Tearz Of A Clown [Original Verison]
"Start from the intro?"
I can't though, it's gonna be too painful
To speak of all the evil
Obstacles my people came through "Equality?"
Is not true, I rush to beat the curfew
I guess nobody told us that
The people gotta eat too "The system?"
I laugh, 'cause I don't see no truth left
Addicted to that crack or raised too
High to fight for Yusef
Can't blame 'em, they slumber
Come here ya Casanova
Just because Mandela is free don't mean
The freedom fight is over
The beaches, Howard, Virginia and the others
Ya let 'em lynch the brothers and
No one will love the mothers "Confused?"
You shouldn't be, my facts are stated clearly
But my raps contain no "wild thing" so
I guess no one will hear me
"They're killin' us?"
But what's new, 'cause nobody will yell out
They're all too busy livin' lavish
Lives of a sellout "The police?"
A big joke, the only time their gun smokes
Is when they murder brothers after
Every bone has been broke "Huey?"
A hero, although he never tried to be
Died and since his death he's
Still a victim of society
"Well, what's next?"
Unity, respect and love your sisters
We joke and call 'em bitches so
The crackers try to diss her
"We'll kill them?" that's not the way
It's time to use intelligence
"Turn the other cheek?"
Never again, it's time for self-defense
"How come you're so angry?"
'Cause I'm tired of bein' kept down
Now it's time to wipe away
The tears of a clown
"Why ya cryin'?"
I told ya, I'm tired of livin' life low
The rich can beat the lotto
While the poor stay in the ghetto
"The president?"
Elected, but I don't know how it happened
Better qualified for rappin'
With his gift for senseless yakkin'
A day for Martin Luther King
Now his soul is put to rest
Turnin' over in the grave next
To him is Malcolm X forgotten too quickly
It makes me want to hate them
Forgot about his wisdom
He's the latest fashion statement
"Red or Blue, what set ya claim?"
Does it make a difference?
One day we're gonna work it
Out and overcome this ignorance "Education?"
Propaganda, taught to me in class
How can we control our future if
We're kept from our past?
We better live a better way or
We won't see another day
You can heed the words I say or
Don't and kiss your life away
Not tryin' to preach or teach
It is my wish to only explain
So many died before me
Can I let their lives be in vain?
So now we've come to this point
It's time to make decision
Do we live in self-destruction
Or escape the realism?
They ask me why I'm angry
'cause I'm tired of bein' kept down
My people, let's unite and wipe away the
Tears of a clown
"What ills the children?"
The future, for them, I see such sorrow
The least that we can do is
Let them live to see tomorrow
Too many have been killed
It's time to stand up for our rights
How can the people "Fight The Power"
If they can't fight for their life?
Instead, they fight their wife
Beat up if she's not silent
Time to fight for principles
The brothers get nonviolent
The government is so crooked
And liberties a hypocrite
"The Star Spangled Banner?"
Just some patriotic bullshit
Destruction of the Panthers another
Sneak attack plan
Couldn't stand to see the strength
And peace within the Blackman
"Where are all the heroes who
We thought were so untouchable?"
I see 'em pushin' dope and
Rollin' 'round in BMW
How can it not trouble you
To see a dyin' species?
The world must find peace or find
It'self ripped up in pieces
Afflicted with the teaching's
That make ya feel inferior
Some say the government invents it all
That they just scarier polly want a cracker
But cracker want a sister
How come they could see her beauty
But brothers persist to diss her?
Revolutionary generation on an uprise
Never will they see another tear
From this clown's eye
Livin' the life I live, I have to be positive
Hell's my reality, I chose not to ride in it
I did want to live fast
I just wanted much cash
But punks were persistent
They hunted with gauge blast
So I wasn't the violent type
I had to protect my life
Lovin' my brother, but if he steps
I'mma shoot him twice
Psychotic society
It's hard to find love with those
Who treat us like enemy
They call me a lunatic, I say realistic
Beware of their politics
It's sick as the sick get
The son of a Panther
See pain in my mama's eyes
'Cause nobody thanked her for
Givin' them better lives "Assata Shakur?"
Another auntie, I miss her though
Please thank Mr castro for
Keepin' her safe bro
How many more of us die before
We can see the light
It's time brothers work it out
Unite for a bigger fight
We're still in the same hole
And now it's the 90's
Seems everyone's livin' large
But I ain't got mine G
But I got a bill for all the ill ya gave me
Society slavery, who's gonna pay me?
"Has anybody here seen Yusef Hawkins?"
I thought I seen him
Talkin' with Malcolm walkin'
"Where, over the rainbow?"
Naw, over the track
Another murdered brother
Now where's the payback tears of a clown