I'm not afraid of you

Carmel  (The Tube, Channel 4, 1985)

Buck And The Preacher

Written by Ernest Kinoy and directed by Sidney Poitier, 1972

Buck and the Preacher take up the mission to provide a safe passage to emancipated African-American slaves through a dangerous region lurking with outlaws.

Waiting For The War + I Wish I Wasn't Me

ADS, 2 November 1982

ADS was a Danish gothic punk band with among others Stig Pedersen and Lars Top-Galia

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with members of the Security Council, the Government and the leadership of law enforcement agencies. At the meeting, issues related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the conflict around Ukraine were discussed.

Witch Hunt

· Inkubus Sukkubus · 2008 ·

Wake up. You must wake up. There's danger sir

Wake up now-wake up now

Through eyes I see the torch light

Beyond the panes I sense a danger

There's silhouettes of a hundred people

My Sister Moon would reveal no stranger

Collect my mantel, collect my senses

I must away, slip into the dark night

Would they go, I should sleep 'til sunrise

And with the day there would be some respite

Fly, sister, fly

Into the dark night that loves you;

Into the darkness

Let not their eyes catch your shining

Out the door and into the night air

Oh, sweet Moon, don't betray your sister now

Across the fields not a glance behind me

The din so loud they must be upon me

Away and away and away now

Fast as the wind, just as fast as the hare now

Were I a cat, I would not act fearfully

Those stumbling men would be no match for me

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I Just Can’t Get You Out of My Head

Inkubus Sukkubus

Fly, sister, fly

Into the dark night that loves you;

Into the darkness

Let not their eyes catch your shining

[panting]

Fly, sister, fly

Into the dark night that loves you;

Into the darkness

Let not their eyes catch your shining

Must catch my breath, must not let them hear me

Though my heart is so loud it would deafen me

Now a shout they must know where I lie

So to my feet and again I must fly

Rush through the trees, the thorn, the bramble

While high above an owl flies carefree

Why be I here, I should be beside him

Where will I go, they'd expect it of me

Fly, sister, fly

Into the dark night that loves you;

Into the darkness

Let not their eyes catch your shining

Fly, sister, fly

Into the dark night that loves you;

Into the darkness

Let not their eyes catch your shining

Fly, sister, fly

Into the dark night that loves you;

Into the darkness

Let not their eyes catch your shining

Fly, sister, fly…

Nemesis

Die Laughing, 1996

When I see you, hate burns deep within my heart

When I hear you, your words fail to tear me apart

You’re in my soul, you’re in my mind,

Forgiveness I can’t find

Your empty eyes and malicious cries,

He’ll see through your lies

You try to victimise, anyone who stands in your way

I’ve seen your judas kiss, but it’s one game that i wont play

Whilst the cold blood flows in your veins,

Her curse on you remains

You challenged fate and failed to win,

Let her judgement begin

When nemesis calls,

She’s going to pay back all the pain you caused

When nemesis calls,

She’ll bedevil your shallow world as it falls

When nemesis calls,

You’ll feel her flames of evil ecstasy

When nemesis calls,

I’m going to take back everything you stole from me

You live to criticise, all that i say and all i do

You live to bleed them dry, yet the fools still believe in you

Your evil mind raises cain in me, only faults in you i see

So thinly veiled this cancerous hate,

Can’t repent it’s too late

When nemesis calls,

She’s going to pay back all the pain you caused

When nemesis calls,

She’ll bedevil your shallow world as it falls

When nemesis calls,

You’ll feel her flames of evil ecstasy

When nemesis calls,

I’m going to take back everything you stole from me

You’re in my soul, you’re in my mind

When nemesis calls…

Have we made you paranoid?

At last your time draws near

You scream at spirits, but it’s our power you should fear

We’re drawing close, nowhere to hide

With nemesis on our side

There’s no one left to praise your name.

Time to enter the flame

When nemesis calls,

She’s going to pay back all the pain you caused

When nemesis calls,

She’ll bedevil your shallow world as it falls

When nemesis calls,

You’ll feel her flames of evil ecstasy

When nemesis calls,

I’m going to take back everything you stole from me

Holy You

Deep Red, 1996

Did I live in a dream world?

My own private fantasy land

My reality was too much

It was the only way I knew

Can't hold me or make me or save me

Holy you

No more 'do this' and 'do that,' will you?

Holy you

Can't break me or claim, won't tame me

Holy you

Time takes care of everything, doesn't it?

You gave more pain than I could hold

But my search did not end with you

You made me weak for so long

Who was that girl, it wasn't me

Can't hold me or make or save me

Holy you

No more 'do this' and 'do that,' will you?

Holy you

Can't break me or claim me, won't tame me

Holy you

Time takes care of everything, doesn't it?

Death Affair

The Eternal Fall, 2012

Night Shift

Siouxsie & the Banshees, 1981 

Only at night time... I see you

In darkness... I feel you

A bride by my side-I'm inside many brides Sometimes I wonder...

What goes on in your mind, always silent and kind unlike the others...

Fuck the mothers kill the others

Fuck the others kill the mothers

I'll put it out of my mind because... I'm out of my mind with you

In heaven and hell with you...

My Night Shift Sisters

Await your nightly visitor

They don't bother me

No they don't bother me

The cold marble slab submits at my feet with a neat dissection...

Looking so sweet to me-please come to me with your cold flesh-my cold love

Hissing... not kissing

A happy go lucky chap... always dressed in black he'll come to you, he'll come to you

My Night Shift Sisters

With your nightly visitor

A new vocation in life

My love with a knife

Fuck the mothers kill the others

Fuck the others kill the mothers

I'll put it out of my mind because... I'm out of my mind with you

In heaven and hell with you...

Songwriters: Phillips / Thurman

Hells Bells

AC/DC

Live at Donington, 17 August 1991

I'm a rolling thunder, pouring rain

I'm coming on like a hurricane

My lightning's flashing across the sky

You're only young, but you're gonna die

I won't take no prisoners, won't spare no lives

Nobody's putting up a fight

I got my bell, I'm gonna take you to hell

I'm gonna get you, Satan get you

Hell's bells

Yeah, hell's bells

You got me ringing

Hell's bells

My temperature's high

Hell's bells

I'll give you black sensations up and down your spine

If you're into evil, you're a friend of mine

See my white light flashing as I split the night

'Cause if good's on the left, then I'm sticking to the right

I won't take no prisoners, won't spare no lives

Nobody's putting up a fight

I got my bell, I'm gonna take you to hell

I'm gonna get you, Satan get you

Hell's bells

Oh, hell's bells

You got me ringing

Hell's bells

My temperature's high

Hell's bells

Hell's bells, Satan's comin' to you

Hell's bells, he's ringing them now

Those hell's bells, the temperature's high

Hell's bells, across the sky

Hell's bells, they're taking you down

Hell's bells, they're dragging you under

Hell's bells, gonna split the night

Hell's bells, there's no way to fight, yeah

Hell's bells

Killing In the Name

Rage Against The Machine, 1993

Killing in the name of

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Huh!

Killing in the name of

Killing in the name of

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

But now you do what they told ya

Well now you do what they told ya

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses

Uggh!

Killing in the name of

Killing in the name of

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya

And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control

And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control

And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control

And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control

And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control

And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control

And now you do what they told ya, now you're under control

And now you do what they told ya!

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

Those who died are justified, for wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

You justify those that died by wearing the badge, they're the chosen whites

Come on!

Yeah! Come on!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me!

Motherfucker!

Uggh!

Wilderness

Joy Division from the album Unknown Pleasures, 1979

I travelled far and wide through many different times

What did you see there?

I saw the saints with their toys

What did you see there?

I saw all knowledge destroyed

I travelled far and wide through many different times

I travelled far and wide through prisons of the cross

What did you see there?

The power and glory of sin

What did you see there?

The blood of Christ on their skins

I travelled far and wide through many different times

I travelled far and wide and unknown martyrs died

What did you see there?

I saw the one sided trials

What did you see there?

I saw the tears as they cried

They had tears in their eyes

Tears in their eyes

Tears in their eyes

Tears in their eyes

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Disorder

Inner City Blues

Sixto Rodriguez

I'm gonna live until I die

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Mistreated

 Deep Purple Live in 1974

Last act of light vs darkness

By Matthew

First half of a message channelled through Suzy Ward, 3 October 2022

With loving greetings from all souls at this station, this is Matthew. The last act before the curtain falls on the light forces vs dark forces drama playing out on Earth is becoming increasingly active.

This includes the uprooting of the last of the Illuminati’s strongholds, international alliances for uplifting life worldwide, rising numbers of dark minds and hearts being taken off the planet, exposure of their look-alike doubles and other truths starting to emerge. And, the peoples are contributing to the downfall of a diabolical global network they don’t know exists. By demanding their governments serve the needs of the citizenry, the growing power of grassroots movements is aiding the international group’s efforts to rid countries of all individuals who are serving that sinister network.

The Illuminati still have in their corner the global economy, mainstream media, social media censorship and a few national leaders, but the systems essential to their retaining control are rapidly disintegrating. Still, please don’t expect them to go out gently. For millennia puppets of the dark forces succeeded in oppressing and deceiving the masses, and those who still are among you are of the delusional mindset to press forward toward ruling the world. Although it will be an exercise in abject futility, as long as they can cause chaos, fear and confusion, they will. Therefore, it is practical to have on hand some cash and a few weeks of food for your family and companion animals as well as other supplies helpful in standard emergencies.

Once again, the Illuminati are circulating the ominous alert that any day now the planet’s axis will suddenly flip and annihilate all life. No, it will not!  Ever since far-distant civilizations infused Earth with massive amounts of light 80-some years ago, Earth’s axis has been gradually returning to its proper alignment. The dark ones are counting on false information such as the “flipping axis” to generate the low vibrations of fear they require for their very survival.

If you have heard of an unusually powerful solar flare or something else of global proportion coming soon, be aware that the dark ones will present it as something fear-filled. We are overjoyed to tell you that what is coming soon is an inpouring of love-light energy of a magnitude that is without precedence in this universe! The unmistakable effects of this co-creation of God, Gaia, Sol and light forces on the planet and beyond will differ in accordance with individuals’ willingness to embrace the intensive light as well as personal beliefs. So, we say it is the Christed light, but not the “second coming of Christ,” and absolutely it is not heralding doomsayers’ “end times.”

As you anticipate this glorious divine event, know that you are eminently prepared to handle the upcoming tempest caused by the Illuminati’s last gasps. Your lifetimes of experience helping civilizations in the same circumstances is why you wanted to be where you are and why you were chosen. This is what you have been patiently awaiting during this most exciting era in Earth’s history! Your confidence that liberation of your world from darkness is nigh will help others feel calm and optimistic instead of fearful and pessimistic—this is your mentorship role in the weeks ahead.

When many people are experiencing prolonged hardships, we know it isn’t easy to think of them as taking advantage of this unique opportunity to complete all karmic lessons in one lifetime instead of several. They have no idea they chose to achieve the balance they need to advance from third to fourth density in soul evolvement status. However, when they transition to Nirvana, those who are successful will have a grand celebration, those who find they still have a way to go will honor their progress and be glad they’re in a spirit world again, and souls who endured unchosen harsh lifetimes will rejoice when they discover they gained leaps forward in evolvement.

Back down to Earth, the high vibrations of your compassion, caring and empathy are radiating hope to people living in dreadful conditions. Hopefulness is light-filled and this also is helping them more easily handle their burdens of homelessness or impoverishment.

Beloved sisters and brothers, please don’t think we are overlooking that you, too, experience severe challenges, setbacks and sorrow! The difference is, you know what most others do not: Always every soul has the assistance of God’s emissaries—angels, spirit guides and beloved people in spirit worlds. While they can’t interfere with soul contract provisions, they are permitted to give comforting signs of their closeness, help ease unchosen trauma, and nudge in ways that keep folks on track with contract choices. You know to use the universal law of attraction to your benefit whereas most others unwittingly use it to their detriment, and you know that countless members of vast, powerful civilizations are assisting Earth and her residents in myriad ways.

Let us now address another matter of timely significance. “Matthew and other messengers of the light talk about the importance of forgiveness. How can anyone forgive people who commit unspeakable atrocities like satanists do? If they are reptilians pretending to be human, does forgiveness still apply?”  First let us say that forgiveness, like love, starts with self. Only by loving self and forgiving self of perceived or actual wrongdoings can one extend those feelings to others. And love, which encompasses forgiveness, is not understood.

Love is far, far more than the emotion it is considered to be! It is the same energy as light, the most powerful force in the cosmos, and the origin of everything in existence. It is the composition of the soul, the godself of every life in this universe. The capacity to feel and receive love is limitless and so are the ways it can be expressed. Mother, please insert the date of our message that includes some of the “everyday-life” ways everyone can send love’s energy flowing throughout the planet and in doing so, radiate love’s magnificence to other worlds. That will be a helpful reminder to long-time readers and valuable information for awakening soul-searchers. [December 13, 2018 message is archived in All Messages section of www.matthewbooks.com.]

I want to vanish

 Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve (from The Attractions), 1996

I want to vanish

This is my fondest wish

To go where I cannot be captured

Laid on a decorated dish

Even in splendor this curious fate

Is more than I care to surrender

Now it's too late

Whether in wonder or indecent haste

You arrange the mirrors and the spools

To snare the rare and precious jewels

That were only made of paste

If you should stumble upon my last remark

I'm crying in the wilderness

I'm trying my best to make it dark

How can I tell you I'm rarer than most

I'm certain as a lost dog

Pondering a sign post

Chorus

I want to vanish

This is my last request

I've given you the awful truth

Now give me my rest

Everyday Struggle

The Notorious B.I.G., 1994

Dj Cappell & Smitty Remix of Frank Sinatra and Biggie, 2005

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I know how it feel to wake up fucked up

Pockets broke as hell, another rock to sell

People look at you like you's the user

Sellin' drugs to all the losers, mad Buddha-abuser

But they don't know about your stress-filled day

Baby on the way, mad bills to pay

That's why you drink Tanqueray, so you can reminisce

And wish you wasn't livin' so devilish, shit

I remember I was just like you

Smokin' blunts with my crew, flippin' over 62s

'Cause G-E-D wasn't B-I-G

I got P-A-I-D, that's why my moms hate me

She was forced to kick me out, no doubt

Then I figured out nicks went for 20s down South

Packed up my tools for my raw power move

Glock 19 for casket and flower moves

For chumps tryin' to stop my flow

And what they don't know will show on the autopsy

Went to see Papi to cop me a brick

Asked for some consignment, he wasn't tryin' to hear it

Smokin' mad Newports 'cause I'm due in court

For an assault that I caught in Bridgeport, New York

Catch me if you can like the Gingerbread Man

You better have your gat in hand, 'cause man

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I had the master plan, I'm in the caravan on my way to Maryland

With my man Two-TECs to take over this projects

They call him Two-TECs, he tote two TECs

And when he start to bust, he like to ask, "Who's next?"

I got my honey on the Amtrak with the crack

In the crack of her ass, two pounds of hash in the stash

I wait for hon to make some quick cash

I told her she could be lieutenant, bitch got gassed

At last, I'm literally loungin', black

Sittin' back, countin' double digit thousand stacks

Had to re-up, see what's up with my peeps

Toyota deal-athon had it cheap on the Jeeps

See who got smoked, what rumors was spread

Last I heard I was dead, with six to the head

Then I got the phone call, it couldn't hit me harder

We got infiltrated, like Nino at the Carter

Heard TEC got murdered in a town I never heard of

By some bitch named Alberta over nickel-plated burners

And my bitch swear to God she won't snitch

I told her when she hit the bricks I'll make the hooker rich

Conspiracy, she'll be home in three

Until then I looks out for the whole family

A true G, that's me, blowin' like a bubble

In the everyday struggle

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I'm seein' body after body and our mayor Giuliani

Ain't tryin' to see no black man turn to John Gotti

My daughter use a potty so she's older now

Educated street knowledge, I'ma mold her now

Trick a little dough buyin' young girls fringes

Dealin' with the dope fiend binges, seein' syringes

In the veins, hard to explain how I maintain

The crack smoke make my brain feel so strange

Breakin' days on the set, no sweat

Drunk off Moët, can't bag yet because it's still wet

But when that dry, baggin' five at a time

I can clock about nine on the check cashin' line

I had the first and the third, rehearse, that's my word

Thick in the game, Ds knew my first name

Should I quit? Shit no, even though they had me scared

Yo, they got a eight, I got a TEC with air holes

And that's just how the shit go in the struggle, motherfucker

Hah, come on, what you say?

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

I don't wanna live no more

Sometimes I hear death knockin' at my front door

I'm livin' every day like a hustle, another drug to juggle

Another day, another struggle (Right)

Junior M.A.F.I.A. right

Yeah, rock on, woo!

Biggie Smalls, right

Junior M.A.F.I.A

Awful Day

The Neon Judgement, 1986

Monty Python Sketch

Leave Me Alone

Johnny Thunders, 1978

I don't where I'm goin'

I don't know where I've been

If ya help me darlin'

I'm gonna let you in

All juiced up

I got nowhere to go

Seems like a quiet night

On the telephone

Dig it...

My little chatterbox

Boy you squawk a lot

C'mon, gimme some lips

Yeah, chatterbox

Do you remember?

Aw, leave me alone

Why don't you all go home?

No matter what you say

It's the other way

Aw, leave me alone

Aw, leave me alone

Aw, leave me alone

Aw, leave me alone

That's the Way That It Is

Graham Bonnet, 1981

I've been thinking about

What she said last night

And for all your fine words

You still don't have it right

'Cause that's the way that it is

And you won't ever change it

You can scream at me but the powers that be

Won't ever hear your voice

'Cause they're lost in their own importance

No, they'll never hear your voice

'Cause that's the way that it is

And you won't ever change it

Yes that's the way that it is

And you won't ever change it

I've heard all your stories

Of how the few can be strong

And how you'll fight to the end

Just to prove me wrong

'Cause that's the way that you are

Guess you'll never change

But don't come cryin' to me

If your fanciful schemes don't turn out like you planned

'Cause you're chasing after something

That keeps slipping through your hand

'Cause that's the way that it is

And you won't ever change it

Yes that's the way that it is

And you won't ever change it

'Cause that's the way that it is

And you won't ever change it

Yes that's the way that it is

And you won't ever change it

Liar

How Does It Go with the Black Movement?

Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr.

Guests: Huey P. Newton, Lanny Sinkin, Patricia Holland, Gary Mounce

Episode S0080, Recorded on 23 January 1973

Huey P. Newton, Ishmael Reed & Jawanza Kunjufu On Racism Again Black Men (1988)

2Pac - Changes ft. Talent

Ooh, yeah (Ooh)

(Come on, come on)

I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself

Is life worth livin'? Should I blast myself?

I'm tired of bein' poor and, even worse, I'm black

My stomach hurts so I'm lookin' for a purse to snatch

Cops give a damn about a negro

Pull the trigger, kill a nigga, he's a hero

Give the crack to the kids, who the hell cares?

One less hungry mouth on the welfare

First ship 'em dope and let 'em deal to brothers

Give 'em guns, step back, watch 'em kill each other

"It's time to fight back, " that's what Huey said

Two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead

I got love for my brother

But we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other

We gotta start makin' changes

Learn to see me as a brother instead of two distant strangers

And that's how it's supposed to be

How can the Devil take a brother if he's close to me? Uh

I'd love to go back to when we played as kids

But things change, and that's the way it is

That's just the way it is (Changes)

Things'll never be the same

That's just the way it is (That's the way it is, what?)

Aww, yeah-yeah (Hear me)

(Oh my, oh my, come on, come on)

That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is, the way it is)

Things'll never be the same

(Never be the same, yeah, yeah, yeah, aww, yeah)

That's just the way it is (Way it is)

Aww, yeah (Come on, come on)

I see no changes, all I see is racist faces

Misplaced hate makes disgrace to races

We under, I wonder what it takes to make this

One better place, let's erase the wasted

Take the evil out the people, they'll be actin' right

'Cause both black and white are smokin' crack tonight

And the only time we chill is when we kill each other (Kill each other)

It takes skill to be real, time to heal each other

And although it seems heaven-sent

We ain't ready to see a black president, uh (Oh-ooh)

It ain't a secret, don't conceal the fact

The penitentiary's packed and it's filled with blacks

But some things will never change (Never Change)

Try to show another way, but you stayin' in the dope game (Ooh)

Now tell me, what's a mother to do?

Bein' real don't appeal to the brother in you (Yeah)

You gotta operate the easy way

"I made a G today, " but you made it in a sleazy way

Sellin' crack to the kids (Oh-oh), "I gotta get paid" (Oh)

Well hey, well that's the way it is

That's just the way it is (Changes)

Things'll never be the same

That's just the way it is (That's the way it is, what?)

Aww, yeah (Hear me)

(Oh my, oh my, come on, come on)

That's just the way it is (That's just the way it is, the way it is)

Things'll never be the same

(Never be the same, yeah, yeah, yeah, aww, yeah)

That's just the way it is (Way it is)

Aww, yeah (Aww, yeah, aww, yeah)

We gotta make a change

It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes

Let's change the way we eat

Let's change the way we live

And let's change the way we treat each other

You see, the old way wasn't workin'

So it's on us to do what we gotta do to survive

And still I see no changes, can't a brother get a little peace?

It's war on the streets and the war in the Middle East (Ooh, yeah)

Instead of war on poverty

They got a war on drugs so the police can bother me

And I ain't never did a crime I ain't have to do

But now I'm back with the facts, givin' it back to you (Ooh)

Don't let 'em jack you up, back you up

Crack you up and pimp-smack you up

You gotta learn to hold your own

They get jealous when they see you with your mobile phone

But tell the cops they can't touch this

I don't trust this, when they try to rush, I bust this

That's the sound of my tool, you say it ain't cool

My mama didn't raise no fool (Oh)

And as long as I stay black, I gotta stay strapped

And I never get to lay back

'Cause I always got to worry 'bout the payback

Some buck that I roughed up way back

Comin' back after all these years

"Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat, " that's the way it is, uh

That's just the way it is (Just the way it is, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Things'll never be the same (Yeah)

That's just the way it is (The way it is)

Aww, yeah (Some things will never change, oh my)

(I'm tryna make a change)

(You're my brother, you're my sister, yeah)

That's just the way it is (The way it is, the way it is)

Things'll never be the same (You're my brother, you're my sister)

That's just the way it is, aww, yeah

Some things will never change

Songwriters: Tupac Shakur / Bruce Hornsby / Dion Evens

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