Artist: Joell Ortiz f/ Immortal Technique Album: The Brick: Bodega Chronicles Song: Modern Day Slavery Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com "They say nothin wrong A change is gonna come You know, and I know, you know that I know I know that you know, honey that a change is gonna come, ohh..." [Intro: Joell Ortiz] First you clean his hands from top to bottom, grand afferents then wash 'em Then you go pick the cotton, listen y'all I'm tired Man I swear {"I've been running"} for so long tryin to be strong But yo {"I've been running"} I'm exhausted {"Ohh yeah"} My feet hurt {"I don't"} wanna run no more {"I don't"} Wanna run no more {"I don't know what's a bed"} They said {"A change is gon'"} when? {"A change is gon'"} When? {"A change is gon' come every day, ohh"} [Joell Ortiz] Uh, ain't nothin changed 'cept the chains ain't restrainin our physical frame, mentally we still livin the same It's lockdown, they knock down the Towers to raise tax Anything they burn we pay back I live in the hood; you'll never bump into Pat Sajack But we spin the wheel every time we chill cause cops hate blacks And Hispanics they draw gats and just blam it before they ask where your hand is I don't see how a wallet can be mistaken for a cannon So please don't let 'em play us no more In every way I'm ready, willin and able to war Like any day now I could pop, I'd be in the front Like, please may the force be with me and this pump Housing want me to work, cause I'm still on my mom's lease Threatenin to raise the rent if I don't pick up them park leaves Ain't nothin in this world for free But somehow they got us fooled like this world is free [Chorus: Joell Ortiz] This is modern day slavery, you see {"yes"} carry I.D. {"yes"} Water is a fee {"yes"} this ain't how it's supposed to be Man {"I've been running"} for so long tryin to be strong But yo {"I've been running"} I'm exhausted {"Ohh yeah"} My feet hurt {"I don't"} wanna run no more {"I don't"} Wanna run no more {"I don't know what's a bed"} They said {"A change is gon'"} when? {"A change is gon'"} When? {"A change is gon' come every day, ohh"} [Immortal Technique] Yeah, yeah Our people are the product of, genocide and slavery Everything in the ghetto was how it was made to be Designed in a process, Prison Industrial Complex Niggaz transformed into numbers and objects We pay the devil rent for livin in hell Cause the projects was built on the spot where Lucifer fell Incarcerated knowledge heavy weight (heavy nigga) Every black man should read through the Romany Chapter 28 Cursed in the city like we're cursed in the field Cursed on the border, and cursed by the New World Order Our sons and daughters were stolen by another people Yolkavian{?}, end of the Earth, land of the Eagle This is the sequel to the prophecy Freedom whether peaceful or violent is my philosophy I built an army, now I'm gonna build a nation The foundation of a new civilization, and overthrow the plantation [Chorus: Immortal Technique] This is modern day slavery, see {"yes"} it was designed to be {"yes"} Patriot Act 3 {"yes"} just wait young nigga, you'll see {"I've been running"} For so long, my people been so strong But yo {"I've been running"} I'm exhausted {"Ohh yeah"} My heart hurts {"I don't"} but I'm gunnin them all {"I don't"} But I'm gunnin them all - fuck them niggaz! {"I don't know what's a bed"} Yeah, I said, we gotta make 'em {"A change is gon'"} We gotta make 'em {"A change is gon'"} Quick motherfucker, lock and load [Outro: Immortal Technique] Yeah, Immortal Technique, Joell Ortiz Yea, Harlem, Brooklyn You know what it is nigga