"Im not a communist, but I still very much consider myself a socialist"
Written by Supa Dave West, Me'Shell, Talib Kweli & Hector Lavoe
Angela Davis: "I was a member of the communist party. I'm not a member of the communist party, anymore - but I consider myself very much a socialist. So we'll get to that later."
Let's go
"One of the reasons why the war in vietnam was able to happen as long as it did Was because this - of this fear of communism. And people pointed to the vietnamese as their enemy. As if somehow or another If the country defeated the communist enemy in vietnam Things were gonna be okay at home."
But it's a hot night, Let's talk about the sign of the times Politics And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer
It's a hot night Head down to the club For the pina coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all
Can you pick me up? You know i hate driving in the evil city And baby read my mind, hit la caridad So i can get some coffee
And we can get our talk on Seems i got caught up in this romanticized idea of revolution With saviors, prophets and heroes But in the silence of my prayers
I had a vision of my hatred Dissolving into grains of sand Realized That to the universe
That's all i really am Just a grain of sand I know i get caught up in all that spiritual **** But there ain't much to hold onto
We all living in a world built upon Rape, starvation, greed, need, fascist regimes White man, rich man democracy Suffer in the world trade paradise
Hear me now... But it's a hot night, Let's talk about the sign of the times Yeah
Politics And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer Word up Come on
It's a hot night Head down to the club for the pina coladas without the alcohol Let's go And let's talk about the world y'all
"And Nike has a factory in ho chi minh city..." Let me be the first to say this, **** the first ***** That ever asks me to buy her some dumb ****
Come on ******s be fighting For Jordan's they can't afford Bought in a store
Costing more than a hundred, yeah Capitalism got em trapped in a vision That ya love to watch way more than a sunset Ah
I feed my babies with music I tell the truth But now i'm a target in they market, Ain't that a summer *****?
It's an urgent emergency Courtesy of the counterinsurgency Trying to murder me Yeah
And now it's on, and ah It's 'cause i verbally hurdle all their absurdities Accurate rhyme poem and i, Survive the storm and ah
Certainly words can be weapons If people heard me they thinking they god, That they decide what's right and wrong They live in a bubble
I live for the struggle After the fight, We home on a hot night, My woman is nice and warm but ah...
It's a hot night, Yeah Let's talk about the sign of the times Politics
Ah And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer Come on It's a hot night
Head down to the club for the Pina Coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all Let's do it, come on Join the party, fist in the air,
Everybody for the Revolutionary soul singer Side to side, Third eye on the prize,
We'll take a ride with the Revolutionary soul singer Give the seeds what they need to breath and proceed It's the revolutionary
Soul singer Word up, yeah y'all, We prepared y'all, no fear y'all Come on
It's a shame the way we all run around Blind to the facts, yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby
Blind to the facts, ah Yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby
Blind to the facts, yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby Blind to the facts of who you are
Yeah But it's a hot night, Ah Let's talk about the sign of the times
Politics And the plight of the revolutionary soul singer Come on It's a hot night
Head down to the club for the pina coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all Let's do it
Soul singer Soul singer
"And now of course, that the welfare system has been disestablished And there are no jobs, so to speak For for women who are told, that if they don't work... They can only get welfare for a certain period of time and then they have to find a job.
Now they haven't had the opportunity to go to an institution like this. They may not have the skills. Where are they going to find a job? And if they have children, how are they going to pay for childcare, In order to guarantee the conditions which will allow them to work?"