* Mhisani later recorded under the name Goldy
( *phone conversation* )
- Hello?
- Yeah man, we need to do a hit on Mhisani
- No problem
- And just like always: 50% ahead of time, and 50% when I see that black a** dead
- Got it
- And don't f** up
We don't need Mhisani spreading that black power sh** to the ghetto
We need to keep this muthaf**in country red, white and blue
f** them n******gs
- Cool, later
(Funky)
[ VERSE 1 ]
Everybody thought I was a politician
When I released "Speakin' Peace" on my 12" "Listen"
But every circumstance causin different types of villains
In Oakland, California people need to stop the k**in
You see, the city I live in is very intense
So I never hesitate to write another sentence
I speak what I feel, reality is relevant
I don't pick up the mic and be rappin for the hell of it
The media, they categorize and cla**ify
They say I'm racist, political, but that's a lie
It's hard as hell growing up in a system with racism
Some brothers can't hang, so they go to prison
And rap music is a way of expression
I might rap clean and rap vulgar from agression
So view me as a humour, just aware and conscient
Instead of bumping the gums and talkin that nonsense
I call it like I see it
(Go 'head)
(I'm tired of bein told hella lies)
I call it like I see it
(Alright)
(Expose the enemy hidin behind a disguise)
I call it like I see it
(Go 'head)
(The conditions and problems and causes)
I call it like I see it
(Alright)
(Protected by the first ammendment clause)
[ VERSE 2 ]
Returning from the rap laboratory
Feelin kinda good, now I think I have a story
(Kick it) Girls turn me on in the open society
So many fine nations, damn, what a variety
Me myself I like em thick, I never trip on shades
Light or dark skin, hair down or in dookie braids
Is there a doctor in the house? (Yeah) Where is she?
Tell her to come backstage, I need some lip therapy
Some go through trips ( ? ) and start relationships
Some comin straight and get busy on the first date
The game on the streets is deeper than knee
Makin your money and keepin your freak, I peep, then I speak
But some brown-noser wants to bother my sound
He said, "Mhisani, won't you water it down?
Be a little more clean cut, never cuss, be like us and cross over"
Oh, you must be getting complaints from your boss, Rover
It's a damn shame rappers are bein bought for
Gonna speak the truth explicit or hardcore
But if it gotta be like that, then so be it
Cause I'ma call it like I see it
(Go 'head)
(You know that you cuss, don't deny it)
I call it like I see it
(Alright)
(If a record offends you, don't buy it)
I call it like I see it
(Go 'head)
(I don't try to make a friendly type of music)
I call it like I see it
(Alright)
(Won't ever worry ( ? ) I'ma use it)
[ VERSE 3 ]
People fought and died to make a better future for the youth
And many were k**ed for speakin the truth
Given too much game, gettin too close to home
Put a hit on you, snipers waitin with they scopes on
What do you expect for us to shut up and just let you k** us?
And teach the children that they came from gorillas?
I guess you figured if you kept us braindead you control us
Let us k** each other, then you call the rollers
Two at a time never fails
You send one to jail and tell the dead dude to go to hell
And you can send the black and whites out to ha**le me
Tell me to shut up or I be another casualty
But your sweatin won't threaten me ( ? )
( ? ) we stand strong to the d**h and hard nothings
Just we like did ( ? ) we fought like men
You brought the guns and we been dyin every since then
As I rap I stare at the top of the roof
I shut my mouth or get shot for the truth
But I must take a stand to make a better future for people as equals
And call it like I see it
(Go 'head)
(If it means life or d**h)
I call it like I see it
(Alright)
(I will speak till my very last breath)
I call it like I see it
(Go 'head)
(When all odds are against me)
I call it like I see it
(Alright)
(The truth set me free)
(Funky)
I call it like I see it