The Beatnuts: Look around

[Riley singing] 1999 Beatnuts, dead prez CHORUS: Everytime I look around, I see so much drama goin down Everytime I look around, I see so much fakeness goin down [Stic.Man] Why I'ma, be stingy when I can share Why I'ma, be hateful if I could care Why would I hate my own, and forsake my home Why would I fuck around and get a jake my chrome I wouldn't have to stick you if we all could eat It wouldn't be no need for beef, dyin over streets We don't even own anyway, you could get bucked off any day We behind enemy lines, y'all still writin Henessy rhymes While I'm tryin to get a good price for a nine Feel like my life on the line That's why a nigga be hype all the time Ready for the revolution at the drop of a dime [M1] I got a duty to have security for my niggas My duty to serve the beautiful black sisters A duty tom stand wit anybody that's wit us And fully criticize all bullshitters There should be awards presented, to niggas who fight back Like Panther jackets, or sisters who like gats I'm a full blooded warrior, ready for change Recognize any soldier that's doin the same Because I love who I am, and that means everything to me My life aint worth a damn unless I'm dealin with reality When I look myself in the eyes it's just me And I aint gotta tell nobody no lies I feel free And I would rather deal with the truth than falsehood Than bein fake with my people and claimin it's all good You can't run away from yourself so that's useless If your word is bond then you don't have to make excuses CHORUS [JuJu] Yo as I sit and contemplate about the fate of my kids If I die is the state gon snatch up my kids? City life, no choice but to live by the knife Put food on the table at whatever the price My beautiful wife, all the time cookin precise When there aint no meat, she bless me with the eggs and the rice Never think twice, I love you for the rest of my life That's why I taught you how to shoot when situations get trife Save the children from the evil that we smell in the air Used to bein happy, now the feelin is rare I'ma soldier in the struggle just tryin to prepare Cuz when the revolution comes it aint gon be fair [Psycho Les] Yo it's the Beatnuts, dead prez, we connect like Tetris How we comin at the world on some Malcolm X shit So turn it up, so we can drop these gems quick If you on some bullshit, then nigga hit the exit There's enough cash, grass, and ass here for you and me You wanna be greedy, sayin fuck the community Watch out cuz life's gonna change very soon you see I really don't believe we could ever have unity This shit is serious we all tryin to have a milli stash But love life cuz that's all a nigga really has Love your fam, cuz that's all you really have And handle your biz and stop bein a silly ass Ayo it's gettin, gettin, it's gettin, gettin it's gettin kinda hectic Slugs burn, so naturally thugs learn to stay vested You need to learn a Psycho Les-son And treat others the same way you wanna be respected, because... CHORUS Live together Feed each other (feed each other) Die together (die together) Love each other (love each other) Eat together (eat together) Show each other (show each other) Fight together (fight together) Know each other (know each other) (*2X*) CHORUS [Scratching] Bring the power back to the streets, where the people live Bring the power back to the streets, where the people live Brother, brother, there's too many of you dying War is not the answer Too many mothers crying, oh this is a revolution, yeah yeah yeah [Scratching & Singing until the end]