The Message

[?] (you know) He didn't know Tupac Shakur You don't know Snoop Doggy-Dogg You don't know Biggie Smalls You don't blow them buds While you sitting on your butt Afraid to come into our community And deal with the grass roots of your people A whole generation has come up around Let's talk about the rappers for a bit Can we talk about the rappers for a moment? Let's talk about Tupac Born out of the spirit of the revolution Sitting in a jail cell Carrying the fruit of life [?] the child in the womb Sick and tired of what's been going on In the hills of North America And so they rap And so they rap (you know) Lyrics, (you know) Lyrics They speak to the pain and the suffering And low-down life of the black [?] If you don't stand up for the liberation of our people Then you hoe with any nigga I don't care who he is or where he is To hell with him And if you stand in the pool pit In his [?] As the baddest nigga The baddest nigga Baddest nigga The baddest nigga The baddest nigga Baddest nigga The baddest nigga and the coldest Keep the faith, baby Keep the faith, baby Keep the faith Keep the faith, baby Don't panic Don't panic Don't panic Tupac said the same thing Tupac said the same thing Keep your head up (you know) Keep your head up (you know)