Message To The Soldier-ICE-T

[ti:Message To The Soldier] [ar:Ice T] [al:Home Invasion] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Message To The Soldier - ICE-T [00:01.05]Yo Ice [00:01.91]You've been down with the struggle for a long time man [00:04.68]What you drop some knowledge for these brothers [00:06.40]Who want to get involved in this war [00:08.29] [00:10.16]Take notes real gangstas wear trench coats [00:12.60]Grey suits black ties and they seek votes [00:15.34]And you're not to be misled [00:16.88] [00:17.50]They'll kill you in your f**kin' bed [00:19.53]They don't sell d**e yo excuse me yes they do [00:22.36]But they don't look that much like me or you [00:24.79]But if you pull up the sheets and expose them [00:26.96]They'll crawl up like snakes and show fangs of venom [00:29.62]Now I've been a soldier for years [00:32.13]Representin' the tattooed tears [00:34.61]Other brothas locked with no choice [00:36.90]Left in the bowels of devil with no voice [00:39.38]Phones are tapped my crib is bugged [00:41.64]My car is tailed from club to club [00:43.82] [00:44.58]And this ain't no f**kin' joke [00:46.19] [00:46.85]They want to see a n**ga broke [00:48.49] [00:49.00]You can't slip if you slip you're out [00:51.58]You gotta know what you're talkin' about [00:53.60] [00:54.22]Drop science every chance you get [00:56.24]Hit direct and indirect [00:58.19] [00:59.01]Speak in code 'cause you're never alone [01:00.96] [01:01.54]That's why I use this low tone [01:03.26] [01:03.89]Follow this and you might grow older [01:06.16] [01:06.89]This is a message to the soldiers [01:09.34] [01:12.73]Message to the soldiers [01:14.62] [01:17.63]Message to the soldiers [01:19.75] [01:22.50]Message to the soldier [01:24.51] [01:27.81]Now they killed king and they shot x [01:30.42]Now they want me you could be next [01:32.73] [01:33.26]All you gotta do is speak too loud [01:35.71]All you gotta do is be too proud [01:37.91]'Cause once you let 'em know [01:39.02]Who you are and where you're at [01:41.04]You better watch your back [01:42.94]'Cause you might think you're just d**e [01:44.65] [01:45.31]While you're livin' in a sniper's scope [01:47.62]I'm not tryin' to scare you [01:48.63]But there's danger if you get too deep [01:50.31] [01:50.85]Some nights I don't sleep [01:52.09] [01:52.65]All you wanna do is tell the truth [01:55.21]All you wanna do is save the youth [01:57.38]Ice cube knows Souljah knows PE knows [02:00.75]They throw death blows [02:02.33]And if you got kids or a girl that's true [02:04.45] [02:05.33]They'll move on them too [02:07.06]But when I'm gone I'm gonna need you to carry on [02:09.68] [02:10.38]You gotta be strong [02:11.75] [02:12.78]And fight for our salvation [02:14.66]But there will be retaliation soldier [02:17.53] [02:20.65]This is a message to the soldiers [02:23.03] [02:26.53]Soldier [02:27.27] [02:30.50]This is a message to the soldiers [02:32.86] [02:36.58]To think that rap could be attacked [02:38.41] [02:39.09]Is ignorin' the simple fact [02:40.92] [02:41.46]That they never meant for us to speak [02:43.99]They had planned to keep the black man weak [02:46.54]But rap hit the streets [02:48.25] [02:48.79]Black rage amplified over d**e beats [02:51.57]Now they want to shut us down [02:53.39] [02:54.19]And they don't f**k around [02:55.98] [02:56.79]Check the history books son [02:59.07]Black leaders die young [03:00.59] [03:01.27]They tell us that your words are scary [03:03.34] [03:03.93]They're revolutionary [03:05.97]Because we speak the truth about crime and drugs [03:08.73]And expose the real thugs [03:10.80]This info is not beneficial [03:12.78] [03:13.36]To the groups that go by three initals [03:15.73]So they try to discredit [03:17.33] [03:18.27]They'll dog you with an edit [03:20.03] [03:20.63]Print the words the way you never said it [03:22.91] [03:23.48]But we gotta make 'em regret it soldier [03:25.88] [03:29.51]Message to the soldiers [03:31.29] [03:39.26]Message to the soldiers [03:41.21] [03:45.28]Word [03:46.04]I know a lot of brothas out there [03:47.35]Want to get in to this war [03:48.69]You know what I'm sayin' [03:49.98]A lot of sistas got a lot of knowledge [03:51.75]They wanna drop on our people [03:53.07] [03:53.83]But right now they're movin' to shut down all hip hop [03:56.80] [03:58.17]The first amendment had absolutely nothin' to do with black people [04:01.71]At the time the constitution was written [04:03.55]We were considered nothin' but property [04:05.29] [04:06.43]The expectation of havin' black people speak on records [04:09.66] [04:11.39]Never came to mind [04:12.87] [04:13.82]So we gotta move [04:14.97] [04:15.55]But believe me all the other black leaders have been silenced [04:18.41] [04:19.08]And most of the time it's been violent [04:20.72] [04:21.26]So if you choose to get in this war [04:22.82]Realize what you're in for [04:24.32] [04:27.89]Yeah [04:28.38] [04:30.88]But we gotta move on [04:32.16] [04:34.59]And we gotta stay strong [04:35.97] [04:42.81]Message to the soldiers [04:44.63] [04:51.93]Welcome to the struggle [04:53.28] [04:57.43]Message to the soldiers [04:59.17] [05:11.76]Be careful [05:12.61] [05:21.84]Soldier