Politricks

"Many Black voters claim the mistrust that lingers Coincides with a widespread belief That people do make deliberate attempts Either to thwart African-American attempts to vote Or to miscount the ballots once passed" [Akir] I don't follow the news, they just add to my blues Politicians and they big feets could never fill my shoes They don't care, think we all live off welfare, it's hell here Why should I vote like it's ever been fair? My people in despair, they still balance, we hit hard like steel mallets Smile intentions of the founders and they still countin No child left behind, read between the lines Tryin to control, they precious minds, zombies in the school line Ridiculed, for tryin Ritalin junkies What a powerful country, that keeps promotin off flunkies 18 years old and your brain is like lunch meat Programmed to follow these dummies 'til the suburbs and slums meet Pull us over soon as they see blacks in the front seat So I'mma run streets, fuck freaks and causin dumb beats Me and mine is gonna be fine, fuck standin in the picket line I'm tryin to get these dollar signs dodgin time "As it turns out, about half of the votes which are thrown out and spoiled For technical reasons passed by African-Americans, why? African-Americans get the crappy schools, they get the crappy hospitals They get the bad police protection, they get the bad voting machines The main thing is, there is no coverage on American television And American radio about the MASSIVE disenfranchisement of, Black voters." [Akir] Yo, politicians that be garglin that garbage shit Bargain with anonymous, officers of opposite Doctrines for legal tender documents, pocketin the profits Off the rockets while they kick us out the projects, logic Surprisin common sense, risin occupants up out environments Survive and then they got you doin 5 to 10 Just the other day, I was pissin out some toxins When the cops rolled by, I gotta take it on the block again Sendin letters included, as a child offender for indecent exposure I shoulda looked over my shoulder My cousin got locked, Pop's lost his job, we evicted Waitin on Section-8, but the list had been restricted A Lexus hit and I missed it, I was dealin with some real shit My brother joined the service, not even nervous to get hit Sayin that he's out kid, geeked they got Saddam ousted I pray because he's bout it, now he's tryin to get up out it "Are you a criminal?" "No, never been convicted of any crime" "But they had you down as a serious convicted criminal" "Wrong person, I've never been arrested in my life, you know? Got out of the military, been in the medical field ever since I mean, you can't even work for a hospital being a convicted felon And I was in the Persian Gulf War, so, you know It's pretty screwed up how they did me but umm, what can I say?" [Akir] It makes us wanna shoot the coppers like that nigga Rollin Roberts For the pride in which they rob us every time that they stop us He try to give us vouchers, to move us out the hood But when we try to use 'em, damn them shits is no good I got a letter from my brother, said the media confuse ya The Army-Navy game was flippin coins from Fallujah No proper armor when they move us, damn we trapped Cursed, Shiites is soon to surround us, in Iraq Kerry lost, Colin Powell threw in the towel Ashcroft assed off, the shit is even gettin more foul Network, of elected delegates are all derelicts Look how shiesty Kerry get, damn it's all irrelevant It's never how they tell it is So I gotta get my shit straight, and handle my biz The next time we have to go vote, I might go Plus I heard, there's a lot of jobs and a lot of fine-ass hoes, in Ohio "If we cannot, imagine social relations based on peace and justice And equality, we will find ourselves caught up in the rhetorical universe That has been fabricated by global corporate dominance And its major spokespersons in the Bush administration So what does it mean to fight for democracy today? Another, world, is possible!" {*echoes*}