Message to the Black Man

(Chorus: sung by Askari X)<br>When it was Summer time<br>Hot in the Oakland Streets,<br>Man, I wished it would rain<br>but the sun kept shining on me (kept shining on me)<br>But brother, when the Winter came<br>Along with the storms and the wind<br>I couldn`t wait for that sun to shine<br>Down on me again<br><br>(Verse 1)<br>I know your mama never said that there`d be days like this<br>I watched my brother play the game, he swung the bat and missed <br>Three timing on block, the police jacked the man for selling yea<br>25 to life, the brother had a baby on the way<br>He told the judge, "I couldn`t get a job; and if I did,<br>$4.75 an hour ain`t enough to feed my kid"<br>Seems like a plot to keep me trapped inside a ghetto maze<br>And it`s a trip, a liquor store on every corner<br>Buy some drank, take a sip<br>Get to slipping down memory lane, talkin about way back <br>when a nickel bag of thai`d get me high<br><br>(Lady sings)<br>Super high super high<br><br>(Chorus: sung by Askari X)<br>That`s when I was a teenage child<br>I didn`t have to pay no rent<br>Mama always cooked my food<br>Didn`t worry how my money was spent<br>When I became a man<br>I began to understand<br>Why "My papa was a rolling stone"<br>By the time, had to slow his roll<br><br>(verse 2)<br>Yea, but even then brothers used to die, hustling to get they skrilla<br>On the for real-la, the police used to kill a<br>black man, jack him for nothing, beat him down like Rodney King<br>Ain`t nothing changed since the 60`s<br>Dig what I mean: a smile is a frown turned upside down<br>It`s 1969, turned the right way around<br>The Yin and the Yang don`t pay no gang, and that`s the truth<br>If the Yang take the tears, it won`t make it through the years<br><br>(Chorus: sung by Askari X)<br>It`s revolution time<br>We`ve got to set our people free<br>Some of you are going to lose your life<br>Fighting for your children and your wives<br>So you better try to fill their minds<br>With the teachings of Allah, from Elijah.<br>Cause when the smoke clear, I`ll be here<br>But if you don`t, you`ll be fuel for the fire<br><br>(verse 3)<br>Never judge a book by the cover, you study long, you study wrong<br>You lag in the game, you lose your life<br>You made your bed, now say goodnight <br>Piggly Wiggly, cause we`ve been watching you for a long time<br>The way you Beauregarde in your police cars<br>Riding through my city<br>AsKari X is born and raised in the Oakland streets<br>Watching my mama`s baby daddy jack for bread and meat<br>Two in degree on that other level, that game was fed to me<br>But I aimed that negative energy at the enemy<br>When I get the urge to kill a sleepy sucka, <br>I buck a cracker, in the back of his dome, his skull shattered<br>The gray matter they call brains splattered<br>up against the wall, the rest oozed out his head on the gooch<br>I took his skrilla, I left him dead as I fled the 7 deuce<br>The righteous black gorillas was in the session<br>That`s when I was moved to kick this lesson<br><br>(Chorus: sung by Askari X)<br>When it was Summer time<br>Hot in the Oakland Streets, (hot in the Oakland Streets)<br>Man, I wished it would rain, but the sun kept shining on me<br>But brother, when the Winter came<br>Along with the storms and the wind<br>I couldn`t wait for that sun to shine<br>Down on me again<br><br>(singing lady improves until fade)