Public Enemy - Escapism lyrics

Is the groove good to you Like when you lose your thing Forgettin grits is grocery And eggs is poultry Makin a livin against those makin a k**in Super black man gotha back And is back in the building If the prison is that skin you in And your cell sittin inside your skull They say you can't getaway From ya damn self When your earth is heaven And your world be hell Check your head Armageddons at the foot of your bed You ain't heard a word I said Forget them slacks I'm that throwback that Threw that throwback Back on the racks To get my mind back Oh say can you see I get back it's still just a black and white TV In lyin color brother Gots to getaway to the other. Never was too good Off the top of my head Cause I want y'all to know Exactly what I said This so-called war in Iraq Over a thousand dead That's about 10 a week Even as I speak 33 percent of black males in jail 55 percent of black students will fail 85 percent of black folks forgot We were slaves Up inside this box America got folks brains on lock Forget the connects Some wanna buy what's next Wear it like a sign up in that chest Y'all should know Papa don't take no mess If you think your past is irrelevant Don't you know ol' soul pays the god damn rent That messiah ain't never Gonna come as long as You thinkin freedom Is bein free to be dumb Soul is back So flip them hits back Damn the fashion I wanna know where's the pa**ion Thinkin we came a long way baby Sayin poor Michael's psycho And Prince he's crazy But what has Bob, Mick, Sir Paul Done for you lately How they maintain on your brain Seems to escape me Heard some ghetto cats Don't like metal rap Hear it and fear it And they think its wack They don't even know that the blues is black And when I rap is back to the roots Where I be at Not some 30 year old who don't know facts Who's wild sayin things like some juvenile Remember 2 million black folks in the penile Got a world of white folks Thinkin it's style Think I'm hatin cause you lack the information 'Cause we the FBI still gots on file