Blackalicious — Sky is Falling

[Hook] Rain and thunder And lightning crumbling Buildings falling Hurricanes Earth shattering Membranes scattering Insane happening Souls keeps burning And the sky keeps plummeting down [Verse 1: Gift of Gab] The sky is falling, life is appalling, and death is lurking Niggas killing each other leaving bodies nobodies searching for And juveniles is losin' trials, catching a bit of murder one And mothers is drinkin' and druggin', hoein', searchin' for they son And liquor stores upon every corner and younger people Done accepted defeat in the melting pot of lavas seeping And the hood is all the mind can conceive when your foes bleeding to their death And you picking their pocket all to just get even Niggas is banging, they fathers was banging, they unc's thuggin' Highly intelligent Africans lowered to punks muggin' And the coppers is the Klan, and the planet is run by the government And genocidal thieves, all the while the devil is loving it And children in high school rollin' through smokin' their classes up And people that's rich don't be checking for what is happening Degrading our women, knockin' 'em up, leave 'em, now smack 'em up And ain't no way to reach us we're sleeping like hell's castle Sky is falling [Hook] Rain and thunder And lightning crumbling Buildings falling Hurricanes Earth shattering Membranes scattering Insane happening Souls keeps burning And the sky keeps plummeting down Rain and thunder And lightning crumbling Buildings falling Hurricanes Earth shattering Membranes scattering Insane happening Souls keeps burning And the sky keeps plummeting down [Verse 2: Gift of Gab] The sky is falling, no one is watching, tornadoes twisting Whereas nobody is listening and fires no one pays attention Energies are erupting blurring the intentional vision Doctors and lawyers and scientists all are locked in the prison Of the mind, and all the youth are unreachable but they teachable But emcees don't be teaching them to, they deep down in their soul Amongst the prostitution and pimping, robbing and stealing We give a name (Sab- a truth), this is nigga-land (Glad to knew ya) But give a damn (for the future), religions is institutionalized Hidden truths, given you the lies You got two pistols at the head of your own people It's lethal but it's living proof Instead of leaving smiles leading death inside of our living room And instead of college, they got us slangin' after high school For the love of the money and everything that it will buy you Everybody out for that and they kill you if you a rival Twenty lions and one steak on the table, it's about survival The sky is falling [Hook] Rain and thunder And lightning crumbling Buildings falling Hurricanes Earth shattering Membranes scattering Insane happening Souls keeps burning And the sky keeps plummeting down [Bridge] Revelation From the now captive To the plantation Calm I bring the fury All the rampage done Drown the confusion Through the devastation Live in the trees of elimination Truth is absolute Prophets can't wait long ...... .... Can't take long Revelation Devastation Better stay strong