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Yo, Tre, yo, put on that, um
Yo, where's that 1997 Up-Top shit?
Man, that "Start The Revolution" shit, man
Let these niggas know how many styles get flipped around here
I feel as though I'm ancient, transversing through stages
Tryna grasp the gravity life's shielding you from storms facing
But being a perceptive child, it's time I allowance truth
For you represent the base of the tree, I symbolize the root
In a world of smoke screens, we impact everything
But often left powerless to control
So as you embark on your journey away, remember to voyage home
To your birth village, where we long abandoned our wisdom
To navigate the treacherous path from Earth, ending
Our quell of anger and resentment toward our women
From the highest state of consciousness, we fell
Into a diabolical game of life that's rigged from the beginning
Where few men who wanted change didn't have the power
And those who had the power to change the situation didn't
Seen or unseen, the story of an unknown generational being
Your pops is the production of environmental misery
Yet seeking the truth is every intelligent man's responsibility
To pass down the foundation of guidance
'Cause yours is a stolen legacy
Where we teach strength to those who lost their will
When we start the revolution, all they probably do is squeal
Start the revolution
A lot of these thugs is ostriches who
Quick to bury their head in the deal
That's alright
Jah willing, I'll be there to console you when
You find yourself alone on the battlefield
Niggas know the deal
When we start the revolution, all they probably do is squeal
That's alright
How do I begin this history lesson?
How do I teach my seed the government considers him opposition?
Target with a trap or for slave labor in a prison
If they consider him a threat, Lord knows they tried to kill him
But he must know about Tuskegee syphilis injections
And how scientists turn vaccine into bioweapons
I'm out here trying to make sense of the time
Where you much too young to know the definition of genocide
Or how they lied about thirty million
People on the continent of Africa
Getting AIDS from a monkey bite
We dealing with statistics the size of the entire US Black population
Every man, woman, and child killed
When we start the revolution, all they probably do is squeal
Start the revolution
They sleepwalkers
That's alright
They sleepwalking
That's alright
They sleepwalkers
When they start the revolution, all they probably do is squeal
They sleepwalkers
They sleepwalking
We call them sleepwalkers
That's alright
The greatest killing machine ever, all time, was a silent weapon
When it was applied gradually, people learned
To tolerate and adjust to its presence
A killing machine so perfect, at first
They couldn't intellectualize it
Therefore, they were afraid to ask any questions
But understand this, Jah makes no perfect weapons
You will no longer be able to control us through suppression
The poor getting hungry and our ribs are showing
What was seemingly impossible to move mountains
Is now possible to remove mountains with high explosives
I'll turn your NWO into a rubble pile
Lord, please forgive me for as much heat as
I've been through for raising a warrior child
When we start the revolution, all they probably do is squeal
Start the revolution
Niggas know the deal
Let me hear you scream your will
For when they start the revolution
Start the revolution
Start the revolution
Start the revolution
Start the revolution
Start the revolution
Start the revolution
Start the revolution