Brand Nubian - Wake Up Lyrics
Peace to the godPeace allahAiyyo there go that brother grand pubaI heard that brother got knowledge of selfYo true indeed brotherYo let's have that brother come over and add on to the cipher"sunshine! .. everybody loves the sunshine!""folks get down in the sunshine!""everybody loves the sunshine!""my life, my life, my life, my life"[grand puba maxwell]Aiyyo knowledge thisThe attribute haji helper to another godIn need he allah god islamAs i proceed to civilize the uncivilizedWord of wisdom to the groove from the wise (speak on it god)I guess i'm like the verbalizer for the fact i'm movin blackwardsThis asiatic black man is a dog spelled backwardsThe maker, the owner, the cream of the planet earthFather of civilization, god of the universeManifestin thought with my infinite stylesMaking sure this travels, twenty-three million milesThe other six i set the crucifixBecause the heart of the problem is this.. (speak on it god)Preacher got my old earth puttin money in the panFor the rest of the week now i'm eatin out a soup canHe has a home, drives his caddy through townHas my old earth believin that he's comin from the ground (jesus)Slain are those who fought for what was rightSlayed are those who fell victim to the biteA drug controlled substance, contained in a vialSet up by the devil as he looks and he smilesGood at the game of tricknologyBut i have knowledge of myself you're not foolin meYou see, the answer to me is black unityUnification, to help our bad situationI wrote this on a day of wisdom powerAll bein born to myself (god!)I won't diss the next brother to be paid that's not my tradeIt's just the plan that is designed by the colored manNow our babies are born to think this is the way of us (way of us)That's the way the devil wants it so it is no fuss (it is no fuss)It's just that sad old song self-destructionTo stop our reproductionThere put our wisdom before us (murderrahh!)That makes it wisdom knowledge (murderrahh!)But we need knowledge wisdomTo bring forth the understanding (murderrahh!)Culture freedom (murderrahh!)Power refinement (murderrahh!)Equality god build destroy born's our cipher (mudererrahh!)(can a devil fool a muslim?) no, not nowadays bro(do you mean to say the devil fooled us 400 years ago?)Whitey put self, portrayed in many interpretationsSayin that we'd receive more gold for our labor in his nation(did we receive more gold?) god, now cypherIt's time to drop the bomb and make the devil pay the piper(true indeed god true indeed god) what? *3x*(true indeed god true indeed..)"sunshine! .. " wake up, wake up, wake up!"everybody loves the sunshine! .. " wake up, wake up, wake up!"folks get down in the sunshine! .." wake up, wake up, wake up!"everybody loves the sunshine!""my life, my life, my life, my life"The solution -- knowledge of self to better ourselfCause i know myself, that we can live much better than thisNothing's changed, it's just another sequelThe devil's still causin trouble amongst the righteous peopleDrugs in our community (that ain't right)Can't even get a job (that ain't right)Poisonin our babies (that ain't right)Lyin who is god (that ain't right)Well here's some food for thought, many fought for the sportAnd the black man still comes up short?It's time to motiviate, build and elevateBlind deaf and dumb we've gotta change their mindstateSo i dip dip diver, civilize a 85erGotta let him know the devil's a conniverThis is the plan from the brothermanFrom the motherland now it's time to take a standI keep strivin to do my duty to awake emTo the universal family i say asalaam alaikumYeah..Now i'ma do like thisNuff respects to the brother jazzy jay, nuff respectNuff respects, to my brand nubian brothersBust itLord jamar, god allahDerek x is on the flexAlamo is good to goSincere, the god is in hereSo move on black man, move onWe gotta move on black man, move onMove on black man, move onWe gotta move on black man, move onNow before i motivate i'ma just say like thisPlease.. educate allah's children, with equalityMove on black man, move onYou gotta move on black man, move on *2x*
