Stand Tall-Ice Cube

[ti:Stand Tall] [ar:Ice Cube] [al:Raw Footage] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stand Tall - Ice Cube (冰块酷八) [00:22.71]Stand tall live your life to the limit [00:24.90]Cause haterism seem like a f**king epidemic [00:27.47]And look at Ice Cube I ain't no gimmick [00:30.10]I'm straight from the hood I got to represent it [00:32.56]Now - every day I think about my color [00:35.44]And all the crazy sh*t we do to one another [00:37.97]I ain't your blood brother but I'm your cuz brother [00:40.85]Let's take it back to the love and how it was brother [00:43.47]If not we gon' pull these triggers [00:46.03]Show the world we deserve to be called niggaz [00:48.86]I make a f**k-up like Don Imus [00:51.37]Bow on his knees and call me yo' highness [00:54.13]You can too you got the power to [00:56.66]Don't let this motherf**kin system devour you [00:59.40]I won't pretend or act like I'm knowin you [01:01.93]But check it out I understand what you goin through [01:04.53]But remember brothers and sisters [01:07.61] [01:08.92]You can still stand tall [01:12.60] [01:14.10]Just be thankful [01:15.62] [01:19.50]For what you got [01:20.96] [01:22.21]I know what y'all motherf**kers thinking heh heh [01:24.27] [01:25.58]Here comes another rapper with a song about hope [01:28.03]All you wanna hear is a song about d**e [01:30.79]And how a ni**a got mo' money than the Pope [01:33.43]But he'll never tell you when he drop the soap [01:35.94]No Ice Cube is here to drop you a note [01:38.53]Cause some of our folk used to hang from ropes [01:41.33]And some of our people used to hang from trees [01:43.89]Now the only thing hangin muh'f**ker is DEEZ [01:46.72]So get your mind right and I'ma rhyme right [01:49.54]F**k the limelight and a blind dyke [01:52.13]I'm the sunlight too bright to look [01:54.94]When it's all said and done I should write the book [01:57.65]You too cool for school too old to know [01:59.96]Get your a** off the grassroots and let 'em grow [02:02.54]I understand it ain't no love lost [02:04.98]But little kids it ain't no Santa Claus [02:07.98]But remember brothers and sisters [02:10.81] [02:12.11]You can still stand tall [02:15.95] [02:17.63]Just be thankful [02:18.88] [02:22.14]For what you got [02:24.03] [02:28.78]I was born in the mud but I came out clean [02:31.05]That's 'til the government tried to intervene [02:33.99]Tried to lock me up when I was only 19 [02:36.76]Don't never ever ever let 'em kill your dream [02:39.27]I make sh*t raw that piss off the law [02:42.07]If you want some fake sh*t turn this off [02:44.42]If you want some realness I know you can feel this [02:47.16]Maybe we can heal this just like an illness [02:49.63] [02:50.19]Black on black I got'cho back [02:52.50]People don't think that we know how to act [02:55.24]Just because our neighborhood is filled with crack [02:57.52]And the CIA won't take it back [02:59.89] [03:00.46]Never on top always on the bottom [03:03.03]Never put your trust in Hillary Rodham [03:05.71]Cause I can tell you now it's gon' turn out rotten [03:08.16]Keep on pushin get 'em 'til we got 'em [03:10.80]But remember brothers and sisters [03:14.20] [03:15.20]You can still stand tall [03:19.22] [03:20.73]Just be thankful [03:22.23] [03:25.88]For what you got [03:27.57] [03:35.54]Raise your hand if you sick of this bullshit [03:37.41] [03:38.53]Heh in the belly of the evil empire fades