"I was born, in a dump
My mama died and my
daddy got drunk
They left me here, to die or grow
In the middle of Tobacco Road
I grew up in a rusty shack
All I owned was hangin' on my back
And Lord knows, how I learnt
This place called Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road
You're dirty and you're filthy
Tobacco Road
Gonna get me some
dynamite and a crane
I'm gonna blow it up
Lord knows gonna start all over again"
Fuck what you heard, I'm from Africa
This ain't no act,
it's mathematical
Past the black radical
I choose the M1, because
it's practical
Nothin was changed, we ain't protected
No names, it's all factual
They push the wrong buttons,
count down to detonate
Brooklyn blown away and the
world will have to speculate
This is what we learn in the streets,
fuck a degree
Believe in none of what you hear
and half of what you see
It's like watching your own father
smoke crack
I have nightmares on shit like that
No way in hell I'll ever get like that
I seen a lot of shit in twenty-
two years
It's like a tour of duty
My life is booby- trapped,
it's hard to see the beauty
When your heart is turning ice cold
Cold like your hands exposed
to blistering winds
My mother keep her eyes closed,
she say she prayin'
I listen close to what she sayin'
When she speak of Jesus, I ignore it
But when it's practical, I'm all for it
You got to think like a soldier
I'm training myself to snatch
pistols out of holsters
Discipline keep the mind focused
This whole world is a corn field, son
Look out for flying locusts
Don't let 'em get in your head,
they try to probe you
Figure your thoughts so they
can try and control you
And through you, control your whole crew
It's psychology boy,
now what the fuck that make you want to do?
Don't let 'em get in your head,
they try to probe you
Figure your thoughts so they
can try and control you
And through you,
control your whole crew
It's psychology boy,
now what the fuck that make you want to do?
You can't walk the streets
with no state of mind
Blind to the ways of mankind
An d if you know the time,
give me a sign
Tell me where we draw the line
I got your back if you got mine
My enemy's enemy is my man
One dreadlock is stronger than one strand
while the crackers got the upper hand
My comrades stand on lands stolen
Every tooth a golden opportunity
Who holdin' my community
hostage?
10% ransom,
costing us time we lost and some
This is how the plan runs
Thinkin' with a fugitive brain
What we do to live is insane
Holdin' the weed,
healing my membranes
Just like crack, you know it all boils down
To the dollars- and- cents of it
Niggas commence to get rents to
sentenced to serve terms
Jumping the fence,
the black germ is loose
When will they learn?
Psychology
We piss on walls and smoke
reefer in the halls
No respect for their laws
I cut your face with a kitchen knife
In gladiator times,
man against machinery
The tree bark fatigues help me
blend in with the scenery boy
Life is a series of serious choices
Theories is formed from experience,
never mysterious forces
Various courses of life
can lead to failure
Too much of anything is a trap
My mind snap
Guerrilla warfare for two grand
They say karate means 'empty hands'
So then it's perfect for the poor
man (poor man)
They say karate means 'empty hands'
So then it's perfect for the poor man
Don't let 'em get in your head,
they try to probe you
Figure your thoughts so they can
try and control you
And through you,
control your whole crew
It's psychology boy,
now what the fuck that make you want to do?
Don't let 'em get in your head,
they try to probe you
Figure your thoughts so they
can try and control you
And through you,
control your whole crew
It's psychology boy,
now what the fuck that make you want to do?
When you think of us think
of pyramids and pistols
And glimmering gold teeth that
shine like crystals
The mind is like a jewel, son
Only a fool wouldn't grasp it
Wisdom is a tool, you get blasted
When you think of us think of
pyramids and pistols
An d glimmering gold teeth
that shine like crystals
The mind is like a jewel son
Only a fool wouldn't grasp it
Wisdom is a tool,
you get blasted
Dead Prez 
