2045 Radical Man

[Spoken]
How can a non-musician discuss the future of music
From anything other than a consumer point of view?
These people make decisions 4 the bulk of us
Without consulting any of us
Sales and distributions of our futures (huh)
If this world were fair and right
They'd give up the car keys this very night
Damn!
Hit it
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Flash forward, 2045
What did U stand 4 in the life of your prime?
When faced with the final judgement of 2day
Probably from the game that U and your niggas play
Radical man
Save a life, come on take a stand
Give that money back
Let's make a plan
The brand new currency
Take care of 1 another
U and me
Radical, radical
Flash backward, 1999
In a world shot full of viruses (Tell me)
How'd yall stay alive? (Every 1 of yall)
Depending on this so called man
4 everything u got comes from his hand (from his hand)
Food, water, the clothes U wear
How yall niggas really care?
Let's define this word, "nigga" (define, define)
Someone who stays high (high)
Watching they life go by (by)
Someone content with ridin' the pine (like that)
Nigguh
They come in all colors
White, Black, Puerto Rican
But the main niggas we speakin' bout
Wear suits and buy and sell corporations
With only 1 thing in mind
That is the destruction of the so-called Radical Man
By 2045
Let's get radical
Let's get radical
Watch me now
School in the yard, the digital games
When the war broke out, they called your name (what's your name)
Everyone accountable on the front line
Holocaust Avenue 2009
Get an education ,good job, who say
Fool with the gold fronts drinkin' Alize
Don't play by the rules
Makin' no sense 2day
Got your own mind so U think it's OK
...cell block
Mos Def say
That's where U gonna stay, nigguh
Where U gonna stay, nigguh
Oh my God, it's the green mile
Sup yall? What yall wanna do?
(Talking 'bout a Radical Man)
Ain't nobody up in their crew know
How 2 really run that computer
Make it flow
If U ain't born with it (Radical Man)
Talkin' 'bout the 2 and the 4
Hit me
What George say, fall 'round!
We claim Miles Davis, not Michaelangelo
We plant the flag in the funk
U better act like U know
We don't care what Albert Einstein did
I'd rather know, rather know (what?)
How they built the pyramids (Hey!)
James Brown, Chuck D. and Jimmy
Turn me up louder now
I don't think yall hear me
(They don't hear ya!)
Twen - ty - for - ty - five
We - will - stay - a - live
Twen - ty - for - ty - five
The Lord - is - on - our - side
Whoo
The whole pop scenario is just nothing but a dream
The day U wake up is the day U get the real cream
Nigguh
Radical Man (Radical Man)
Who got the plan, who got the plan?
Radical Man (Radical Man)
Who got the plan, who got the plan?
This is the funk the industry most fears
All of us getting together
Interlocking board of directors
I don't think so
Ain't nobody runnin' this
It's all about DNA (Nigguh)
Radical Man
[Spoken]
Where will U be in 2045?
30 million people right now
Are being wiped off the face of the planet
By a disease they claim has no cure
In the matter of a blinking eye
All of us right now can testify
Take a stand
Radical Man