Ice Cube: Stand tall

Now is the time...C'mon y'allStand tall, live your life to the limitCause haterism seem like a fucking epidemicAnd look at Ice Cube, I ain't no gimmickI'm straight from the hood, I got to represent itNow - every day I think about my colorAnd all the crazy shit we do to one anotherI ain't your blood brother, but I'm your cuz brotherLet's take it back to the love and how it was brotherIf not, we gon' pull these triggersShow the world we deserve to be called niggazI make a fuck-up, like Don Imusbow on his knees, and call me yo' highnessYou can too, you got the power toDon't let this motherfuckin system devour youI won't pretend, or act like I'm knowin youBut check it out I understand what you goin through[Chorus: sung from samples]But remember, brothers and sistersYou can still, stand, tallJust be thankful...For what you got[Ice Cube]I know what y'all motherfuckers thinking, heh hehHere comes another rapper with a song about hopeAll you wanna hear is a song about dopeAnd how a nigga got mo' money than the PopeBut he'll never tell you when he drop the soapNo~! Ice Cube is here to drop you a noteCause some of our folk used to hang from ropesAnd some of our people used to hang from treesNow the only thing hangin muh'fucker is DEEZSo, get your mind right, and I'ma rhyme rightFuck the limelight, and a blind dykeI'm the sunlight, too bright to lookWhen it's all said and done I should write the bookYou too cool for school, too old to know?Get your ass off the grassroots and let 'em growI understand, it ain't no love lostBut little kids, it ain't no Santa Claus[Chorus][Ice Cube]Yeah, f'realI was born in the mud but I came out cleanThat's 'til the government tried to interveneTried to lock me up when I was only 19Don't never ever ever let 'em kill your dreamI make shit raw that piss off the lawIf you want some fake shit turn this offIf you want some realness I know you can feel thisMaybe we can heal this just like an illnessBlack on black, I got'cho backPeople don't think that we know how to actJust because our neighborhood is filled with crackAnd the CIA, won't take it backNever on top, always on the bottomNever put your trust in Hillary RodhamCause I can tell you now it's gon' turn out rottenKeep on pushin, get 'em 'til we got 'em[Chorus][Ice Cube]Stand up, f'real...Raise your hand if you sick of this bullshitHeh, in the belly of the evil empire [fades]