Anger In The Nation

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth

"You know nowadays it.. seems like there's a lot of..



bad things going on and.. I guess a lot of it..



from the way I see it.. seems to still stem from..



lack of feelings on our parts it's..



and how we relate or communicate with our..



fellow brothers and sisters"




"Let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3X *



"Let's get together.. and raise"




"Let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3X *



"Let's get together.. and raise"




[CL Smooth]



South Africa, what does it mean?



To burst the scene, or conquer like a philistene



War or peace, which one do you prefer?



Pass me my M-16 for the disaster



A reason for the treason in a jet black season..



.. for peace, justice, and freedom



for the Original Man, architect of the Motherland



Kings to Queens, is the Asiatic Black plan



Pre-Adam-ite, first to see the light



Way before Adam and Eve took flight



Bless the seed of Abraham, I came to jam



Protest the teachings of another man



Uncle Tom stay loyal so they boil



I'm the alchemist with the twist from the true soil



My blood brother Adolpho on the side of me



My vision ain't blurry, so don't even lie to me



The rebirth the revival of our culture survival



to elevate, the black man is vital



You gotta realize now what we're facing



The floors I'm pacing from the anger in the nation




"Let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3X *



"Let's get together.. and raise"




"Let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3X *



"Let's get together.. and raise"




[CL Smooth]



Here's the situation from a darker view



Night and day, salt and pepper in the earthly stew



But the salt think it taste better, straight up superior



Therefore, the flavor of the pepper's inferior



Incorrect though, giving some heartburn



Level of a devil better wait your turn



And here is one recollection of imperfection



No one should be judged by complexion



Lie-braries; broken down as lies buried



to force their beliefs to pilgrims all hurried



Television; tell-a-lie-vision



A schism; negative realism



Four-hundred-and-thirty-five years til weak



mental deaf dumb and blindness put us to sleep



Out of the dark comes light so the first can't be



So Armaggedeon comes like a thief in the night



Rednecks flex to my context but in the projects



some won't survive the next confrontation



and I'm aware of segregation



Pump your black fist for the anger in the nation




"Let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3X *



"Let's get together.. and raise"




"Let's get together!" * cut n scratch 3X *



"Let's get together.. and raise"




* various other scratches by Pet