Malcom X.X.X.

Minister Malcolm, the thing that I thought

Might be good for starting it off is to talk about

One of the most pervasive beliefs in the general society

About the Nation of Islam

Talkin' to you like talkin' to myself

'Cause it ain't no gettin' through to you, with all I swear

And I've been thinkin' 'bout you since I came to jail

I've tried to reach out to you, but it was to no avail

Guess it ain't nothin' else to do when we outgrew each other

We hard down beefin' like we never knew each other

Top off the coupe, no bikini, we came out life now

I'm sippin' Bellini, livin' that lifestyle

And that is that it is an organization

Dedicated to the use of violent means to attain its goals

The question I have is,

How true is this,

And why do you think it persists in society?

Poppin' pills, poppin' pistols, I put my mic down

I almost lost my life that night, I was on a bloodhound

They tryna tell us put the bikes up and the guns down

X was tryna buy a bike and he got gunned down

X was tryna change his life, but he got burned down

X wasn't ridin' with no pipe so he got gunned down

Listen, do as I say, don't do as I do

Nine out of ten, it ain't gon' end up lookin' good for you

Have never at any time been guilty of initiating

Any aggressive acts of violence

During the entire 33 years

Or more that the honorable

Elijah Mohammed has been teaching us. The—

If I wasn't rich, you wouldn't be pullin' up to my funeral

First they kissin' you, huggin' you, then they suin' you

If it was me, it was you, I'm wonderin' what you would do

I just pulled up on your mama, homie, she beautiful

Yeah, gotta keep the strap, can't let you, let y'all on me

I got married to the game, she put these racks all on me

Now I got diamonds on my ring, look like a matrimony

First they screamin' my name, then file a lawsuit on me

You would hate to see me reach my full potential

You want me robbin', poppin' Mollies, poppin' pistols

I'm goin' to college

'Cause to the youngins I'm influential

Thought it was Congress,

They ain't know this was a Presidential

They ain't know that I was intellectual

You tryna change your life, but they won't let you

I know they know I'm special, why they playin' with me?

You talkin' jewels,

I'm droppin' jewels, you see the difference

Coppin' jewels for your dawgs, they don't appreciate it

Everybody gon' say you fake when you make it

Back of the Maybach with the tints so you don't notice me

When the money bring the fame, you can't even roll in peace

Guess all the pain that I went through had to be the recipe

I stood tall through it all and brought out the best of me

Ayo, dismiss all them charges, that ain't my destiny

Everything I said, I stood on it, I got integrity

G.A., I put my hood on it, I bring the checks with me

You need security by your grave so you can rest in peace

Tired

Charge of violence against us actually stems

From the guilt complex that exists in the conscious

And subconscious minds of most white people in this country

They know that they've been violent in their brutality

Against negros and they feel that some day

The negro is going to wake up

And try and do unto as them as they have done unto

Do unto the whites as the whites have done unto us