America Eats the Young

[Intro: Marley Marl] Here, where's the Black man in America mentally dead.. [Chorus: Chuck D & Tragedy] America eats the young America eats the young Yeah, Traged' America eats the young America eats the young Yeah, come on [Verse 1: Tragedy] America eats the young, that's the title Black-On-Black-Crime is suicidal Racial outburst, killed in bents and hearses Now he's sittin' in universe Killed the cop, he's unworthy Murdered that's poor black boy in Jersy There's no sorrow, but you can borrow America kills tommorrow Get a grip and, time to slip and Howard Beach, Micheal Griffen To Halliburton, Larry Davis These are the Champ fools America gave us Paining sourer, Black converter Mr. President, keeps the murder Brothers waitin' for the Government to save them Instead of usin' the minds Allah gave them High School dropped out, now you clogged out "come on" After the crime, got caught and you copped out Incarcerated, you're just hatin' it Major bet, but you don't wanna lay in it No probations, black and racin' "come on" My founation is the Nubian Nations "let them know somethin" Culture saker, political faker Black raper, molder and maker "Ugh" Where is my mule and fourty eight acres? "aiy" Abraham Linclon, dead and stinkin' Use your brain like men and start thinkin' "give it them" Attitude is dyin' til my job is done "give it them" America eats the young [Chorus: Chuck D & Tragedy] Give it to them America eats the young America eats the young Give it to them now America eats the young America eats the young Ugh, let them know somethin' America eats the young America eats the young Tell them Traged' [Verse 2: Tragedy] You used to look so good, but now you don't You used to work, but now you won't Scotty got your body cracked out He got you high one day, you blacked out Sold your body to an old white waiter Had a friend, nine months later Abused the child cause you hate every bit of him Sayin' the saga that you shouldn't have got with him You ain't no mother, you're a monster Killed the youngster, put him in the duster Sounded mournin, cold and swollen Out of control and, your soul is rollin' You played the keeps for life got stollen Cracked the pain, killed your brain Now you're criminally insane The judge gave a sentence to our griffter "Hay" Now you're beggin' for God to forgive ya "come on" In a cell, is where you dwell "that's right" You scream and yell, you tried to hail Grabbed the rope cause you choked on your last breath The only way out is death From the cell you hung, your body is swung Now justice is done [Chorus: Chuck D & Tragedy w/ minor Variations] America eats the young America eats the young That's right Traged', tell him America eats the young America eats the young Eats its young America eats the young America eats the young [Chuck D] Yo Traged, show them why you're the Intelligent Hoodlum Let them know somethin, come on now [Verse 3: Tragedy] Give a black man a padge and a gun and he thinks he is bigger Ugh, he ain't nothin' but a sell out nigger Pay him off and he'll pull the trigger "come on" Just a Tubian, cause I'm a Nubian "right, right" Mighty caribbean, only Cubain Lights of Islam, dropped the bomb It's The Tradgedy, not Uncle Tom Preacher practise, our blacklist Black leadings, you lost your blackness "let them know somethin" I ain't Tobie, you can't mold me FIGHT THE POWER, Chuckie told me So I'm doin' this, you wanna ruin this Keep your eyes on this, lyrical scientist I'm eminem gun and I won't miss Deeper dominant, poetical prominent "word them up" There's no stoppin' it, once I'm droppin' it "yeah, Traged'" I'm almost done, America eats the young [Chorus: Chuck D & Tragedy w/ minor Variations] America eats the young America eats the young That's right Traged', kick it America eats the young America eats the young Hey, ha ha America eats the young America eats the young Yo, Marley Marl In Control America eats the young America eats the young [Chuck D] Yeah, that's right with soul Turn table number one and Turn table number two The Intelligent Hoodlum in full effect Fightin' the Power for you and yours Marley Marl In Control Tragedy, that's right Yo, you got pick up one Yo, let them know somethin' Tragedy We gon' kick it to you like this, come on In control, with soul In control, with soul America eats its young You're Goddamn right