Escapism — Public Enemy
Verse 1
Is the groove good to you Like when you lose your thing Forgetten grits is grocery And eggs is poultry
Makin a livin against those makin a killin Super blackman gotha back And is back in the building If the prison is that skin you in And your cell sittin inside your skull They say you cant getaway From ya damn self When your earth is heaven And your world be hell Check your head Armageddons at the foot of your bed
You aint heard a word i said Forget them slacks
Im that throwback that Threw that throwback Back on the racks To get my mind back
O say can you see I get back its still just a black and white tv In lyin color brother Gots to getaway to the other.
Verse 2
Never was too good Off the top of my head
Cause i want yall to know Exactly what i said
This so called war in iraq Over a thousand dead Thats about 10 a week Even as i speak
33% of black males in jail 55% of black students will fail 85% of black folks forgot We were slaves Up inside this box
America got folks brains on lock Forget the connects
Some wanna buy whats next Wear it like a sign up in that chest
Yall should know papa dont take no mess
If you think your past is irrelevant Dont you know ol soul pays the gt damn rent That messiah aint never Gonna come as long as
You thinkin freedom Is bein free to be dumb
Verse 3
Soul is back So flip them hits back Damn the fashion I wanna know wheres the passion
Thinkin we came a long way baby
Sayin poor michaels psycho And prince hes crazy
But what has bob mick sir paul Done for you lately
How they maintain on your brain Seems to escape me
Heard some ghetto cats Dont like metal rap
Hear it and fear it And they think its wack
They dont even know that the blues is black And when i rap is back to the roots
Where i be at
Not some 30 year old who dont know facts Whos wild sayin things like some juvenile
Remember 2 million black folks in the penile Got a world of whitefolks Thinkin its style
Think im hatin cause you lack the information Cause we the fbi still gots on file