America Eats the Young

Here, where's the Black man
In America mentally dead

America eats the young
America eats the young yeah, Traged'
America eats the young
America eats the young yeah, come on

America eats the young, that's the title
Black-On-Black-Crime is suicidal
Racial outburst, killed in Bensonhurst
Now he's free in the universe
Killed the cop, he's unworthy
Murdered that poor black boy in Jersy
There's no sorrow, but you can borrow
America kills tommorrow
Get a grip and, time is slippin'
Howard Beach, Michael Griffin
To Halliburton, Larry Davis
These are the exemples America gave us
Pain inserter, Black converter
Mr president, he's the murderer
Brothers waitin' for the Government
To save them
Instead of usin' the minds the Lord gave them
High School drop out
Now you clocked out "come on"
Did a crime, got caught and you copped out
Incarcerated, you're just hate it
Made your bed, but you don't wanna lay in it
No probations, black and racin' "come on"
My founation is the Nubian Nations
"let them know somethin"
Culture saker, political faker
Black raper, molder and maker "Ugh"
Where is my mule and
Fourty eight acres? "aiy"
Abraham Linclon, dead and stinkin'
Use your brain black men start
Thinkin' "give it them"
I refuse to die 'til my job
Is done "give it them"
America eats the young

Give it to them America eats the young
America eats the young give it to them now
America eats the young
America eats the young
Ugh, let them know somethin'
America eats the young
America eats the young tell them Traged'

You used to look so good, but now you don't
You used to work, but now you won't
Scotty got your body cracked out
Got so high one day, you blacked out
Sold your body to an old white waiter
Had a friend, nine months later
Abused the child cause you hate
Every bit of him
Sayin' the saga that you shouldn't
Have got with him
You ain't no mother, you're a monster
Killed the youngster, put him in the duster
Sounded mournin, cold and swollen
Out of control and, your soul is rollin'
You played the keeps for life got stolen
Cracked the pain, killed your brain
Now you're criminally insane
The judge gave a sentence to outlive ya "Hay"
Now you're beggin' for God to
Forgive ya "come on"
In a cell, is where you dwell "that's right"
You scream and yell, you tried to hail
Grabbed the rope cause you choked
On your last breath
The only way out is death
From the cell you hung, your body is swung
Now justice is done

America eats the young
America eats the young
That's right Traged', tell him
America eats the young
America eats the young eats it's young
America eats the young
America eats the young

Yo Traged
Show them why you're the Intelligent Hoodlum
Let them know somethin, come on now

Give a black man a badge and a
Gun and he thinks he is bigger
Ugh, he ain't nothin' but a sell out nigga
Pay him off and he'll pull
The trigger "come on"
Just to do me in, cause I'm a Nubian "right
Right"
First he pulled me in, then he cued me in
Lights of Islam, drop the bomb
It's Tragedy, not Uncle Tom
Preacher practice, our blacklist
Black leaders, you lost your blackness "let
Them know somethin"
I ain't Tobie, you can't mold me
FIGHT THE POWER, Chuckie told me
So I'm doin' this, you wanna ruin this
Keep your eyes on this, lyrical scientist
I'm aimin' a gun and I won't miss
Deeper dominant
Poetical prominent "word them up"
There's no stoppin' it, once
I'm droppin' it "yeah, traged'"
I'm almost done, America eats the young

America eats the young
America eats the young
That's right Traged', kick it
America eats the young
America eats the young hey ha ha
America eats the young
America eats the young
Yo, Marley Marl In Control
America eats the young
America eats the young

Yeah, that's right with soul
Turn table number one and
Turn table number two
The Intelligent Hoodlum in full effect
Fightin' the Power for you and yours
Marley Marl In Control tragedy, that's right
Yo, you got pick up one
Yo, let them know somethin' Tragedy
We gon' kick it to you like this, come on
In control, with soul in control, with soul
America eats it's young you're Goddamn right