X-Clan - Raise The Flag Lyrics
[ Brother J ]Descending from the tribes of AfricaInspired by the great black leaders[ Professor X ]VangloriousThis is protectedBy the Red, the Black and the GreenWith a keyZoom(DynamicArticulatePerceptiveCourageousOutspoken)[ VERSE 1: Brother J ]One man is not a nation, Brother builds a ClanCerter than the circle creates the better manThe colors, the brothers, the key, the motherlandThis causes to assemble this blackmanRed, Black and Green are the colors of the flag on the riseCause a nation should be guisedAnother flowing, as I comfort sons and daughtersKnowledge leads the way, so I flow like Nile's watersAfrican-American rebel of authorityMajority, while I'm so-called minoritySometimes they ask me, "Why are you the rebel?Is that the way you choose, attain the bass and treble?"Yup - "Brother, don't get deep," that's what they tellin meJust like a sell-out, while societyGets stronger and stronger, my race gets weaker and weakerMaybe I can make a difference through a mic and a speakerSo my lyrics flow different than a hip-hop be bopMic controller who turns out to be the flopMy wisdom God-given, excercised 'pon a rhythmPower postive and strictly Bible, that's how I'm livinFortress we establish high, so none attack itBack to the ways of our mathmatic blacknessThey can't solve it, it's somethin they can't catchTook respect off our lives, so now I'm snatchin it backPower flows in the nation, there is life in the keyLet us all bind together in the Red, the Black, the Green[ VERSE 2: Brother J ]One vanglorious way, through the heart, unifiedAnd that should be the guideFor the younger nation, so they can build the tribesAfter and beyond keep the colors aliveA message through lyrics and beats composedBring composure outstanding direct to thoseWho understand what was taken, xeroxed and stripped *****Today's pig shall be tomorrow's baconEducation brings false words, what do they teach?Everything that I learned I had to self-reachWhat do you know of a race that's dyin hourly?The smartest men in the world, they in a boweryOr either trapped or brain-washed on a come-upKicked to the butt, wake up, are you some kind of nut?Are you blind, can't you see what's never seen?We need some unity within the colors of the (Red, Black and Green)[ VERSE 3: Brother J ]Garvey-like brotherhood flows with the vibeAnd with the key, the flag is kept aliveThe sense of power, native to a different landOriginality, fact that I understandA black fist, black power and a black manX Clan take a stand with the other handUsin this as a gimmick, yo man, I'll catch youFetch you, kick my foot and then direct youIn the right path, succotashDon't ask me 'bout the aftermathYou do what? Don't make me laughDummy, I am protected by forces beyond youThink before you step before the rebel, silly mortal, youWearin Mother's tags, and you don't know what they meanAll you are concerned with is greedy man's greenSportin your medaillons, cause they matchin with your outfitYour posse's wearin it, man, that's so illegitWithout definition you represent the fraudulentBlessed with blackness, but now you're just doggin itTooth for tooth, and a man for manIgnorance take a pause and we'll all understandIndependence is one thing when unity is strongerNo one to realize the pressure last longerI'm just one man who fears for the worstCause if we don't take a stand someone will step firstAnd then...[ Professor X ]No justice, no peaceFather Moses, Osiris, OisisPatrice LumumbaMalcolm XMarcus GarveySonny CarsonThe BlackwatchSissy!
