Stand Tall - Ice Cube (冰块酷八)

Stand tall live your life to the limit

Cause haterism seem like a f**king epidemic

And look at Ice Cube I ain't no gimmick

I'm straight from the hood I got to represent it

Now - every day I think about my color

And all the crazy sh*t we do to one another

I ain't your blood brother but I'm your cuz brother

Let's take it back to the love and how it was brother

If not we gon' pull these triggers

Show the world we deserve to be called niggaz

I make a f**k-up like Don Imus

Bow on his knees and call me yo' highness

You can too you got the power to

Don't let this motherf**kin system devour you

I won't pretend or act like I'm knowin you

But check it out I understand what you goin through

But remember brothers and sisters

You can still stand tall

Just be thankful

For what you got

I know what y'all motherf**kers thinking heh heh

Here comes another rapper with a song about hope

All you wanna hear is a song about d**e

And how a ni**a got mo' money than the Pope

But he'll never tell you when he drop the soap

No Ice Cube is here to drop you a note

Cause some of our folk used to hang from ropes

And some of our people used to hang from trees

Now the only thing hangin muh'f**ker is DEEZ

So get your mind right and I'ma rhyme right

F**k the limelight and a blind dyke

I'm the sunlight too bright to look

When it's all said and done I should write the book

You too cool for school too old to know

Get your a** off the grassroots and let 'em grow

I understand it ain't no love lost

But little kids it ain't no Santa Claus

But remember brothers and sisters

You can still stand tall

Just be thankful

For what you got

I was born in the mud but I came out clean

That's 'til the government tried to intervene

Tried to lock me up when I was only 19

Don't never ever ever let 'em kill your dream

I make sh*t raw that piss off the law

If you want some fake sh*t turn this off

If you want some realness I know you can feel this

Maybe we can heal this just like an illness

Black on black I got'cho back

People don't think that we know how to act

Just because our neighborhood is filled with crack

And the CIA won't take it back

Never on top always on the bottom

Never put your trust in Hillary Rodham

Cause I can tell you now it's gon' turn out rotten

Keep on pushin get 'em 'til we got 'em

But remember brothers and sisters

You can still stand tall

Just be thankful

For what you got

Raise your hand if you sick of this bullshit

Heh in the belly of the evil empire fades