Joell Ortiz - Modern Day Slavery lyrics

DJ GI Joe rock that.. The 13th amendment (...they say nothing wrong A change is gonna come - You know and I know You know that I know I know that you know that something's gotta change is gonna come...) [Bridge] First you clean his hands from top to bottom Grand afferents then wash him, then you go pick the cotton Listen y'all I'm tired man, I swear (I've been running) For so long trying to be strong with you (I've been running) I'm exhausted (Ohh yeah) My feet hurt (I don't...) Wanna run no more (I don't...) Wanna run no more (I don't know what's a bed) They said (a change is going) WHEN (a change is going) WHEN (a change is going [?] everyday) [Joell Ortiz:] Ain't nothing changed except the chains That restraining our physical frame Mentally we still living the same Its lock down They knock down the Towers to raise tax Anything they burn we pay back I live in the hood; you'll never bump into Pat Seajack But we spin the wheel every time we chill Cuz cops hate blacks, and Hispanics they draw gats And just slam it before the ask where your hand is I don't see how a wallet can be mistaken for a cannon So please don't let em play us no more In everyway I'm ready, willing, and able to war Like any day I could pop I'd be in the front Like, please let the force be with me in this pump Housing want me to work cuz I'm still on my mom's lease Threatening to raise the rent if I don't pick up them park leaves Ain't nothing in this world for free But somehow they got us fooled that this world is free [Chorus: Joell Ortiz] THIS IS MODERN DAY SLAVERY YOU SEE (yes) CARRY I.D. (yes) WATER IS A FEE (yes) THIS AIN'T HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAN (I've been running) For so long trying to be strong with you (I've been running) I'm exhausted (Ohh yeah) My feet hurt (I don't...) Wanna run no more (I don't....) Wanna run no more (I don't know what's a bed) They said (a change is going) WHEN (a change is going) WHEN (a change is going [?] everyday) [Immortal Technique:] Our people are the product of genocide and slavery Everything in the ghetto was how it was made to be Designed in a process, Prison Industrial Complex n***az transformed into numbers and objects We pay the devil rent for living in hell Cuz the projects was built on the spot where Lucifer fell Incarcerated knowledge heavy weight (Heavy n***a) Every black man should read through the Romany Chapter 28 Cursed in the city like we're cursed in the field Cursed on the border, and cursed by the New World Order Our sons and daughters were stolen by another people [?] end of the Earth, land of the Eagle This is the sequel to the prophecy Freedom when peaceful then violent is my philosophy I built an army, now I'm gonna build a nation The foundation of a new civilization And overthrow the plantation [Chorus: Immortal Technique] MODERN DAY SLAVERY SEE? (yes) IT WAS DESIGNED TO BE (yes) PATRIOT ACT 3 (yes) Just wait young n***a you'll see (I've been running) For so long, my people been strong, but yo (I've been running) I'm exhausted (Ohh yeah) My heart hurts (I don't...) But I'm gunning them more (I don't....) But I'm gunning them more (f** them, n***as!) I said, we gotta make em (a change is going) We gotta make em (a change is going) Quick motherf**er (lock and load) Immortal Technique Joell Ortiz Harlem, Brooklyn You know what it is n***a, the rebirth of the Young Lords Coming soon motherf**a You sleep and you die n***a... Good night motherf**a!