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Scared To Die

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Scared To Die

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I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here livin' on a planet full of fools

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here, no, I ain't happy of your family

I ain't scared to die, even though I wanna live

Deep down inside I'm a cross between homicidal, suicidal

'Coz I was born to give my life like the Messiah

Smokin' weed till I can’t get no high, tryin' to ease the tension

Heavenly Father, did I mentioned in my confession

The world got me stressin', maybe death will be a blessin'?

[Incomprehensible] grew up learnin' lessons in the street

From seminary to 72nd in Lacey in the east

Side of Oakland, California I was on my own at a early age

That's why I'm filled with rage

I know the system is responsible

For the conditions of my black folks in the ghetto

All across America, their funk is deeper

I put the message in the music to wake you up out your sleep but

How could I keep my head above the water

When the force of the current is pullin' me harder than I can swim?

Sometimes I feel like I oughta die the death of a martyr

Before they kill me, I'ma slaughter

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here livin' on a planet full of fools

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here, no, I ain't happy of your family

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here livin' on a planet full of fools

I ain't scared to die, I ain't scared to kill

I'm a righteous black gorilla from the hill of 72nd in Lacey St.

To all my comrades in the pen, wait for me

I swear to God, I'ma set you free

Even if I gotta lay it down in the dirt and if I'm lyin' I'm dyin'

If I'm dyin' atleast I died puttin' in work

And if there's Hell below, we all gon' go

Death can't hurt unless we die slow

Sometimes I look up in the mirror starin' deep into my own eye

Searchin' for the strength to carry on

Wonderin' if I died a physical death

Will my people remember me when I'm gone?

The ghetto is a warzone, 7200 is my head code

'Coz when the funk is on I pop the clip up in my chrome millimeter

The Grim Reaper, keep my heater in my shoulder

Soldiers at the hideout

Righteous black gorillaz 'bout to ride out, to put the smash down

Run up in the bank, yellin', ‘We want the cash now’

To finance a revolutionary struggles all around

Lay it down on the ground

And if I hear the sound of a siren

I won't hesitate to get the firin' on everybody in the buildin'

Killin’, I'm a villain because I'm black

Put your hands up to the ceilin', keep on fillin' up the sack

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here livin' on a planet full of fools

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here, no, I ain't happy of your family

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here livin' on a planet full of fools

I ain't scared to die, I ain't got shit to lose

Plus I ain't happy here, no, I ain't happy of your family

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