Текст (слова) песни: Ishues - Read Between The Lines

 
(Movie Sample) 
Think about it... Think about it, and understand it. Do understand it 
 
(Chorus 2x) 
Read between the lines, everything seems fine 
But our rapid decline is a sign of the times 
Most of us is scared of revolution 
Thats why we strap up the glock, go on the block and we dont care who we be shooting 
 
(Verse 1) 
The world is a ghetto 
Politicians pull strings like Geppetto 
Cops kill, but still the court case gets settled 
Little kids peddle dope on the streets, like its a hobby 
Cause Moms lives in the building with fiends all in the lobby 
Somebody called the preacher, and asked him for his blessings 
It probably cost you some cash, when they passed the plate for collections 
Only lessons teachers taught me in school was propaganda 
And the picture of Jesus nailed on the cross, of course its slander 
This land was built on corruption, murder and lies 
Thats why every president had some sort of murderous ties 
So I despise what you teach me, despise you completely 
You can always see defeat in the eyes of the weakling 
Over half the population of blacks today are Christian 
And Christianity was the product of constant whipping 
Cause they said that we were savages, so our values they took em 
The majority of the slaves that they traded here was Muslim 
So do they hide the truth from us, or are we just too scared to look 
They say the truth is safe from niggaz in books 
Because we dont read, so we dont really know our history 
Yeah thats the type of shit that gets to me 
 
(Chorus 2x) 
 
(Verse 2) 
I listen to Immortal Technique, when he speak he make a lot of sense 
The record business is just as crooked as any politics 
Thats why you hear a lot of rap niggaz talking that nonsense 
Its the grand plan to keep our people stuck in bondage 
Slaves to the rings, slaves to the chains, slaves to the reins 
Most of these rappers is slaves to the game 
Getting sodomized, just to wear some platinum and be idolized 
When they whole entire life is itemized 
The revolution wont be televised 
Cause the television`s only use is just for telling lies, to keep us confused 
Cause confusion`s easy to rule, so they use TVs as tools 
To warp the minds of the youth so they grow up as fools 
Over eighty percent of African Americans dont even know they heritage 
And they dont think this knowledge is imperative 
Thats why you see more babies and less marriages 
No change, because the arrogance has been inherited right from our parents 
And its carried over into our seeds, so when they sprout up as trees 
They dont know who to believe, its a disease 
And its called ignorance, and its highly contagious 
And it gets worse over the ages 
 
(Chorus 2x) 
 
(Verse 3) 
I write the songs that you don`t wanna hear 
The songs that DJ`s dont be playing on the air 
The songs that`s gonna make my people wanna care 
The songs that real heads bang in their Discman`s and stereos 
The songs that fortify you with nutritious values like Cheerios 
The songs thats underground, like seismic prints that make the thunder sound 
And shake the ground for miles around and cause buildings to crumble down 
That jungle sound, that ruggedness, that niggaz nod their heads to 
The type of music that`ll make the police try and dead you 
Son, I wouldn`t kid you, I`m a hip-hop fanatic 
I ?? up on music like Edutainment and Illmatic 
So that wack shit you can have it, radio-friendly garbage 
You caught picking off somebody and callin yourself an artist? 
I be starving, for a sellout just to keep up with the ?? 
Everybody is biting, nobody knows when it started 
50 different songs about the same thing on the radio 
What happened to the basic concept of being original? 
Its pitiful, because hip-hop has influenced our culture 
These little kids look at the videos and hang the posters 
Our time is getting short, our final days are coming closer 
Its time to bring this age of ignorance to a closure 
 
(Chorus 2x) 
 
(Ishues interview -- beat fades to end)
 

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