The Hidden Hand

<br>[fat joe]<br><br>Yea, time to educate the youth (speak on it God)<br><br>Cause if we wont, then who will? (true)<br><br>Terror squad style, yo<br><br>(speak on it God)<br><br><br><br>Yo, I was a wild adolescent, blessed with the foul essence<br><br>Messin around with the wrong crowd, I learned my lesson<br><br>Stressin all the things that I have not<br><br>I pray to God I get my uncle out the crack spot<br><br>I hear mad shots, homicide come and play matlock<br><br>But never crack the case cause the defendants a bad cop<br><br>You feel me fam? the devils got a plan<br><br>Thats why farrakhan formed a million man up in washington<br><br>The hidden hand even planned this man<br><br>Have me goin hand to hand, killin my own clan<br><br>But now I understand and see the big picture<br><br>Fuck cryin about the struggle, I teach you how to get richer<br><br><br><br>[cuban link]<br><br>Shit is a hassle in this rotten apple, kids robbin coppin capsules<br><br>Rockin tattoos, boppin with ankles locked in shackles<br><br>Got the cops joggin at you, spittin rounds of clips, they down wit it<br><br>New clownsll make you feel as if the bill of rights is counterfeit<br><br>Now its been written that all men are equal, but then its legal<br><br>When they beat us and treat us as if were different people<br><br>We go for delf, fuck the cops health<br><br>Id rather drop shelf and let off shots until my glock melts<br><br>Cause God dealt us a helpless hand, they made us sell this land<br><br>So the palest man could build a selfish plan<br><br>You know we cant trust the government, cause uncle sam is smugglin<br><br>Drugs for us to hustle all the stuff for him<br><br>Even mcgruff is in it, gettin a percentage<br><br>Takin advantage, punishin just blacks and hispanics<br><br><br><br>[big punisher]<br><br>My heart is cold as ice, so I know Im sheist, big pun was the kid<br><br>That no one liked, my whole life, is one big roll of the dice<br><br>Payin a price twice as expensive as white kids<br><br>Destined for rikers not knowin my existance was priceless<br><br>Its like this, my soul was lifeless, I earned stripes<br><br>Fightin the nicest in the crisis I slice em in half and make em dash<br><br>Like hyphens, invitin any rapper to clash with the titan<br><br>The writings like fighting cause rappers be biting like tyson<br><br>Im hypein the crowd, keepin em loud like my label<br><br>Im proud Im able to lift from the bowels of the ghetto<br><br>I found me a little sanity inside a career and a family<br><br>No more wars and renderin tears to insanity<br><br>So keep the salary and tear the mic, cause I love it<br><br>Theres my life, you judge it, fuck it seis, I dont want it<br><br><br><br>[triple seis]<br><br>Im a dominican, stranded in new york like filligan<br><br>Dont wanna get locked up in the pen again<br><br>But here they come, the faggots and cuffs, searchin for guns<br><br>Turnin they ride on the side of the curb to see who runs<br><br>They authorize the beast to walk the streets holdin heat<br><br>Four deep, we puff production, my cheek, you know my steez<br><br>Fuck the police, usin &quot;probable cause&quot; to break laws<br><br>Behind the badge you try to cover up your racial war<br><br>I got somethin for you boys in blue<br><br>The system poisoned you, blew your cover, now what you supposed to do? <br><br>I never let the faggot pull the trig first<br><br>It wont be no american flag over my hearse<br><br>Whats worse, you know they disperse for bucks<br><br>So take caution in the streets cause our protection sucks<br><br><br><br>[armaggedon]<br><br>This dude, he had the darkest pads<br><br>Who dressed up in the heart of brash<br><br>Forever talkin trash<br><br>How he stacked niggaz to almanac<br><br>Gunshots to corner four police informants<br><br>Stood like he modeled the latest fashions, sidewalk sideshow performance<br><br>He raised the pull of grace, a razor blew his face<br><br>Force calm the ? sere? plus a pack of the ? dunga dun? laced with toothpaste<br><br>Life aint to be gambled son, you could get trampled<br><br>By people that act more like animals than mammals high off enamel<br><br>Thats what his poppa said whose locked for droppin akmed<br><br>In the candy store robbery probably to get his veins fed<br><br>He aint listen, he became a braindead cocaine head<br><br>Older mexicans knew, they killed him eatin ? bagualitos? <br><br>But hey little kids, dont follow these dopes<br><br><br><br>[prospect]<br><br>What? uh-huh, yea I can dig that<br><br>They call me prospect, I just came back from ? <br><br>Had this track on pause, now Im back on course<br><br>Its lost on the ave, tryin to take my life from the past<br><br>Get this legal cash, ? without dad<br><br>Kinda sad how he got dragged down to negativity<br><br>Only if he had one love, trust for liberty<br><br>This world would be a better place, get what it takes<br><br>In a race to racism replace the snake in em<br><br>Bad ones, want to spend lives and discriminate<br><br>Im tryin to keep this positive vibe, and from that<br><br>I generate to the top, like puffy wont stop<br><br>Im mature now, with one knot, from tryin to get locked<br><br>And to the shorties on the block, tryin to twist 40 tops<br><br>Get your act together, do some carpentry with a black n decker<br><br>And stop speedin like a kawasaki<br><br>From my life, to your life, Im touchin everybody twinz watch me<br><br><br><br>Everything we speak is the truth<br><br>From prospect to munroe, here in a hot second<br><br>The whole world run know, everything we speak is the truth<br><br>Terror squad