Lord Jamar - “Propaganda” Dead Prez lyrics

[Intro] "Let me now turn, to our program for the future." (News Snippets) "The economy right now, is extremely supportive of the president and his policies." "FBI scientists have found chemical traces, consistent with a bomb or a missile, on a piece of wreckage." "police using clubs and tear gas against demonstrators." "they called me a mother -(bleeped out)-ing so-and-so... and a white Fascist...like they said, 'you're getting some of your own medicine'..." [Hook] Telling lies, to our vision Telling lies, to our children Telling lies, to our babies Only truth, can take us... [Verse 1] You can't fool all the people all of the time But if you fool the right ones, then the rest will fall behind Tell me who's got control of your mind? your world view? Is it the news or the movie you're taking your girl to? Know what I'm saying cause Uncle Sam got a plan If you examine what they telling us then you will understand What they planting in the seeds of the next generation Feeding our children miseducation No one knows if there's UFOs or any life on Mars Or what they do when they up in the stars Because I don't believe a word of what the president said He filling our head with lies got us hypnotized When he be speaking in code words about crime and poverty Drugs, welfare, prisons, guns and robbery It really means us, there's no excuse for the slander But what's good for the goose, is still good for the gander See... [Hook 1] I don't believe Bob Marley died from cancer 31 years ago I would've been a Panther They k**ed Huey cause they knew he had the answer The views that you see in the news is propaganda [Hook 2] Verse 2: I don't want no computer chip in my arm I don't wanna die by a nuclear bomb I say we all rush the pentagon Pull out guns and grab the intercom My first words will be I believe Man made god, outta ignorance and fear If God made man, then why the hell would he put us here? I thought he's supposed to be the all loving The same God who let Hitler put the Jews in the oven We don't fall for the regular sh**, they try to feed us All this half-a** leadership, flipping position They turn politician and shut the hell up and follow tradition For your TV screen, is telling lies to your vision Every channel got some brainwashed cop sh** to watch Running up in n***as cribs claiming that they heard shots It's a plot, but busta can you tell me who's greedier? Big corporations, the pigs or the media? Sign of the times, terrorism on the rise Commercial airplanes, falling out the sky like flies Make me wonder what secrets went down with Ron Brown Who burnt churches to the ground with no evidence found? It's not coincidence, it's been too many studied incidents It could've been the Klan who put that bomb at the olympics But it probably was the FBI, deep at the call Cause if they make us all panic then they can start martial law [Hook 1] [Bridge] Police is telling lies fooling millions What are they teaching our kids in these school buildings? Televised, enterprised in all the k**ing Controlling our lives, this ain't living No this ain't living [Interlude x2] FBI, CIA ATF, KKK IRS, TNT CBS, NBC [Hook 2] [Outro: Huey P. Newton] "Uh, we view each other with a great love and a great understanding. And that we try to expand this to the general Black population, and also, people-- oppressed people all over the world. And, I think that we differ from some other groups simply because we understand the system better than most groups understand the system. And with this realization, we attempt to form a strong political base based in the community with the only strength that we have and that's the strength of a potentially destructive force if we don't get freedom."