Message To The Soldier
ICE-T
Yo, Ice, you been down with the struggle for a long time, manWhy don't you drop some knowledge for these brothersWho want to get involved in this war? Take notesReal gangstas wear trench coats, grey suits, black tiesAnd they seek votes and you're not to be misledThey'll kill you in your fuckin' bed, they don't sell dopeYo, excuse me, yes, they do but they don't look that much like meOr you but if you pull up the sheets and expose themThey'll crawl up like snakes and show fangs of venomNow I've been soldier for years, representin' the tattooed tearsOther brothas locked up with no choice, left in the bowels of devilWith no voice, my phones are tapped, my crib is buggedMy car is tailed from club to club and this ain't no fuckin' jokeThey want to see a nigga broke, you can't slip, if you slip you're outYou gotta know what you're talkin' about, drop scienceEvery chance you get, hit direct and indirect, speak in code'Cause you're never alone that's why I use this low toneFollow this and you might grow older, this is a message to the soldiersNow they killed King and they shot X, now they want meYou could be next, all you gotta do is speak too loudAll you gotta be is be too proud 'cause once you let 'em knowWho you are and where you're at, you better watch your back'Cause you might think, you're just dope while you're livin'In a sniper's scope, I'm not tryin' to scare you but there's a dangerIf you get too deep, some nights I don't sleep, all you wanna do isTell the truth, all you wanna do is save the youth, Ice Cube knowsSouljah knows, PE knows, they throw death blows and if you got kidsOr a girl, that's true, they'll move on them too, but when I'm goneI need you to carry on, you gotta be strong and fight for our salvationBut there will be retaliation, soldier, to think that rap could be attackedIs ignorin' the simple fact that they never meant us to speakThey had planned to keep the black man weak but rap hit the streetsBlack rage amplified over dope beats, now they want to shut us downAnd they don't fuck around, check the history books, sonBlack leaders die young, they tell us that your words are scaryThey're revolutionary because we speak the truth about crime and drugsAnd expose the real thugs, this info is not beneficial to the groupsThat go by three initials, so they try to discredit they'll dog youWith an edit, print the words the way you never said itBut we gotta make 'em regret it, soldiers, word, I know a lot of brothasOut there want to get in this war, you know what I'm sayin'?A lot of sistas got a lot of knowledge to drop on our peopleBut right now they're movin' to shut down all hip-hopThe first amendment had absolutely nothin' to do with black peopleAt the time constitution was written, we were considered nothin'But property, the expectation of havin' black people speakOn records Never came to mind, so we gotta move but believe meAll the black leaders have been silenced and most of the timeIt's been violent so if you choose to get in this war, realizeRealize, what you're in for but we gotta move on and we gotta stay strongMessage to the soldiers, welcome to the struggleMessage to the soldiers, be careful, soldiers
Lyrics by ICE-T
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