Ky-Mani Marley - Equality lyrics

[Bridge: Ky-Mani Marley] Slow down, don't rush I'm here to keep the peace but I'm prepared to say, ay Slow down, don't rush I'm here to keep the peace but I'm prepared, now I say [Chorus: Afu-Ra] Yeah, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it nonstop What, I pledge allegiance to the hip-hop Yeah, I pledge allegiance to it nonstop [Verse 1: Afu-Ra] Meditation, equality, it keeps me level headed, the men-tal-ity Cool, calm, post-hypnotic suggestion Never stressin, heat chambers never sweatin Honeys cryin, cause her man she caught cheatin Mothers eyein, sons cut down like bushes Daddys sicker than the land lord, just evicted Stressed to d**h, month to month until he kicked it I seen ya hustlin on the dark streets, the mental Look what you been through, you just escaped reality Now what ya into, is just a technicality Check it, deep inside of my head like T.V The lifestyle I live so crooked you won't believe me Lessons learned that I could walk a tight rope Even though I toke and choke, don't provoke Uh, now you can call me Afu-rastahood Cause I rob from the rich and I give to the good Even though it's for the money B, I'm droppin knowledge G Straight shots to the head, peep the summary Wake up in the mornin got me yearnin for food Yeah, yeah what, huh, I'm that type of dude Pledge allegiance, pay attention, payin homage So much time held in my hand, none for college (college) [Chorus: Afu-Ra] Hey Afu, hey Afu, hey Afu, hey Afu [Bridge 2: Ky-Mani Marley] Slow down, don't rush I'm here to keep the peace but I'm prepared to bust They wanna guide my medication with their crooked laws Say I can't hold a bong and smoke, my lord But, if it's war that they want, we are ready, are registered The king, it is he, who defends me So when it's time for the showdown We're marchin', the soldiers Babylon get throwed down When the war is over we burn up the whole town And my spliff will stay lit from sun up to sun down Ay, ay Afu [Bridge 1] [Verse 2: Afu-Ra] Stimulating, verses like blood work ing Paper hits the pen like the needle to ya skin Blow ya blood up, Xena, hero-in More contagious than s** (s**), nobody flex Dangerous minds, little kids throw gang signs Treacherous times, too many can't press rewind Stress the elevation, wrap my thoughts like a mummy It's funny, how sometimes some smart ones are dummies Scorin a million, forget the S.A.T Now I, leap more towers than Pisa, peep the ether Wrap it in a scroll, pa** it off to Ky-Mani Lessons of exquisiteness, verses poetry [Bridge 1 + Chorus]