Stand Tall Lyrics - Raw Footage - Ice Cube

[Ice Cube] 

Now is the time... 

C'mon y'all 

Stand tall, live your life to the limit 

Cause haterism seem like a f**king epidemic 

And look at Ice Cube, I ain't no gimmick 

I'm straight from the hood, I got to represent it 

Now - every day I think about my color 

And all the crazy shit we do to one another 

I ain't your blood brother, but I'm your cuz brother 

Let's take it back to the love and how it was brother 

If not, we gon' pull these triggers 

Show the world we deserve to be called niggaz 

I make a f**k-up, like Don Imus 

bow on his knees, and call me yo' highness 

You can too, you got the power to 

Don't let this motherf**kin system devour you 

I won't pretend, or act like I'm knowin you 

But check it out I understand what you goin through 

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[Chorus: sung from samples] 

But remember, brothers and sisters 

You can still, stand, tall 

Just be thankful... 

For what you got 

[Ice Cube] 

I know what y'all motherf**kers thinking, heh heh 

Here comes another rapper with a song about hope 

All you wanna hear is a song about dope 

And how a nigga got mo' money than the Pope 

But he'll never tell you when he drop the soap 

No~! Ice Cube is here to drop you a note 

Cause some of our folk used to hang from ropes 

And some of our people used to hang from trees 

Now the only thing hangin muh'f**ker is DEEZ 

So, get your mind right, and I'ma rhyme right 

F**k the limelight, and a blind dyke 

I'm the sunlight, too bright to look 

When it's all said and done I should write the book 

You too cool for school, too old to know? 

Get your ass off the grassroots and let 'em grow 

I understand, it ain't no love lost 

But little kids, it ain't no Santa Claus 

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[Chorus] 

[Ice Cube] 

Yeah, f'real 

I was born in the mud but I came out clean 

That's 'til the government tried to intervene 

Tried to lock me up when I was only 19 

Don't never ever ever let 'em kill your dream 

I make shit raw that piss off the law 

If you want some fake shit turn this off 

If you want some realness I know you can feel this 

Maybe we can heal this just like an illness 

Black on black, I got'cho back 

People don't think that we know how to act 

Just because our neighborhood is filled with crack 

And the CIA, won't take it back 

Never on top, always on the bottom 

Never put your trust in Hillary Rodham 

Cause I can tell you now it's gon' turn out rotten 

Keep on pushin, get 'em 'til we got 'em 

[Chorus] 

[Ice Cube] 

Stand up, f'real... 

Raise your hand if you sick of this bullshit 

Heh, in the belly of the evil empire [fades]