[James Brown x4] (Two times)
Peace to the muthaf**in Nation
(Peace to the muthaf**in Nation) [x4]
[Funky Fresh Four Plus One]
(If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this
Well, we just can't miss
We just can't miss
Well, we just can't miss
With a beat like this)
I seen a brother k** another brother
Then I heard the brother say "Word to the mother"
Thought to myself: is this insane
Or this just another bullsh** game?
Keep playin and if I keep groovin
What that muthaf**a Schoolly D provin?
That I'm a blackman you misunderstand
So what you're sayin? (Word to the motherland)
And the reality for me and you
What that muthaf**a think you think that we can do
To give
Peace to the muthaf**in Nation
(Peace to the muthaf**in Nation) [x4]
(If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this)
So what you're sayin, so what you're doin?
What that muthaf**a think you think that you're pursuin
Money and fame in this bullsh** game for life
Stabbed in the back by my own brother's knife
I keep strivin, dip-dip-divin
While the others keep k**in and robbin
And stealin and petty drug-dealin
f**in up b**hes, that's how I'm feelin
The reality for me and you
What that muthaf**a think you think that we can do
To get
Peace in the muthaf**in nation
(Peace in the muthaf**in nation) [x3]
Peace to the muthaf**in Nation
(Peace to the muthaf**in Nation)
(If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this)
The three top-sellin black products
Is gold, hoes and any narcotic
Let me tell you a little somethin 'bout knowledge
How many black muthaf**as go to college?
In my mind there's a light like a lantern
I can see there's a muthaf**in pattern
The brothers on the street just tryin
Is the same muthaf**a that's dyin
And the reality for me and you
What that muthaf**a think you think that we can do
To give
Peace to the muthaf**in Nation
(Peace to the muthaf**in Nation) [x4]
(If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
If you're ready for this
Say you're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this
Are you ready for this
We're ready for this
Well, we just can't miss
We just can't miss
Well, we just can't miss
With a beat like this) [x2]