of life can lead to failure
[03:17.656]Too much of anything is a trap
[03:19.354]My mind snap
[03:20.294]Guerilla warfare for two grand
[03:22.018]They say karate means 'empty hands'
[03:24.134]So then it's perfect for the poor man
[03:27.008]They say karate means 'empty hands'
[03:30.038]So then it's perfect for the poor man
[03:32.180]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[03:34.662]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[03:37.509]And through you, control your whole crew
[03:39.625]It's psychology boy, now what the **** that make you wanna do?
[03:43.099]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[03:45.894]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[03:48.716]And through you, control your whole crew
[03:50.805]It's psychology boy, now what the **** that make you wanna do?
[03:54.227]Organize
[03:56.317]We won't survive
[03:58.825]If we don't realize
[04:01.803]We are sure to die
[04:04.702]Psychology
[04:05.460]When you think of us think of pyramids and pistols
[04:08.072]And glimmering gold teeth that shine like crystals
[04:10.841]The mind is like a jewel son
[04:12.382]Only a fool wouldn't grasp it
[04:14.446]Wisdom is a tool, you get blasted
[04:16.640]When you think of us think of pyramids and pistols
[04:19.305]And glimmering gold teeth that shine like crystals
[04:21.996]The mind is like a jewel son
[04:23.589]Only a fool wouldn't grasp it
[04:25.548]Wisdom is a tool, you get blasted
[04:49.947]Free your mind, and the rest will follow
[05:01.101]Seize the time, no one is promised tomorrow
[05:12.255]Free your mind, and the rest will follow
[05:23.462]Seize the time, no one is promised tomorrow
[05:34.668]Free your mind, and the rest will follow
[05:45.927]Seize the time, no one is promised tomorrow