So we come a long way from the chains and the cane fields
A long way from the back oh
Shoulda brought along a little map for the travelling
Seems we've come a long way from us
Squander our money waiting on reparation
Never make plans for retirement day
Who's to be blamed for our lack of preparation
Now we done spent every dime of our pay
On big pimping flossing every dollar
We've got on the much less fortunate
Small thinking got us bound tighter
Than the chains that we try to forget
So tell me now Malcom do we hurt you pride
Can you hear me now Rosa
Was it worth the ride
Do you see me now Marcus
We're still not unified no we're not
So tell me now Martin is this why you died easy
So we've come a long way from picking cotton
Many never thought they'd live to see the day when bush pick rice
But if all you've become is another house
n***a baby tell me was it worth all the sacrifice
Get outa my way while I climb to the top now
But be sure to catch me if I fall from grace
Cause heaven forbid
If what I chase should reject me
You know I'm gonna need a warm black embrace
We used to stack guns prepare for revolution
Was the only way of getting wrong put right
Now we think all our problems
Can be solved with shooting
And we've forgot why we started to fight
Now Malcom do we hurt you pride
Can you hear me now Rosa
Was it worth the ride
Do you see me now Marcus
We're still not unified no we're not
So tell me now Martin is this why you died easy
So we belittle we bredda so we can seem bigger
Now we so damn proud fi call we self n***a
And being a good man is a bad thing
Now being a bad man is a good thing
So it's rich or poor black or white
Sit and be trampled or get up and fight
After so many years it's still hard to adjust
Even when the front is empty we still move to the back of the bus
Tell me Rosa what's pride the right
Can you hear me now Malcom
No we hurt your pride
Do you see me now Marcus
We're still not unified no we're not
So tell me now Martin is this why you died
Tell me tell me now
