[Intro: Wyclef Jean]
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have ever lasting life
Lord have mercy!
Yo', check it out, I want all the refugees out there to just put up your motherfuckin' hands, you know you're a fuckin' immigrant
Put up your hands youknowhatI'msayin'?
I'ma start this shit off like this, this time around
[Hook: Wyclef Jean]
H-to-the-A-to-the-I-to-the-T-to-the-I -Live or die, it's nothin' but a dark side
Fugees on the mic, yeah, yeah, yo', refugees on the mic, oh yeah, oh yeah
H-to-the-A-to-the-I-to-the-T-to-the-I -Live or die, it's nothin' but a dark side
Fugees on the mic, yeah, yeah, yo', refugees on the mic, oh yeah, oh yeah
[Wyclef Jean]
If you wanna snap (SNAP), if you wanna crack (CRACK)
If you wanna shoot, give me a second so I can lay flat
Cause this, some the cemetary's, the reality
Where the tough guys get buried in their property
Word to Sampson, the tone will get you hung
I had a friend, they murdered his father and his three-year-old son
I heard him cursin' the essence of the, the (PAUSE) committed the crime
But ah, murder got no time
The country has no law, it's either rich or poor
I'm out the back door, I got nuttin' to fight for
I'm sailin' on a boat like a goat - I clear my throat
When I got to Brooklyn, I was broke, so I selled coke
I look in through microscope, for my country and the hurt
My eyes bleed, I see Aristide, the Haitian Pope
Figure of Gandhi, courage of Malcolm X
Swing like the ki's, so should I put on David Tomerfest
Though I'm humberlicious strugglin' to jump
Let me blow a Hubble Bubble in your face of your ego!
Aiyyo, freeze-funk, you got to stay stable
Watch out for the devil, he comes after you after the revival
When will he come, what will he do, what will he say?
That's all a mystery, but have your hand grenade
So you can blow the motherfucker away
Beep, beep, I gotta make a sale so I can eat
So Praswell, grab the mic and be complete
[Pras]
Huh, lovin' the wreck in effect, will be all in checkmate
Another style for Praswell to translate
For those who can't relate to stay down my - no-man wait
No mistake, when I tell you, your prophet is a fake
[Wyclef Jean]
You said a contract on a Haitian, three-hundred g's
Your sharpshooters are lousy, real men don't hide behind hoodies
So show your face-a when you waste, I know who's smokin'
The bigger that you try to put out yours just makes me Mr. Nobody
Take high wit'cha just right, it'll be like Michael get ordered, a viper you know!!
Yeah, a viper cause you might lose a life to the side by like
What did I have to in the line of the barkin' of the bright side
You tried to scare me but I won't mover-a
The bully of the block becomes the hour of the Glock
So cuckoo!! The sounds I run are rollin' with the bodyguard
But don't forget the day it's sunny but it'll be foggy
And in the funeral, you'll be singin' a new tune
May your soul rest on the moon (?Jack in wood spoon!!?)
In Channel Seven, you said: "Death before Cut"
You killed so many that your conscience ended up - whattup? (WHAT!!)
Aiyyo black men, you're dyin' by a dozen cousin
So all I do is walk away yo' Prince as if nothin' happened
You call me a punk, I gotta step cause all you did was flex
But don't get closer cause the kid still gotta keep his rep
See I'm known for the crew like the jewel was the jewel
Like Apollo got the boo, like the Miller got the brew
Let the fool cop the man-jewel, Shaka got the Zulu
Hawaii got the Honolulu
I got the rap blues, so sci-bi-dee-bob-bob, you don't stop
You do the rap-rap, from hip-hop to be-bop, from be-bop
To beep-beep, the Haitian kid, beeper's goin' off beep-beep
I gotta make a sale so I can eat, beep, beep
The Haitian kid, beeper's goin' off, you know I got no time to sleep, so beep-beep
[Hook]
H-to-the-A-to-the-I-to-the-T-to-the-I -Live or die, it's nothin' but a dark side
Fugees on the mic, yeah, yo', refugees on the mic, oh yeah, oh yeah
[Pras]
Man, I went to court the other day to plead for my innocence
They brought me in under charges of illegal residence
An Alien, in a foreign land, Uncle Sam
Watch me go back to my land, the land of thing
Gorillas in the mist, where everything, and the light becomes a priest
They put up they guard, they pump up they fists
Now I'm number one on they motherfuckin' hit-list...
Goin' down for first degree of manslaughter
Makin' change out of emcee's makin' them outta quarters
That's they value, that's what they worth
Cause the first shall be last and the last shall be first, yeah
What we learned was to burn, now cause you c-came
With that machette, it's your turn
It's not funny, but twenty a month is what you earn baby
(We are to the Yankee, pass the mic to the "Yankee")
[Lauryn Hill]
Well I'm as Fugee on the mic, yo check it comin' from my temple
With a message, to deliver, but the fact is very simple
I’m the girl Yankee rollin' wit' the kids from Haiti coolin'
At the mardis gras who gets the last laugh hahahaha…
“Well they bite styles” says my Haitian friend, “they stink!” says my Yankee one
But who was the first with the vocal girl as soon as it came out son
Form history – a hypocrite, so what we gonna do?
When dope is dope is only if the man says that it’s true
So hip-hip with my lip as I rip with a felt tip
With a righteous situation, interpretation, a degradation
Your race relations, and education, segregation, emancipation
A capitalization, integration, not separation, ya play the Haitians…
H-to-the-A-to-the-I-to-the-T-to-the-I...
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