Lighter Shade of Brown — Viva Zapata

Hey yo, what's up man We're straight chilling with L-S-O-B man And right now, the D, double T-X is about to kick some knowledge about the legendary, revolutionary, Emiliano Zapata [Verse 1: ODM] Man, stepping the serata cave, huddled between the rocks The leader, Zapata looking on from the hill top Debating and waiting for the enemy They were Indio soldier farmers fighting for liberty The president was no one as D, yes me Was known for being ruthless So Zapata organized his village's defense Just like the war so should I say past tense At the age of thirty-four, became a revolution leader When times poor, people seem hard and seen bitter Did what he could to provide for the needs Believed in dying standing rather than living on his knees He was man who loved and respected his land Viva Zapata on his last stand Yeah, word up D, double T-X Yo, you let me know And we know this ain't going to ever happen again man Yeah, revolutions in the soul and in the blood of a Chicano of today Hey yo, ODM. Drop it homie [Verse 2: ODM] Villages started to disappear as Indio faced the fears For the future has seen smeared To make room for the rich and powerful plantation And as for the rich land, they had no limitation The government was pawned more than ever corrupted Not to mention the revolution is about to erupted So Zapata took his followers and grabbed the legal source But with use of that force was the last resource Peaceful raid which was downed and ignored You see, the rich got richer and the Indio stayed poor Plantation didn't like the rights over land Paid off all the judges so the case can drag us dead Bankruptcy in the village has fought them, see Misery grew but hey yo, that didn't stop them There were those who protested without the ballas Some were beaten, some were starved and murdered into silence