Ice T - Message To The Soldier Lyrics
Yo, ice, you been down with the struggle for a long time, man...Why dont you drop some knowledge for these brothers whoWant to get involved in this war...Take notes: real gangstas wear trench coatsGrey suits, black ties and they seek votesAnd youre not to be misledTheyll kill you in your *****in bedThey dont sell dope, yo, excuse me, yes they doBut they dont look that much like me or youBut if you pull up the sheets and expose themTheyll crawl up like snakes and show fangs of venomNow Ive been soldier for yearsRepresentin the tattooed tearsOther brothas locked up with no choiceLeft in the bowels of devil with no voiceMy phones are tapped, my crib is buggedMy car is tailed from club to clubAnd this aint no *****in jokeThey want to see a nigga brokeYou cant slip, if you slip youre outYou gotta know what youre talkin aboutDrop science every chance you getHit direct and indirect, speak in codeCause youre never aloneThats why I use this low toneFollow this and you might grow olderThis is a message to the soldiers...Now they killed king and they shot xNow they want me, you could be nextAll you gotta do is speak too loudAll you gotta be is be too proudCause once you letem knowWho you are and where youre atYou better watch your backCause you might think youre just dopeWhile youre livin in a snipers scopeIm not tryin to scare youBut theres a danger if you get too deepSome nights I dont sleepAll you wanna do is tell the truthAll you wanna do is save the youthIce cube knows, souljah knows, p.e. knowsThey throw death blowsAnd if you got kids or a girl thats trueTheyll move on them tooBut when Im gone I need you to carry onYou gotta be strong and fight for our salvationBut there will be retaliation, soldier...To think that rap could be attackedIs ignorin the simple factThat they never ment us to speakThey had planned to keep the black man weakBut rap hit the streetsBlack rage amplified over dope beatsNow they want to shut us downAnd they dont ***** aroundCheck the history books, sonBlack leaders die youngThey tell us that your words are scaryTheyre revolutionaryBecause we speak the truthAbout crime and drugsAnd expose the real thugsThis info is not beneficialTo the groups that go by three initalsSo they try to discreditTheyll dog you with an editPrint the words the way you never said itBut we gotta makeem regret it, soldiers...Word! I know a lot of brothas out there want to get in this war...You know what Im sayin? a lot of sistas got a lot of knowledgeTo drop on our people but right now theyre movin to shut downAll hip-hop! the first amendment had absolutely nothin to doWith black people at the time constitution was written, we wereConsidered nothin but property...the expectation of havin blackPeople speak on records never came to mind, so we gotta move!But belive me all the black leaders have been silenced and mostOf the time its been violent so if you choose to get in this war,Realize what youre in for but we gotta move on...And we gotta stay strong...Message to the soldiers, welcome to the struggle...Message to the soldiers, be careful, soldiers...
