dead prez — Propaganda

[Intro] "Let me now turn, to our program for the future." (News Snippets) "The economy right now, is extremely supporting 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'..." [Chorus: Becca Byram] Telling lies, to our vision Telling lies, to our children Telling lies, to our babies Only truth, can take us away From here [Verse 1: M-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 tellin' us then you will understand What they plantin' in the seeds of the next generation Feedin' our children miseducation No one knows if there's UFOs or any life on Mars Or what they doin' when they up in the stars Because I don't believe a word of what the president said He fillin' our head with lies, got us hypnotized When he be speakin' 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... [Refrain: stic.man] I don't believe Bob Marley died from cancer 31 years ago I would've been a Panther They killed Huey 'cause they knew he had the answer The views that you see in the news is propaganda [Chorus: Becca Byram] Telling lies, to our vision Telling lies, to our children Telling lies, to our babies Only truth, can take us away From here [Verse 2: stic.man] 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'll 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 s'posed to be the all-loving? The same God who let Hitler put the Jews in the ovens We don't fall for the regular shit, they try to feed us All this half-ass leadership, flippin' position They turn politician and shut the hell up and follow tradition Boy, your TV screen is telling lies to your vision Every channel got some brainwashed cop shit to watch Running up in niggas' 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, fallin' out the skies like flies Make me wonder what secrets went down with Ron Brown Who burnt the churches to the ground with no evidence found? It's not coincidence, it's been too many steady incidents It could've been the Klan who put that bomb at the Olympics But it prob'ly was the FBI, deep at the core Cause if they make us all panic then they can start martial law [Refrain: stic.man] I don't believe Bob Marley died from cancer 31 years ago I would've been a Panther They killed Huey 'cause they knew he had the answer The views that you see in the news is propaganda I don't believe Bob Marley died from cancer 31 years ago I would've been a Panther They killed Huey 'cause they knew he had the answer The views that you see in the news is propaganda [Bridge] The police is telling lies fooling millions What are they teaching our kids in these school buildings? Televised, enterprise making a killing Controlling our lives, this ain't living No, this ain't living [Interlude] FBI, CIA ATF, KKK IRS, TNT CBS, NBC FBI, CIA ATF, KKK IRS, TNT CBS, NBC [Chorus: Becca Byram] Telling lies, to our vision Telling lies, to our children Telling lies, to our babies Only truth, can take us away From here [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."