[00:00:00] Anger In The Nation (LP版) - Pete Rock/CL Smooth [00:00:07] "You know nowadays it seems like there's a lot of [00:00:12] Bad things going on and I guess a lot of it [00:00:16] From the way I see it seems to still stem from [00:00:22] Lack of feelings on our parts it's [00:00:25] And how we relate or communicate with our [00:00:28] Fellow brothers and sisters" [00:00:31] "Let's get together " [00:00:33] "Let's get together " [00:00:35] "Let's get together and raise" [00:00:40] "Let's get together " [00:00:43] "Let's get together " [00:00:45] "Let's get together and raise" [00:00:50] South Africa what does it mean [00:00:53] To burst the scene or conquer like a philistene [00:00:55] War or peace which one do you prefer [00:00:58] Pass me my M-16 for the disaster [00:01:00] A reason for the treason in a jet black season [00:01:03] for peace justice and freedom [00:01:05] For the Original Man architect of the Motherland [00:01:07] Kings to Queens is the Asiatic Black plan [00:01:11] Pre-Adam-ite first to see the light [00:01:13] Way before Adam and Eve took flight [00:01:16] Bless the seed of Abraham I came to jam [00:01:19] Protest the teachings of another man [00:01:21] Uncle Tom stay loyal so they boil [00:01:23] I'm the alchemist with the twist from the true soil [00:01:26] My blood brother Adolpho on the side of me [00:01:28] My vision ain't blurry so don't even lie to me [00:01:31] The rebirth the revival of our culture survival [00:01:33] To elevate the black man is vital [00:01:36] You gotta realize now what we're facing [00:01:38] The floors I'm pacing from the anger in the nation [00:01:41] "Let's get together " [00:01:44] "Let's get together " [00:01:46] "Let's get together and raise" [00:01:51] "Let's get together " [00:01:54] "Let's get together " [00:01:56] "Let's get together and raise" [00:02:01] Here's the situation from a darker view [00:02:03] Night and day salt and pepper in the earthly stew [00:02:06] But the salt think it taste better straight up superior [00:02:09] Therefore the flavor of the pepper's inferior [00:02:11] Incorrect though giving some heartburn [00:02:14] Level of a devil better wait your turn [00:02:16] And here is one recollection of imperfection [00:02:19] No one should be judged by complexion [00:02:21] Lie-braries; broken down as lies buried [00:02:24] To force their beliefs to pilgrims all hurried [00:02:26] Television; tell-a-lie-vision [00:02:29] A schism; negative realism [00:02:32] Four-hundred-and-thirty-five years til weak [00:02:34] Mental deaf dumb and blindness put us to sleep [00:02:36] Out of the dark comes light so the first can't be [00:02:39] So Armaggedeon comes like a thief in the night [00:02:41] Rednecks flex to my context but in the projects [00:02:44] Some won't survive the next confrontation [00:02:47] And I'm aware of segregation [00:02:49] Pump your black fist for the anger in the nation [00:02:52] "Let's get together " [00:02:54] "Let's get together " [00:02:57] "Let's get together and raise" [00:03:02] "Let's get together " [00:03:04] "Let's get together " [00:03:07] "Let's get together and raise" [00:03:32] Some walk slow cause the water's not shallow [00:03:35] Let my people go you little Pharoah [00:03:37] Listen how they word it be observant [00:03:40] Then house negro; today civil servant [00:03:42] I want to drop the bomb but remain calm [00:03:45] Strong like the power of the Fruits of Islam [00:03:47] Black is beautiful hot like fire [00:03:50] Guess how many times they thought they killed the Messiah [00:03:52] Malcolm X Dr King let's sing [00:03:55] All around the world let freedom ring [00:03:57] Reality is real so how do you feel [00:03:59] From being kings on a throne to picking cotton in a field [00:04:02] Your slavery is lack of identity [00:04:05] One of the things that's not making you a friend of me [00:04:08] What's your cause - aim rationale [00:04:10] Cause I made up my mind I never scrape or bow [00:04:12] But teach my own the sound of black unity [00:04:15] Together we can rise and now's the opportunity