Wyclef Jean - The Industry Lyrics
[Intro]Yeah I wanna dedicate this to everybody that love hip hop musicCause without hip hop music I wouldn't be here todayPreacher's son, yeah[Verse 1]Imagine if Biggie and Pac never got shotAnd they both still were rulers of hip hopAnd Puffy and Suge was roomates from collegeAnd Big L never got found in the alleyNas and Jay-Z they were still homiesSquash the beef with Ja Rule and 50Benzino shook hands with EminemAnd on the same record I heard Eve, Fox and KimAnd sometimes when I dream, that's when I wake upI kinda hoped that The Fugees didn't break upAnd when they walked into the studio I prayed they didn't sprayCause I miss that scratch from Jam Master Jay (Whoa oh oh!!!)[Chorus]Shots go off, mother's cry Death since rise, homicideBlack on black crime needs to stopY'all can't blame it on hip hopCause what we say is what we seeWhat we see is realityThe ghetto's the ghetto you got them livin in sorrowSoon they won't live to see tomorrow[Verse 2]Imagine if Big Pun was still aliveI could see Fat Joe screamin Terror SquadImagine if there were still four survivors still in Destiny's ChildAnd TLC never lost they Left EyeImagine Refugees never needin a passportAnd John Forte never at Newark Airport Million Man March, man, that was a startNow I need a million more to meet me at Central ParkWhen the revolution start y'all 'gon have to play thisImagine Slick Rick not gettin deported (Whoa oh oh!)[Chorus]Shots go off, mother's cryDeath since rise, homicideBlack on black crime needs to stopY'all can't blame it on hip hopCause what we say is what we seeWhat we see is realityThe ghetto's the ghetto you got them livin in sorrowSoon they won't live to see tomorrow[Verse 3]In the club never thoughShyne shot the gunBut in the limosine JLO had to runPaparazzi snappin shots through the mirrorThat's when I saw a smile from Princess DianaBack and forth and forth and backLike Miss Aaliyah man do I miss hertopStop! We lost too many soldiers like Freaky TahWhile they get the cover of a magazine who got to die[Chorus]Shots go off, mother's cry Death since rise, homicideBlack on black crime needs to stop Y'all can't blame it on hip hopCause what we say is what we see What we see is realityThe ghetto's the ghetto you got them livin in sorrowSoon they won't live to see tomorrow[Outro]Yeah, peace be with y'all