Grand Puba

[Intro:]
Yeah positivity over comes negativity check it.
A gat dont make you a man cause a man made the gat
So stop with the black on black [x2]
[Verse 1:]
We got black on black
Black on crack
Knowledge of self is what the black people lack
Grew up in the projects with the welfare and the food stamps
Modern day concentration camps
Where we lost all our unity
Because the negativity pulls us down like gravity
Black people on eath others back
Little shortie sedated thinkin the way out is by selling cracks
I seen black borthers cry like day by day the number multiply
And the devil dont give a damn long as a black man kills another black man
It makes his job more eaiser
As the tick goes with the tock hes just gettin sleezier and sleezier
Heres a good example of yourself
Talkin about a devil on a record they put you on the shelf
As long as you talk about "Yo I bust this nigga and I bust that nigga"
You grow bigger as a rap figure
But thats still black on black welcome back
Its time to graduate from that
[Hook:]
Change gon come change gon come time to free the dumb time to free the dumb
[x3]
Change gon come say what say what so get up out the slum
[Verse 2:]
Now lets deal on the real dont you set sick of this?
The way we hate eachother the shits rediculous
Its time to move on to the next phase
Cause theres too many shorties gettin boxed in the grave
Some think respect is an uzi or a tech
But when he steals your intellect its like a rope around your neck
Thats the 2000 tricknowledge
Thats the shit you wont learn in college brother
You get to be strong you got to hold on
You got to know the ledge before you hit the edge
Time to get wise and civilize
Open up your eyes all three eyes and recognzie
What your doing all that bullshit you pursueing
Put your whole life on ruin
Lets kill the black on black vigga
Cause it only gets us locked up or in the box quicker
And thats aint how you get the cheese
Cause now ya locked up or gunned down by your enemy
But Im a deader that gat
Remember a gat dont make you a man cause a man made the gat
Word is born
Keep it true God keep it true [x8]
Puba talking:
KnowhatImsayin? Time to civilize you know get wise. Think. Stop and think
youknowhatImsayin? No doubt. Check it so just...
Stop think, listen to the God hear what hes sayin. [x2]
[Hook]
[Outro:]
No doubt Id like to send this one out to all the people still striving and
stugglinto keep it real youknowhatImsayin? Not actin like we keepin it
real no doubt. Peace and love. Thats D on the hook off.
[ Change Gonna Come Lyrics ]