I think you'll find sir that there will come a time when black people wake up
And become intellectually independent enough to think for themselves
As other humans are intellectually independent enough to think for themselves
Then the black man will think like a black man and he will feel for other black people
And this new thinking and feeling will cause black people to stick together
And then at that point you have a situation where when you attack one black man
You are attacking all black men
I must sever the hesitation and speak to my generation
Be the voice of freedom and slavery so they have a choice
Emancipation or incarceration been overly patient
Thinking they would wisen up and see for themselves
As Seagram's sells seven and seven my third seven
My third eye's dominance is making my others blind
I cant see me being what they want me to be
I cant see the world as they depict it to be
But I see the future and I see the light
I see the God in you I see life in you still exuberant
Hasn't been raped with lack of lubricant
In the language of regret I am fluent never congruent
Cause how I see this society still got a nigga down where the basement be
Basically give us hope then feed us poison and pain
We're inhabitants of the pit where Bane through Bruce Wayne, I
I am martin I am Malcolm
I'm Huey Newton the spark to the revolution, I
I am Mandela I am Tutankhamen
I am the long lost son of Solomon
Who am I
I I I I
Who are you
You you you you
Self check on the humble one two
Self check on the humble one two
You ask who am I
I I I I
Nah who are you
You you you you
Self check on the humble one two
Self check on the humble one two, one two
If you cannot do it if you are not prepared to do it then you will die
You race of cowards you race of imbeciles you race of good for nothings
If you cannot do what other men have done, What other nations have done
What other races have done then you yourself shall die
We need to reunite like back In the days Marcus Garvey led through the U.N.I.A
Before Hoover maneuvered to dismantle the movement
Through informants, they've always been a part of the game
See we free now we don't need massa no more
We taking that black money and spend it in black stores
We had black stocks and bonds, shipping companies
With black soldiers suited up marching in the streets
Pride in the mind of every man woman child
Power was at hand and Sam couldn't stand for it
So Garvey's plan was thwarted to Jamaica deported
Kids see him and through stones our government is euphoric
Surgical with their craft when they removed our heart
Future leaders only proceeded to pick us apart
That's just a page in the book of violations since they captured us
Never let them forget how they massacred little Africa
I am martin I am Malcolm
I'm Huey Newton the spark to the revolution, I
I am Mandela I am Tutankhamen
I am the long lost son of Solomon
Who am I
I I I I
Who are you
You you you you
Self check on the humble one two
Self check on the humble one two
You ask who am I
I I I I
Nah who are you
You you you you
Self check on the humble one two
Self check on the humble one two, one two
This type of black thinking will cause all black people to stick together
And this type of thinking also will bring an end to the brutality inflicted on black people by white people
And it the only thing that will bring an end to it
No federal court state court or city court will bring an end to it
Its something that the black man has to bring an end to himself