[00:00:01] The Proud - Talib Kweli [00:00:08] Stand tall or don't stand at all c'mon [00:00:10] Uhh yeah [00:00:14] Break it down [00:00:18] What we do [00:00:20] We survive it's more than pride [00:00:24] We stay alive ready to ride [00:00:30] One two one two yo [00:00:33] Aight put it down yo [00:00:41] June 21 2001 [00:00:42] Timothy McVeigh is executed [00:00:45] And the country breathe a sigh of relief [00:00:48] Goodness prevails over evil it seems [00:00:52] Somehow when he's gone we feel safer [00:00:58] Little do we know [00:01:00] Today the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in hell [00:01:02] So everything's okay and all must be well [00:01:05] I remember Oklahoma when they [00:01:06] Put out the blaze [00:01:07] And put Islamic terrorist bombing [00:01:09] On the front page [00:01:10] It's like saying only gays get AIDS [00:01:11] Propaganda [00:01:12] Like saying the problem's over [00:01:13] When they locked that man up [00:01:15] Wrong It's just the beginning the first inning [00:01:17] Battle for America's soul [00:01:19] The devil's winning [00:01:20] The President is Bush [00:01:21] The Vice President's a Dick [00:01:22] So a whole lot of f**kin is what we gon' get [00:01:24] They don't wanna raise the babies [00:01:26] So the election is fixed [00:01:27] That's why we don't be f**kin with politics [00:01:28] They bet on that parents fought [00:01:30] And got wet for that [00:01:31] Hosed down bit by dogs [00:01:32] And got blacks into house arrest for that [00:01:34] It's all good except for that - we still poor [00:01:37] Money power and respect [00:01:39] Is what we kill for for real [00:01:41] It's more than pride [00:01:43] We stay alive ready to ride [00:01:48] We survive it's more than pride [00:01:53] We stay alive ready to ride [00:01:59] August 4 2001 [00:02:01] A drunken police officer mows down [00:02:03] An entire family in Brooklyn [00:02:06] The judge lets him go with no bail [00:02:09] It reminds us of just how worthless [00:02:10] Our lives are to the justice system [00:02:12] I struggle to explain the situation [00:02:15] To my son it's hard [00:02:18] Niggaz with knowledge is more dangerous [00:02:20] Than than niggaz with guns [00:02:21] They make the guns easy to get [00:02:22] And try to keep niggaz dumb [00:02:23] Target the gangs and graffiti with the Prop 21 [00:02:25] I already know the deal [00:02:26] But what the f**k do I tell my son [00:02:28] I want him livin right livin good [00:02:30] Respect the rules [00:02:31] He's five years old and he still [00:02:32] Thinkin cops is cool [00:02:33] How do I break the news that [00:02:34] When he gets some size [00:02:35] He'll be percieved as a threat [00:02:37] Or see the fear in they eyes [00:02:39] It's in they job description to terminate the threat [00:02:41] So 41 shots to the body is what he can expect [00:02:43] The precedent is set [00:02:43] Don't matter if he follow the law [00:02:45] I know I'll give my son pride [00:02:46] And make him swallow it all (damn ) [00:02:48] F**k the pigs I think the pigs killed Big and 'Pac too [00:02:50] If they didn't they know who did they got to [00:02:53] Who they serve and protect nigga not you [00:02:55] Cops shot off of ten G's but they got glocks too [00:02:57] Let you protect yourself or better yet respect yourself [00:02:59] Straight into the hospital is [00:03:01] Where you gotta check yourself [00:03:02] They be gettin tips from snitches and rival crews [00:03:04] Doin them favors so they workin for the drug dealers too [00:03:07] Just business enforcers with hate in they holsters [00:03:09] Shoot you in the back won't face you like a soldier [00:03:12] Kurt Loder asked me what I say to a dead cop's wife [00:03:15] Cops kill my people everyday that's life [00:03:17] It's more than pride [00:03:21] We stay alive ready to ride [00:03:26] We survive it's more than pride [00:03:29] We stay alive ready to ride