BlackMan Pt. 1

You and I, you and I Hey! You don't got to read between the lines To realize what we need You don't got to read between the lines To realize what we need You don't have to read between the lines To realize what we need A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I Unity is what all communities need It doesn't matter the color of your skin Don't let that racial chip hold you down From making it towards you wanna go Help the next man and together we will rise Black man, black man Black man, black man Black man, you gotta tell 'em what you want Keep us out 'em cage, we ain't monkeys no more We fight for creativity, we ain't fightin' yo war Be a queen, queen, you ain't gotta be a hoe I say what I want but I'm keepin' it real Freedom of speech really ain't that free So when you say what you want you gotta say it in secret Ignore the obvious but I know that you see it Hey, I know that you see it Ignore the obvious but I know that you see it Ignore the problem but I know that we see it If you don't acknowledge it then you the reason Put yo fists up! I know that you see it Ignore the obvious but I know that you see it Ignore the problem but I know that we see it If you don't acknowledge it then you the reason, straight up! You don't got to read between the lines To realize what we need You don't have to read between the lines To realize what we need A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I I got love for the youths in Chicago I got love for the youths in Detroit I got love for the youths in New Orleans I got love for the youths all around the world I love my presidents, but fuck the government 'Cause if it ain't a budget, they ain't budgin' Straight up! Black man, kill a black man Over the fakest fucking chain or a dice game Crips killing Crips, is that really love? Favorite color red, so now you a Blood? Fuck outta here! Missed me with that Fight the power, strapped 'em black Mystify 'em hour, who got yo back? Is it a black man or is it yo strap? (Pop pop pop!) This ain't a black white Chinese thang Got love from the Mexicans and every race All around the world, we gotta stick together I don't see a color, all I see is a brother 'Cause my public enemy is not the man that's next to me But actually the man above that's lookin' down on me Like if we is for that? We gotta stand together, hey You don't got to read between the lines To realize what we need You don't have to read between the lines To realize what we need A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' bit of U-N-I-T-Y A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I A lil' less of me and more you and I I got love, aye I got love I got love, aye I got love Uh I never was the type to look away from the obvious pain They put on my people just to chain the fact that we kings and queens Stronger than the images they put on big screens We have to show it, niggas know it That Tyler Perry family reunion we never had Instead we get the vine and reminisce on the path Of our poor righteous teachers Community needs us to be better role models and more leaders We on it, stand for the call, leer for the moment As long as I'm breathin', I'm fightin' fo' freedom against my opponent They want me to slave it out, throw us in cages To hit the remainders, skip ova the pages or our courses 'Cause we too busy killin' up each other Heard another unarmed brother got smothered Another memorial and cryin' mother That folk in trouble, damn!