This is a message for the young people
The time has come
To wake up
Become aware
(Wake up)
Become independent
Become your own person
Leave the drugs alone
Leave the alcohol alone
History has shown us
That drugs destroy, corrupt
(Wake up)
Take you out to lunch
Wake up
Become aware
(Wake up)
Realize that within
Within your mind you possess
A never ending magnitude of infinite strength, wisdom, and will
Continue to persevere
Believe in yourself
You are a winner
Wake up
Leave the drugs alone
(Wake up)
Watch out for AIDS
(Wake up)
Now I need more than sex to nourish my equilibrium
But I do need sex
I also need sun, trees, stars, creativity and love
But you, you
You saturate your soul with too much of one
And not enough of the other
Therefor I cry
Wake up
(Crack is in the mirror)
Leave the drugs alone
(Wake up)
Now I gotta say within your mind you possess
A never ending magnitude of infinite strength, wisdom and will
Continue to persevere
Continue to believe in yourself
(Wake up)
Study, learn
Learn
Learn to earn
Like brother Jesse Jackson says
I am somebody
You are somebody
You are very important to us
You are the future
Listen
Wake up
Live
Live
Live or die
(Wake up)
Study hard, stay in school
Don't give up
Deal with the obstacles
They're part of life
Like my brother said
Bobby, he said
(Wake up)
Don't worry, be happy
You're always going to be confronted by obstacles
Deal with them
Go around them
Go through them
Let them pass you by
Wake up
(Wake up)
Leave the drugs and alcohol alone
(Wake up)
I have my brother here
Brother Nick
(Wake up)
I brought him here for this LP
To talk to you
About life
His experiences
The ups and downs
Of course there's not enough time to elaborate on everything
But you know what I'm talking about
Wake up
Brother L
The man said wake up
Y'all puffing that crack
(Wake up)
Its really slack
You think you slick
Naw baby the man cut it down for you
Okay
You can't win in this game
Alright
(Wake up)
He want you to stay down
But y'all don't want to listen
And here my brother comes with a message to tell ya
Wake up
Ya know
(Wake up)
Hey
Five dollars here, three dollars there
You ain't really down you know
(Wake up)
And every time you pop it
The white boys talking about holding you down
You just helping them
Cause they control it you know
(Wake up)
You (?) in the corner
And getting jealous and envious of the ball players
(Wake up)
I been there
Big money, fast money
And look at me now
I'm just trying to give you a shot
So you don't get to be my age
Before you decide that you gon' wake up
Okay
Get up
(Wake up)
Look around
Alright
Look at your sisters
Selling 3-4 year old babies for a free bag
For a momentary high
Okay
You could beat your mom up
Kill your dog
For what
For that crack
(Wake up)
Crack is in the mirror baby
And you can't lie to yourself
Hm
You better wake up
Imma tell you right now
It ain't no joke
(?)
With your hands up
With nothing else
My man took the time to tell you
(Wake up)
Wake up
Alright
This ain't no hoopty-doo or riff-raff
(Wake up)
The man's here
And he's gon' always be here
Think you're doing something slick
(Wake up)
Go and fry your brain
This is a lollipop compared to what the man got
Okay
(Wake up)
I hope you see it
But we can save one
And that one we save
Can save one
And each one teach one
Its a piece of cake
(Wake up)
Alright
Wake up
Alright
This ain't no joke
(Wake up)
Took me a long time to wake up but I'm woke now
You can't do nothing with it
(Wake up)
With that pride inside
Look at yourself
Greasy, dope fiend laying in the hallways
Running up and down the streets
For what
(Wake up)
Haha baby
You better come on
Like the man said
Wake up
I'm gone
(Wake up)
(Wake up)
(Wake up)
(Wake up)
(Wake up)
(Wake up)
(The crack is in the mirror)
(Wake up)