Black Messiah (Bonus Track) - Rakim

[00:00.000] 作词 : Willie Clark\/Clarence Reid\/William Griffin
[00:00.856] 作曲 : Willie Clark\/Clarence Reid\/William Griffin
[00:01.713] Love, respect, appreciation
[00:03.893] To the Black Messiah
[00:07.364] To the Black Panther Party, we salute
[00:12.570] It's God Rakim, let's go
[00:29.980] 1948, Chicago, Illinois, a young panther was born
[00:34.433] He became a man when he was just a little boy
[00:36.620] Excellent athlete, he excelled in the classroom too
[00:40.453] High supreme action speed, that's when his passions grew
[00:44.127] Racial injustices, poverty, slavery
[00:46.643] He went to college, studied law, then joined the NAACP
[00:51.181] A lot of bad things happened, people need to have answers
[00:54.795] Why should he keep asking? So he joined the Black Panthers
[00:58.471] Have a mission, known the system, invite, try to get all of them
[01:01.943] Fight capitalism, the socialism, fight fire with water
[01:05.798] The right cause, grow plan, that requires understanding
[01:09.033] The life course of a good man, the Black Messiah Fred Hampton
[01:12.732] Am I a good man (Am I a good man?)
[01:16.789] A good man
[01:20.042] Am I a good man? (Am I a good man)
[01:23.972] A good man
[01:28.063] Man had a lot of heart, some say a lot of nerves
[01:31.502] Man had a lot of smarts, the man with the million dollar words
[01:35.258] Led by example, righteous people wanna follow
[01:38.356] Take a special kind of man to, unite the gangs of Chicago
[01:42.167] Made 'em march in peace, become allies, soldiers
[01:45.670] Supervised the police, they brutalized and controlled us
[01:49.349] He wouldn't miss a lot of tricks, told them what he knew about law
[01:52.683] Informed them about politics, told them what he knew about war
[01:56.615] All races, one vision, the American activist
[02:00.223] Began the Rainbow Coalition, everybody thought Jackson did
[02:04.200] Genocide, a global bliss, poetry like a vocalist
[02:08.268] FBI's Most Wanted list, revolutionary socialist
[02:11.171] Am I a good man (Am I a good man?)
[02:15.137] A good man
[02:18.199] Am I a good man? (Am I a good man)
[02:21.640] A good man (Here we go)
[02:25.563] They can't take it no longer, he getting bigger by the hour
[02:29.599] Everyday getting stronger, the people give him more power
[02:32.826] Intelligent, disciplined, he can organize confusion
[02:36.432] Militant, different, he can recognize illusions
[02:40.381] Maybe overthrow the government, protest, riots
[02:44.104] Maybe even run for President, but who would want to keep him quiet?
[02:47.708] The informant's on the inside, he still seems unstoppable
[02:50.949] But this is always how our leaders die because they getting too powerful
[02:54.684] Like the barrel of a gun, crucified, he was only 21
[02:58.021] Look at all the things he did in a short time
[03:00.136] Imagine all the things that he could've done
[03:02.149] If he could speak from the grave, Fred Hampton would say this:
[03:04.985] \"You can kill a Black Panther, but the Panther still exists\"
[03:13.599] This record is dedicated to the Chairman Fred Hampton
[03:18.009] May you rest in everlasting peace
[03:21.022] And to his family, his queen, Akua Njeri
[03:27.968] And his son, the Chairman Fred Hampton Jr
[03:34.517] Peace, love and respect