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Mashin’ Up da World
Guru feat. Junior Reid & Prodigal Sunn
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Dem want fi kill de youths dem outta Kingston 10, 13 and 11
Never tell de youths dem bout Emanuel de 7
Never tell de youths dem down on earth that dis a heaven
Now look what happen
Mashin up de earth, earth
Ghetto youths dey wanna destroy, 'stroy
Politicians dem a sign to fraud
Give de youths dem guns for toys
Do you ever make a circle
Down in Brooklyn or Bronx before
Not to mention Harlem
To see de youths dem skull a bore
Check the psychodynamics
What's the fate of this planet?
Black on black love and hate has got my peoples frantic
Peep the criminal mind, the subliminal lines
Such difficult times, automatic pistols and Glock nines
I wish I could stop time
For the cat who dropped dime, they ended his lifeline
A young man told me that my wise words saved his life
It made me feel good, it made me feel real good
Back in the day I used to steal goods
Dreams without means is like a lack of self-esteem
A lack of CREAM, I go for delf
Or all out, for the team
Mashin up de earth, earth
Ghetto youths dey wanna destroy, 'stroy
Mashin up de earth, earth
Ghetto youths dey wanna destroy
Felt the pain, of the ghetto through a teardrop
My peers stop and listen, from atheists, muslims and christians
We all face conviction, in this moment of oppression
The world is like infection, so in this lively confession
I use my mind as a weapon
Like I told my brother Glock and Snub, ain't no half-steppin
We gotta live, heaven, and watch our seeds taste the blessin
I learned my lesson, by havin snakes around the crew
Now I know the evil that men do, and bitches too
We had to, thug for our riches, some caught slugs and stitches
Through the different time frames, kid I watched crime change
In the dime of fame, my man it's like crack cocaine
But through the black reign, I seen many suffer in vain
We overcame the pain, now they rocks them fat gold chains
Iced out name, perform a concert, sellin out in Maine
Own the properties and all types of things
Some say the drug game and the music game, is all the same
I... pray for de youths dem inna de club
Oooh... mashin up de earth, earth
We can no longer, put all the blame on the man
For those sellin out, I'm sayin shame on the man
For those fallin victim, I'm sayin make a new plan
And for those that need a way I'm sayin take my hand
See this mental slavery causes rash behavior G
And I have to say for me, that I wish it would all stop
Before we become extinct, before we all drop
And R.I.P. to the rappers that's been slain
And R.I.P. to all the fine young men who've lost they lives
I feel the pain
And do you know what it's like, to lose a loved one?
It makes you numb, especially when it's over somethin small
It ain't no fun, I lost four friends in one year
I can feel them watchin over me
See their faces still, dumb clear, and some fear what's out there
But me I have no time to, and may I remind you
This is a corrupted world of our design dude
Peep my discussion, no one can change these things but us son
We didn't ask for the liquor, crack and guns
We didn't ask for the poor education, and the lack of funds
But I know one thing, none of us wanna die
But still we're mashin up this world, and I don't know why
Mashin up de earth, earth
Ghetto youths dey wanna destroy, 'stroy
Mashin up de earth, earth
Ghetto youths dey wanna destroy, 'stroy
Politicians dem a sign to fraud
Give de youths dem guns for toys
Do you ever spend a night
In a upstate prison before
Not to mention Rikers Island
To see de youths dem sleepin on de floor
I... pray for de youths dem inna de club
Oooh... mom and dad wipe the tears up from your eyes
I... pray for de youths dem inna de club
Oooh... oooh, yeah
Riot inna prison, Rikers Island, Fort Augustus G.P
Babylon it's time to see, it's time to set de catty free
I... pray for de youths dem inna de club
Oooh... oooh, yeah
Mashin up de earth, earth
Ghetto youths dey wanna destroy, 'stroy
Mashin up de earth, earth
Ghetto youths dey wanna destroy, 'stroy
Politicians dem a sign to fraud
Give de youths dem guns for toys
I... pray for de youths dem inna de club
Oooh... oooh, yeah