[m-1 - over "whoa!" beat] The cops stop you just cause you black that's war Run your prints through the system that's war When they call my hood a drug zone that's war Slum lords charge me for the rent that's war Why they so rich and we poor that's war If you young and black you sell crack that's war The white house is the rock house that's war George bush coming out his mouth that's War chillen on the corner with your gang that's war Popo do the same damn thing that swar When they murdered amado dialo that's war Marching through the streets is a strategy of war Knowing self defense is a strategy of war Soldiers try to link with other soldiers that's war Revolutionaries gotta know the art of war What about hip hop use that fuck a rap battle what about a gat battle lets Take it to the beast and see which cat tattle Is it 'kiss vs. beans or p vs. hov' What about the real niggaz vs. the 5-0 This is m-1, dp, don't you forget Cause you can talk talk talk but it don't mean shit I ain't gotta pop your top to see where your brains went This rap shit is bigger then entertainment It's the people vs. the pigs when it all boils down It ain't 'pac vs. big it;s whos getting the power And power ain't money dog its self determination Like taking hot and making this the real people's station That's war