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[00:00.08]I was born, in a dump
[00:03.21]My mama died and my daddy got drunk
[00:06.44]They left me, to die or grow
[00:09.23]In the middle of Tobacco Road
[00:11.92]I grew up in a rusty shack
[00:14.57]All i owned was hangin on my back
[00:17.27]And Lord knows, how I learnt
[00:19.86]This place called Tobacco Road
[00:23.22]Tobacco Road, you're dirty and you're filthy
[00:25.88]Tobacco Road, gonna get me some dynamite and a crane
[00:29.42]I'm gonna blow it up, Lord knows gonna start all over again
[00:38.29]My mind is the place where I make my plans
[00:44.23]The world is the place where I take my stand
[00:49.72]The beauty of life is mine today
[00:52.87]They cannot take my mind away
[00:55.29]Fuck what you heard, I'm from Africa
[00:57.31]This ain't no act it's mathematical
[00:59.21]Past the black radical
[01:00.62]I choose the M1, because it's practical
[01:02.92]Nothin was changed, we ain't protected
[01:04.60]No names, it's all factual
[01:06.70]They push the wrong buttons, count down to detonate
[01:09.06]Brooklyn blown away and the world will have to speculate
[01:11.87]This is what we learn in the streets, fuck a degree
[01:14.24]Believe in none of what you hear and half of what you see
[01:16.51]It's like watching your own father smoke crack
[01:18.97]I have nightmares on shit like that
[01:20.62]No way in hell I'll ever get like that
[01:22.72]I seen a lot of shit in twenty-two years
[01:25.04]It's like a tour of duty
[01:26.24]My life is booby-trapped, it's hard to see the beauty
[01:28.61]When your heart is turning ice cold
[01:30.15]Cold like your hands exposed to blistering winds
[01:32.98]My mother keep her eyes closed, she say she prayin
[01:35.33]I listen close to what she sayin
[01:36.86]When she speak of Jesus I ignore it
[01:38.95]But when it's practical I'm all for it
[01:41.19]You got to think like a soldier
[01:42.72]I'm training myself to snatch pistols out of holsters
[01:45.97]Discipline keep the mind focused
[01:47.97]This whole world is a corn field son
[01:50.05]Look out for flying locusts
[01:51.56]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[01:54.10]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[01:56.87]And through you, control your whole crew
[01:59.03]It's psychology boy, now what the fuck that make you wanna do?
[02:02.70]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[02:05.37]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[02:08.15]And through you, control your whole crew
[02:10.52]It's psychology boy, now what the fuck that make you wanna do?
[02:13.30]You can't walk the streets with no state of mind
[02:16.15]Blind to the ways of mankind
[02:18.61]And if you know the time, give me a sign
[02:21.27]Tell me where we draw the line
[02:22.81]I got your back if you got mine
[02:24.66]My enemy's enemy is my man
[02:26.58]One dreadlock is stronger than one strand while the crackers got the upper hand
[02:30.49]My comrades stand on lands stolen
[02:32.47]Every tooth a golden opportunity
[02:34.30]Who holdin my community hostage?
[02:36.43]10% ransom, costing us time we lost and some
[02:40.11]This is how the plan runs
[02:41.61]Thinkin with a fugitive brain
[02:43.28]What we do to live is insane
[02:44.80]Holdin the weed, healing my membranes
[02:47.25]Just like crack, you know it all boils down
[02:49.85]To the dollars-and-cents of it
[02:51.35]Niggaz commence to get rents to sentenced to serve terms
[02:54.86]Jumping the fence, the black germ is loose
[02:57.08]When will they learn?
[02:58.03]Psychology
[02:58.73]We piss on walls and smoke reefa in the halls
[03:01.04]No respect for their laws
[03:02.29]I cut your face with a kitchen knife
[03:03.84]It's gladiator times, man against machinery
[03:06.51]The tree bark fatigues help me blend in with the scenery boy
[03:09.93]Life is a series of serious choices
[03:11.84]Theories is formed from experience, never mysterious forces
[03:15.18]Various courses of life can lead to failure
[03:17.78]Too much of anything is a trap, my mind snap
[03:20.55]Guerrilla warfare for two grand
[03:22.40]They say karate means 'empty hands'
[03:24.44]So then it's perfect for the poor man
[03:27.97]They say karate means 'empty hands'
[03:30.17]So then it's perfect for the poor man
[03:32.76]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[03:35.04]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[03:38.06]And through you, control your whole crew
[03:40.35]It's psychology boy, now what the fuck that make you wanna do?
[03:43.81]Don't let 'em get in your head, they try to probe you
[03:46.46]Figure your thoughts so they can try and control you
[03:49.28]And through you, control your whole crew
[03:51.52]It's psychology boy, now what the fuck that make you wanna do?
[03:53.89]If we don't organize
[03:56.36]Then we won't survive
[03:59.72]If we don't realize
[04:02.54]We are sure to die
[04:04.72]Psychology
[04:05.48]When you think of us think of pyramids and pistols
[04:08.70]And glimmering gold teeth that shine like crystals
[04:11.49]The mind is like a jewel son
[04:13.10]Only a fool wouldn't grasp it
[04:15.13]Wisdom is a tool, you get blasted
[04:16.74]When you think of us think of pyramids and pistols
[04:19.99]And glimmering gold teeth that shine like crystals
[04:22.15]The mind is like a jewel son
[04:23.85]Only a fool wouldn't grasp it
[04:25.81]Wisdom is a tool, you get blasted
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[04:50.40]Free your mind, and the rest will follow
[05:01.43]Seize the time, no one is promised tomorrow
[05:12.68]Free your mind, and the rest will follow
[05:23.85]Seize the time, no one is promised tomorrow
[05:35.02]Free your mind, and the rest will follow
[05:46.01]Seize the time, no one is promised tomorrow
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