Chuck D - Nighttrain (Pete Rock Strong Island Mix) lyrics

[Verse 1] Land of the free but the skin I'm in identifies me So the people around me energize me Callin' all aboard this train ride Talkin' 'bout raw hardcore, leavin' frauds on the outside But the bad thing is anyone can ride the train And the reason for that is cause we look the same Lookin' all around at my so-called friend Light skin to the brown, the black, here we go again Homey over there knows Keith and but he be thiefin' I don't trust him, rather bust 'em up Out goes his hand and I cough He once stole from me; yeah, I wanna cut it off The black thing is a ride I call the nighttrain It rides the good and the bad, we call the monkey trained Trained to attack the black it's true Cause some of them look just like you [Verse 2] Stayin' on the scene, sittin' on the train See all the faces look about the same There go the sellout who's takin' a ride like Cargo Cause he deal the keys from Key Largo Runnin' Nat narcotic, by George he got it Takin' makin' the G erotic And the fiends they scheme so he can put 'em down But his method is wreck 'em, put 'em in tha ground Got tha nerve as hell to yell brother man He ain't black man cuz he ate his Pac Man Known to murder his own, traitor on the phone Ridin' the train, self-hater trained to sell pain The master's toy, little boy Hard to avoid he look wit' it but he null 'n' void Cause he ridin' the train you think he down for the cause Cause his face looks just like yours (CL Smooth) The conductor, track the structure overstood Nighttrain the plain, little engine that could One express so let's next stops Mecca A place to face to make a black man better CL and Chuck D, we don't talk rubbage But just like a slave, we gotta ride wit the luggage On the nighttrain [Verse 3] More of the same insane who sayin' like flowin' Like nighttrain, runnin' the pain of the black reign You look, you laugh, you doubt and go out and I'm gone But the ba** goes on To talk the talk, but walk the walk, the king of New York Crack a lack attack the black to crack the back Once again I test a friend with sincerity Or consider him an enemy Who am I to tell a lie Rather push the Bush Hope da cracker get crushed I'm rollin' wit Rush Leader of the bum rush Russian I ain't spreadin' like paint Lookin' at the put I got and its kickin' But it ain't chicken but it's livin' for a city So sick and tired Of a scene buckwild, piled in a file Senile or chile They said it never been no worser than this I'm on the nighttrain, they hope ya don't miss it Give ya what they gotta give you just go You musn't just put your trust in every brother yo Some don't give a damn Cause they the other man Worse than a bomb Posin' as Uncle Toms Disgracin' the race and blowin' up the whole crew With some of them lookin' just like you