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Dead Prez

Genres: Hip-Hop

Shuffering And Shmiling Lyrics - Dead Prez

(featuring Bilal, Jorge Ben Jor, Positive Force & Talib Kweli) 

 

[Jorge Ben Jor] (scat singing) 

 

[stic.man] 

(to the ancestors) 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot (to the warriors) 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot (to those who came before us) 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot (long lived the revolution) 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot 

 

[stic.man] 

religion is like prison 

keep the people locked up in different divisions 

some of them promise you heaven 

but I see a whole lot of bullshit ism-scism 

imperialism in the form of spirituality 

slave mentality, escape reality 

what we supposed to just suffer and smile and be content? 

sendin our prayers to the clouds? (stic.man - uhn uh) 

i want my heaven now, freedom on earth 

and if the preacher ain't with us, then we takin his church 

what is it worth to have the biggest religion 

when the people got miserable living conditions? 

no water, no lights, no rights 

all over africa we fight, but we have to unite 

cause ain't no power in the gospel 

when the priest puttin powder in his nostril 

and the elder's council fails to lead 

and the children suffer from daily need 

and the people can barely eat 

is it a sin to stand up 

to fight against the ones that put is in handcuffs? 

goddamn, what happened to the daily bread, spread love 

and not what the bible said, but in the name of the bible 

how much love is spread compared to how much blood is shed 

 

chorus: 

 

[Bilal] 

everyday my people get inside the bus 

(women - shuffering and shmiling) 

everyday its the circle 

(women - shuffering and shmiling) 

everyday my people get inside the bus 

(women - shuffering and shmiling) 

everyday its the circle 

 

[Jorge Ben Jor] (scat singing) 

(women - shuffering and shmiling) x4 

everyday its the same thing 

 

[Talib Kweli] 

yo 

every day I wake up is a miracle, thank you 

seperate religious and the spiritual, thank you 

see, I dont be askin in the air, every action is a prayer 

the bear won't attack me, I be, attackin the bear, see 

back in the day I used to work in a bookstore 

my job was to find whatever book you look for 

i remember one day this lady came for a bible 

we was out, so I started showin here other titles 

tryna share information about a religion 

everything that I showed her was written by christians, still 

she got the hell up outta the place 

wonderin something about me shakin her faith 

now, knowledge is power, we spread information 

how strong is your faith? what it take to be shaken? 

yo, I think she missed what jesus was sayin 

can't keep your eyes closed to a revelation 

you could be speakin in tongues 

could be speakin of sons and daughters 

my reflection of course, within the water is 

beautiful, attractive, my musical contraption 

classified as unusual practice but 

thats what it take to be a man 

free the land, crash down on babylon like the sea to the sand 

peace to the fam, we want you all to stay strong and live long 

like a de la song, c'mon 

 

[stic.man & Talib Kweli] 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot 

can't keep quiet 

this time gon' be more than a riot 

 

[m1] 

this way of life, ain't right 

pray all day and night and don't fight 

poped up, doped up 

work three jobs to fill the gold cup 

no water, no food, no lights, no rights 

no power til the people unite 

it's gone - divison and they work us in prison 

look round, how my niggas is livin 

everything we make, they takin it to the bank 

while we sittin up in the church to give thanks 

don't you know the preacher got bank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh) 

don't you know the deacon smoke dank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh) 

did you ever think the bible was a prank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh) 

somebody bout to faint 

before they came 

they had the bible, we had the land 

now, we got the bible, they got the land 

and what do you believe in, heaven or hell? 

life is what you make it, so thats why I rebel 

uncle sam, got blood on his hands 

good god, how the devil can dance 

nobody wanna help a nigga 

put your hands together, do it yourself my nigga 

don't sit there 

you won't have nobody rushin to die 

so do something don't just suffer and smile 

 

[chorus] 

 

[Jorge Ben Jor] (scat singing) 

 

[m1] (repeats until end) 

africa, africa, africa 

aids is killin 

africans, africans, africans