Blown Away

[Verse 1] Martin Luther King had more than a dream He was out for social change and that sort of a thing Tried to lead us to freedom, but before it would ring He got blown away He seen the problem and thought that he had to answer prolly And that's the reason Huey started the Panther party Wasn't for Hoover he'd be alive today Bang, he got blown away That man Clarence Smith was like a father to many Was for the love cause the brother wasn't offered a penny He said the black man was God and it costed him plenty Was at the time when wasn't no police officers friendly He birthed the five percent nation, call him the true and living And just for that you know they whooped him and threw him in prison Wasn't for them then he'd be with us today Bang, he got blown away Marvin Gaye wrote a song called ''What's Going On?'' The label said no, but he convinced them to go along He spoke of Vietnam and the shit that was going wrong Trying to convince people that they need to keep holding on He sang ''Mercy Mercy Me'', it felt like he was crying He want to save the hood, they understood why he was trying He took a stand and said what he had to say Bang, he got blown away 2Pac Shakur was more than a rapper, more than an actor It was more than awards he was after He tried to teach young, black people a better way He got blown away Hey, we gotta give it to him, Abraham Lincoln was honest He was a racist, but he did what he said when he promised He freed slaves, of course he was gonna pay He got blown away John F. Kennedy fought for the people A white president, that wanted to see all of us equal At least that was what he said when running for office to be to But then he won and started doing more for the people Assassin hit him with a bullet that tore his cerebral I know a lot of y'all thinking ''we wanna believe you'' Black people prayed for JFK But bang, he got blown away Same way, Gosh, I can't forget Peter Tosh If Bob Marley was Jigga then Tosh would be Nas Peter was Bob right hand man, one hand washed All of these brothers wanted more than to just to be large Killer on the guitar, but better up on the mic Y'all remember the revolutionary shit that he would write? Like "get up, stand up, stand up for your right" Bang, he got blown away You damn right Martin Luther King had more than a dream He was out for social change and that sort of a thing Tried to lead us to freedom, but before it would ring He got blown away 2Pac Shakur was more than a rapper, more than an actor It was more than awards he was after He tried to teach young, black people a better way He got blown away Then there was Saigon, I brought you the greatest story I know they watching me, I know that they waiting for me I just pray that y'all heed what I had to say Before I get blown away