Poison

...You don't wanna touch that drug
 Sista you don't wanna touch that drug...
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 Sista you out here raisin' our community's kids
 Impartin' a stronger sense of what "community" is
 Teachin' 'em how to speak the word and what to do with these fists
 You're like a young Sojourner – truly through you, she lives
 You do God's work, and for it you deserve to be praised
 'Cause I know – the sacrifice is hardly worth what it pays
 Nevertheless – on you press to nurture the babes
 But take care – overprotectin' 'em will hurt 'em in ways
 You can't imagine – some call passion a tool
 Of Satan – creatin' bonds with fanatics and fools
 And the fear of that is why freedom's absent in school
 And they substitute for gold the platinum rule
 It's on you to provide what they don't supply to the mass
 Knowledge of the forefathers they won't find in their class
 And you aint gotta force feed 'em, but when finally they ask
 Tell 'em they must shine for they were divine in the past
 Understand – I've been ready to commit to your team
 With the two forces combined we can uplift a regime
 But I am worthless as soon as I am stripped of my miens
 And if you see it as the cause for the split between us then that's
 Poison – I don't wanna touch this drug
 Trust me – I don't need the rush that much
 Understand I'll lay it all down straight and walk away overnight
 If it means you and me will unite (X2)
 Brother you're out here speakin from a stump in the rain
 I admire your stamina – it's like you're numb to the pain
 Through the mic it's like you and I are one-in-the-same
 We promise hope, though most say we're just mumblin' slang
 But the change'll come – we know from readin' the text
 And when I tend stop short, yo you keep me abreast
 You were born to be a leader of the elite's best
 But my concern's for the rest of the people that's left
 See I was baptized once as a child in the church
 And as a man now, overstand the lies in their works
 They're tryin' hard to save souls sellin' violence and hurt
 But mine was free from the beginning to fly since birth
 Now I wanna help another cat to feel like that
 Mixin' metaphysical concepts with real-life facts
 To equip the front lines in the field where pipes crack
 With rhyme, to the reason they're choosin' to fight back
 Understand that you and I both serve the same cause
 For peace – whether we're reachin' it through words or wars
 Sometimes our backgrounds help determine our course
 But when the weight starts to separate and burden us, Lord, that's
 Poison – I don't wanna touch this drug
 Fuck it – I don't need the rush that much
 Understand I'll lay it all down straight and walk away overnight
 If it means you and me will unite (X2)