Call it Like I See It

* Mhisani later recorded under the name Goldy<br><br>( *phone conversation* )<br>- Hello?<br>- Yeah man, we need to do a hit on Mhisani.<br>- No problem.<br>- And just like always: 50% ahead of time, and 50% when I see that black ass dead.<br>- Got it.<br>- And don`t fuck up.<br>We don`t need Mhisani spreading that black power shit to the ghetto,<br>we need to keep this muthafuckin country red, white and blue.<br>Fuck them niggers.<br>- Cool, later.<br><br>(Funky)<br><br>[ VERSE 1 ]<br>Everybody thought I was a politician<br>When I released "Speakin` Peace" on my 12" "Listen"<br>But every circumstance causin different types of villains<br>In Oakland, California people need to stop the killin<br>You see, the city I live in is very intense<br>So I never hesitate to write another sentence<br>I speak what I feel, reality is relevant<br>I don`t pick up the mic and be rappin for the hell of it<br>The media, they categorize and classify<br>They say I`m racist, political, but that`s a lie<br>It`s hard as hell growing up in a system with racism<br>Some brothers can`t hang, so they go to prison<br>And rap music is a way of expression<br>I might rap clean and rap vulgar from agression<br>So view me as a humour, just aware and conscient<br>Instead of bumping the gums and talkin that nonsense<br>I call it like I see it<br><br>(Go `head)<br>(I`m tired of bein told hella lies)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Alright)<br>(Expose the enemy hidin behind a disguise)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Go `head)<br>(The conditions and problems and causes)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Alright)<br>(Protected by the first ammendment clause)<br><br>[ VERSE 2 ]<br>Returning from the rap laboratory<br>Feelin kinda good, now I think I have a story<br>(Kick it) Girls turn me on in the open society<br>So many fine nations, damn, what a variety<br>Me myself I like em thick, I never trip on shades<br>Light or dark skin, hair down or in dookie braids<br>Is there a doctor in the house? (Yeah) Where is she?<br>Tell her to come backstage, I need some lip therapy<br>Some go through trips ( ? ) and start relationships<br>Some comin straight and get busy on the first date<br>The game on the streets is deeper than knee<br>Makin your money and keepin your freak, I peep, then I speak<br>But some brown-noser wants to bother my sound<br>He said, "Mhisani, won`t you water it down?<br>Be a little more clean cut, never cuss, be like us and cross over"<br>Oh, you must be getting complaints from your boss, Rover<br>It`s a damn shame rappers are bein bought for<br>Gonna speak the truth explicit or hardcore<br>But if it gotta be like that, then so be it<br>Cause I`ma call it like I see it<br><br>(Go `head)<br>(You know that you cuss, don`t deny it)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Alright)<br>(If a record offends you, don`t buy it)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Go `head)<br>(I don`t try to make a friendly type of music)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Alright)<br>(Won`t ever worry ( ? ) I`ma use it)<br><br>[ VERSE 3 ]<br>People fought and died to make a better future for the youth<br>And many were killed for speakin the truth<br>Given too much game, gettin too close to home<br>Put a hit on you, snipers waitin with they scopes on<br>What do you expect for us to shut up and just let you kill us?<br>And teach the children that they came from gorillas?<br>I guess you figured if you kept us braindead you control us<br>Let us kill each other, then you call the rollers<br>Two at a time never fails<br>You send one to jail and tell the dead dude to go to hell<br>And you can send the black and whites out to hassle me<br>Tell me to shut up or I be another casualty<br>But your sweatin won`t threaten me ( ? )<br>( ? ) we stand strong to the death and hard nothings<br>Just we like did ( ? ) we fought like men<br>You brought the guns and we been dyin every since then<br>As I rap I stare at the top of the roof<br>I shut my mouth or get shot for the truth<br>But I must take a stand to make a better future for people as equals<br>And call it like I see it<br><br>(Go `head)<br>(If it means life or death)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Alright)<br>(I will speak till my very last breath)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Go `head)<br>(When all odds are against me)<br>I call it like I see it<br>(Alright)<br>(The truth set me free)<br><br>(Funky)<br><br>I call it like I see it