Escapism-Public Enemy

[ti:Escapism] [ar:Public Enemy] [al:How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? (Audio Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Escapism - Public Enemy (公众之敌) [00:01.51][verse 1] [00:25.95] [00:45.39]Is the groove good to you [00:46.73]Like when you lose your thing [00:47.97]Forgetten grits is grocery [00:49.96]And eggs is poultry [00:51.39]Makin a livin against those makin a killin [00:53.38]Super blackman gotha back [00:54.90]And is back in the building [00:56.49]If the prison is that skin you in [00:58.45]And your cell sittin inside your skull [01:01.60]They say you cant getaway [01:02.85]From ya damn self [01:03.93]When your earth is heaven [01:05.32]And your world be hell [01:06.96]Check your head [01:07.64]Armageddons at the foot of your bed [01:10.31]You aint heard a word i said [01:11.96]Forget them slacks [01:12.56]Im that throwback that [01:13.71]Threw that throwback [01:14.28]Back on the racks [01:15.24]To get my mind back [01:17.41]O say can you see [01:18.43]I get back its still just a black and white tv [01:21.59]In lyin color brother [01:24.58]Gots to getaway to the other [01:29.48][verse 2] [01:49.27]Never was too good [01:50.14]Off the top of my head [01:51.32]Cause i want yall to know [01:53.06]Exactly what i said [01:54.15]This so called war in iraq [01:55.28]Over a thousand dead [01:56.74]Thats about [01:57.26]10 a week [01:58.48]Even as i speak [01:59.49]33% of black males in jail [02:02.06]55% of black students will fail [02:04.68]85% of black folks forgot [02:07.44]We were slaves [02:08.37]Up inside this box [02:10.33]America got folks brains on lock [02:12.61]Forget the connects [02:13.57]Some wanna buy whats next [02:15.36]Wear it like a sign up in that chest [02:17.75]Yall should know papa dont take no mess [02:20.42]If you think your past is irrelevant [02:22.75]Dont you know ol soul pays the gt damn rent [02:26.19]That messiah aint never [02:27.52]Gonna come as long as [02:28.75]You thinkin freedom [02:29.41]Is bein free to be dumb [02:31.14][verse 3] [03:13.39]Soul is back [03:14.32]So flip them hits back [03:15.70]Damn the fashion [03:16.39]I wanna know wheres the passion [03:18.81]Thinkin we came a long way baby [03:20.95]Sayin poor michaels psycho [03:22.87]And prince hes crazy [03:23.93]But what has bob mick sir paul [03:25.95]Done for you lately [03:26.95]How they maintain on your brain [03:28.29]Seems to escape me [03:29.37]Heard some ghetto cats [03:30.24]Dont like metal rap [03:31.78]Hear it and fear it [03:33.57]And they think its wack [03:34.74]They dont even know that the blues is black [03:36.89]And when i rap is back to the roots [03:39.07]Where i be at [03:40.13]Not some 30 year old who dont know facts [03:42.24]Whos wild sayin things like some juvenile [03:44.39]Remember 2 million black folks in the penile [03:47.91]Got a world of whitefolks [03:49.10]Thinkin its style [03:50.28]Think im hatin cause you lack the information [03:52.60]Cause we the fbi still gots on file