Blown Away
(专辑: The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread And Circuses - 2012)
[Intro:] Free all political prisoners Even though a
lot of y'all are lucky to be prisoners Because you know what happens to most people that step up? They get blown awayyyyyyy damn right (bang) Martin Luther King had more than a
dream He was out for social change and that sort of a
thing Tried to lead us to freedom but before it would ring He got blown awayyyyyyy (got blown away) He seen a
problem and thought that he had the
answer probably And that's the
reason that Huey started the
Panther Party Wasn't for Hoover he'd be alive today (but bang) He got blown awayyyyyyy (blown away) That man Clarence Smith was like a
father to many Was for the
love cause the
brother wasn't offered a
penny He said the
black man was God and it costed him plenty Was at the
time it wasn't no police officers friendly He birthed the
Five-Percent Nation, called 'em the
True and Living And just for that you know they whupped him and threw him in prison Wasn't for them then he'd be with us today (but bang) He got blown awayyyyyyy Marvin Gaye wrote a
song called "What's Going On?" The
label said no but he convinced them to go along He spoke of Vietnam and the
shit that was goin wrong Tryin to convince people that they need to keep holdin on He sang "Mercy Mercy Me" it felt like he was cryin He wanted to save the
hood, they understood why he was tryin He took a
stand and said what he had to say (bang) He got blown awayyyyyyy Tupac Shakur was more than a
rapper More than an actor, it was more than awards he was after He tried to teach young black people a
better way (bang) He got blown awayyyyyyy ay You gotta give it to him, Abraham Lincoln was honest He was a
racist but he did what he said when he promised He freed slaves, of course he was gon' pay He got blown awayyyyyyy John F. Kennedy fought for the
people A
white president that wanted to see all of us equal At least that's what he said when runnin for office to beat dude But then he run, and he start doin more for the
people Assassin hit him with a
bullet that tore his cerebral I
know a
lot of y'all are thinkin we wanna believe you Black people pray for J.F.K. (but bang!) He got blown awayyyyyyy same way Gosh, I
can't forget Peter Tosh If Bob Marley was Jigga then Tosh'll be Nas Peter was Bob's right hand man, one hand washed the
other, these brothers wanted more than to just be large Killer on the
guitar, but better up on the
mic Y'all remember that revolutionary shit he would write Like, "Get Up, Stand Up" stand up for your right But bang, he got blown awayyyyyyy you're damn right Martin Luther King had more than a
dream He was out for social change and that sort of a
thing Tried to lead us to freedom but before it would ring He got blown awayyyyyyy (he got blown away) Tupac Shakur was more than a
rapper More than an actor, it was more than awards he was after Tried to teach young black people a
better way He got blown awayyyyyyy Then there was Saigon, I
brought you "The Greatest Story" I
know they watchin me and I
know that they waitin for me I
just pray that y'all heed what I
had to say before I
get blown awayyyyyyy