Tragedy Khadafi - No Justice, No Peace lyrics

(Everybody in the history of our people From Garvey through Martin Luther King through Malcolm All the way to Queensbridge Houses Have hit the streets and spoke) No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice [ VERSE 1: Intelligent Hoodlum ] There was a brother in the Bridge, Richie Lou Beaten to d**h by the red, white and blue I can still hear the siren, and I hate it Headlines read: d**h was drug-related What does crack have to do with the life that's bein taken Drugs that one is usin, or money that one is makin No one can bare the pain of his mother, I know it hurted The thought of her son bein beaten, then murdered Too late to turn the other cheek now, cause I'm bothered This little girl's gonna grow without a father And all we can do for brother Rich is say peace And make sure the k**in cease Cause if we don't have justice, there is no peace No peace, this is the message you're sendin me k**in my brothers makes you my enemy Another man's heaven is a blackman's hell If you think he's not your enemy, then time will tell Cause America's a prison, America's a prison America's a prison and we wanna be released No justice, no justice, no peace No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice [ VERSE 2: Intelligent Hoodlum ] It's the '90s, and I speak for my descendants Africa deserves its independence Unity is strength, separation is illusion There's no such thing as a peaceful revolution Let's all fight for the motherland Man, woman and child, child, woman and man Abortion or birth, you tell me what's sweeter Who knows, you could've just k**ed a young black leader Givin birth is a beautiful ability Sex should be safe if you lack responsibility Strenght is the son, support is the daugther Some say it's murder and some say that it's slaughter A woman should be trialed, prosecuted When a innocent life is executed So before you lay down with a man, think of results Abortion is a sacrifice as an adult Uncle Sam pays for college, waring sk** Your man is programmed with the desire to k** Uncle Sam declares war on the Japanese For black you never bled, but for white you bleed Black children grow in a world like this Where they k** black leaders and activists Public housing is prison, get out of the place Welfare is a system hold back the black race Power for people, progress converter Welfare is economical murder Physical and mental murder must cease (Come on, baby) No justice, no peace No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice [ VERSE 3: Intelligent Hoodlum ] There was a brother in the Bridge named Richie Lou Beaten to d**h by the red, white and blue I can still hear the siren sound, and I hate it Headlines read: d**h was drug-related What does crack have to do with the life that's bein taken Drugs that one is usin, money that one is makin No one can bare the pain of his mother, I know it hurted The thought of her son bein beaten, then murdered Too late to turn the other cheek now, cause I'm bothered This little girl's gonna grow without a father And all we can do for brother Rich is say peace And make sure the k**in cease Cause if we don't have justice, then there is no peace No peace, this is the message you're sendin me? k**in my brothers makes you my enemy Another man's heaven is a blackman's hell If you think he's not your enemy, then time will tell Cause America's a prison, America's a prison America's a prison and we wanna be released (Now what time is it?) No justice, no justice, no peace No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice No justice, no peace No peace, no justice Hey yo This goes out to Richie Lou And his family Stay strong Peace