Harlem Renaissance

Harlem Renaissance

歌手:Immortal Technique

所属专辑:The 3Rd World-Viper

发行时间:2008-07-24

发行公司:disanfang

  • 文本歌词
  • LRC歌词
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • Immortal Technique
  • The 3rd World

  • Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance

  • "Let me welcome both of you
  • uh, to the show this morning to talk about what I consider
  • to be a very very important topic, uh, the Harlem Renaissance
  • But before we get into that..."

  • Immortal Technique:
  • Yeah, Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
  • Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
  • And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
  • Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
  • Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
  • Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
  • And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
  • Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan {WAKE UP!}

  • Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
  • Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
  • And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
  • Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
  • Until after the invasion of, gentrification
  • Eminent domain intimidation, that's not negotiation
  • And it's frustratin to look at, every day
  • Like watchin a porno, on 56-K
  • Biohazard labs instead of store rooms
  • What's next motherfucker, projects as dorm rooms?
  • You ain't fool nobody in this community duke
  • With your little fake Manhattanville community group
  • Ivy league, real estate firms are corrupt
  • I lay siege to your castle like the Moors in Europe
  • They treat street vendors like criminal riff-raff
  • While politicians get the corporate kickbacks (snakes)

  • Chorus: Immortal Technique
  • Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
  • Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
  • 'Til they start deportin people off the property
  • Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
  • They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
  • Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
  • The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
  • Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators

  • Immortal Technique:
  • When I speak about Harlem, I speak to the world
  • The little Afghan boy, and the Bosnian girl
  • The African in Sudan, the people of Kurdistan
  • The third world American, indigenous man
  • Palestinians, Washington Heights, Dominicans
  • Displaced New Orleans citizens
  • Beachfront Brazilian favelas that you livin in
  • The hood is prime real estate, they want back in again (fuck outta here)
  • I didn't write this to talk shit, I say it because
  • some of y'all forgot what the Harlem Renaissance was
  • We had revolution, music and artisans
  • But the movement was still fucked up like Parkinson's
  • Cause while we were givin birth to the culture we love
  • Prejudice, kept our own people out of the club
  • Only colored celebrities in the party (fake nigga!)
  • And left us a legacy of false superiority
  • W.E.B. Du Bois versus Marcus Garvey
  • And we ended up, sellin out to everybody
  • The Dutch {?} and the John Gotti's
  • Banksters, modern day gangsters, immobile army
  • They wanna move us all out the N.Y.C.
  • Like they did to the Jews with the Alhambra decree
  • So support your own businesses and do the knowledge
  • Cause the real Harlem Renaissance is economic (yeah)

  • Chorus: Immortal Technique
  • Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
  • Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
  • 'Til they start deportin people off the property
  • Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
  • They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
  • Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
  • The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
  • Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators

  • {"Green Lantern... The Evil Genius!"}

  • "When they were saying it is the renaissance, of Harlem
  • they didn't mean, that we had stake in that
  • They meant to say that they could make money out of us"

  • "They are coming in with all kind of prejudices
  • In Brooklyn they're doing the same thing
  • In, um, Queens they're doing the same thing; the Bronx
  • There's hardly any place which is affordable
  • I mean these people are putting up condominiums
  • which start from a million dollars
  • How many people in this community make that kind of money?
  • How many people have that kind of money?"

  • "People of Harlem, they are the natural allies of the oppressed people
  • of the world, whether the struggle is in Panama, in Africa, Cuba"

  • "We spend money with the wrong people
  • We are looking for love, with people who don't love us
  • What's wrong with us loving each other
  • and making sure that we are protected?"

  • End

  • Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance
  • [ti:Harlem Renaissance]
  • [ar:Immortal Technique]
  • [al:The 3rd World]
  • [00:00.02]Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance
  • [00:00.52]
  • [00:02.87]"Let me welcome both of you
  • [00:03.47]uh, to the show this morning to talk about what I consider
  • [00:05.63]to be a very very important topic, uh, the Harlem Renaissance
  • [00:08.71]But before we get into that..."
  • [00:10.21]
  • [00:10.62]Immortal Technique:
  • [00:11.07]Yeah, Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
  • [00:13.25]Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
  • [00:15.73]And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
  • [00:18.53]Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
  • [00:20.90]Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
  • [00:23.91]Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
  • [00:26.32]And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
  • [00:28.91]Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan {WAKE UP!}
  • [00:31.51]
  • [00:31.99]Harlem once was red line district rated (uhh)
  • [00:34.43]Designated ghetto like the yellow star of David
  • [00:36.92]And you wonder why, people don't own they homes (why?)
  • [00:39.70]Cause the racist bank wouldn't fuckin mortgage a loan
  • [00:42.09]Until after the invasion of, gentrification
  • [00:44.91]Eminent domain intimidation, that's not negotiation
  • [00:47.71]And it's frustratin to look at, every day
  • [00:50.52]Like watchin a porno, on 56-K
  • [00:53.25]Biohazard labs instead of store rooms
  • [00:55.75]What's next motherfucker, projects as dorm rooms?
  • [00:58.39]You ain't fool nobody in this community duke
  • [01:01.17]With your little fake Manhattanville community group
  • [01:03.91]Ivy league, real estate firms are corrupt
  • [01:06.59]I lay siege to your castle like the Moors in Europe
  • [01:09.13]They treat street vendors like criminal riff-raff
  • [01:11.52]While politicians get the corporate kickbacks (snakes)
  • [01:14.14]
  • [01:14.64]Chorus: Immortal Technique
  • [01:15.16]Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
  • [01:17.03]Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
  • [01:19.57]'Til they start deportin people off the property
  • [01:22.07]Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
  • [01:24.65]They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
  • [01:27.31]Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
  • [01:29.71]The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
  • [01:32.56]Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators
  • [01:35.15]
  • [01:35.60]Immortal Technique:
  • [01:36.15]When I speak about Harlem, I speak to the world
  • [01:38.06]The little Afghan boy, and the Bosnian girl
  • [01:40.70]The African in Sudan, the people of Kurdistan
  • [01:43.27]The third world American, indigenous man
  • [01:46.07]Palestinians, Washington Heights, Dominicans
  • [01:49.17]Displaced New Orleans citizens
  • [01:50.80]Beachfront Brazilian favelas that you livin in
  • [01:53.51]The hood is prime real estate, they want back in again (fuck outta here)
  • [01:56.99]I didn't write this to talk shit, I say it because
  • [01:59.23]some of y'all forgot what the Harlem Renaissance was
  • [02:01.95]We had revolution, music and artisans
  • [02:04.33]But the movement was still fucked up like Parkinson's
  • [02:06.89]Cause while we were givin birth to the culture we love
  • [02:09.65]Prejudice, kept our own people out of the club
  • [02:12.31]Only colored celebrities in the party (fake nigga!)
  • [02:15.28]And left us a legacy of false superiority
  • [02:17.36]W.E.B. Du Bois versus Marcus Garvey
  • [02:20.23]And we ended up, sellin out to everybody
  • [02:22.51]The Dutch {?} and the John Gotti's
  • [02:25.27]Banksters, modern day gangsters, immobile army
  • [02:28.13]They wanna move us all out the N.Y.C.
  • [02:30.23]Like they did to the Jews with the Alhambra decree
  • [02:33.10]So support your own businesses and do the knowledge
  • [02:35.80]Cause the real Harlem Renaissance is economic (yeah)
  • [02:38.58]
  • [02:39.08]Chorus: Immortal Technique
  • [02:39.61]Harlem Renaissance, a revolution betrayed
  • [02:41.48]Modern day slaves thinkin that the ghetto is saved
  • [02:44.05]'Til they start deportin people off the property
  • [02:46.58]Ethnically cleansin the hood, economically
  • [02:49.14]They wanna kill the real Harlem Renaissance
  • [02:52.08]Tryin to put the Virgin Mary through a early menopause
  • [02:54.64]The savior is a metaphor for how we set it off
  • [02:57.12]Guerrilla war against the re-zoning predators
  • [02:59.82]
  • [03:00.51]{"Green Lantern... The Evil Genius!"}
  • [03:01.40]
  • [03:02.12]"When they were saying it is the renaissance, of Harlem
  • [03:05.11]they didn't mean, that we had stake in that
  • [03:09.22]They meant to say that they could make money out of us"
  • [03:13.56]
  • [03:15.00]"They are coming in with all kind of prejudices
  • [03:17.74]In Brooklyn they're doing the same thing
  • [03:20.28]In, um, Queens they're doing the same thing; the Bronx
  • [03:24.79]There's hardly any place which is affordable
  • [03:28.28]I mean these people are putting up condominiums
  • [03:30.72]which start from a million dollars
  • [03:32.43]How many people in this community make that kind of money?
  • [03:36.71]How many people have that kind of money?"
  • [03:39.49]
  • [03:40.37]"People of Harlem, they are the natural allies of the oppressed people
  • [03:46.06]of the world, whether the struggle is in Panama, in Africa, Cuba"
  • [03:52.63]
  • [03:53.59]"We spend money with the wrong people
  • [03:55.91]We are looking for love, with people who don't love us
  • [03:58.99]What's wrong with us loving each other
  • [04:01.28]and making sure that we are protected?"
  • [04:02.97]
  • [04:03.55]End
  • [04:04.01]
  • [04:04.02]Immortal Technique - Harlem Renaissance
  • [04:04.52]