Message To The Soldier Lyrics - Home Invasion - Ice T

Yo, Ice, you been down with the struggle for a long time, man... 

Why don't you drop some knowledge for these brothers who 

want to get involved in this war... 

Take notes: real gangstas wear trench coats 

Grey suits, black ties and they seek votes 

And you're not to be misled 

They'll kill you in your fuckin' bed 

They don't sell dope, yo, excuse me, yes they do 

But they don't look that much like me or you 

But if you pull up the sheets and expose them 

They'll crawl up like snakes and show fangs of venom 

Now I've been soldier for years 

Representin' the tattooed tears 

Other brothas locked up with no choice 

Left in the bowels of devil with no voice 

My phones are tapped, my crib is bugged 

My car is tailed from club to club 

And this ain't no fuckin' joke 

They want to see a nigga broke 

You can't slip, if you slip you're out 

You gotta know what you're talkin' about 

Drop science every chance you get 

Hit direct and indirect, speak in code 

Cause you're never alone 

That's why I use this low tone 

Follow this and you might grow older 

This is a message to the soldiers... 

Now they killed King and they shot X 

Now they want me, you could be next 

All you gotta do is speak too loud 

All you gotta be is be too proud 

Cause once you let'em know 

Who you are and where you're at 

You better watch your back 

Cause you might think you're just dope 

While you're livin' in a sniper's scope 

I'm not tryin' to scare you 

But there's a danger if you get too deep 

Some nights I don't sleep 

All you want to do is tell the truth 

All you want to do is save the youth 

Ice Cube knows, Souljah knows, P.E. knows 

They throw death blows 

And if you got kids or a girl that's true 

They'll move on them too 

But when I'm gone I need you to carry on 

You gotta be strong and fight for our salvation 

But there will be retaliation, soldier... 

To think that rap could be attacked 

Is ignorin' the simple fact 

That they never ment us to speak 

They had planned to keep the black man weak 

But rap hit the streets 

Black rage amplified over dope beats 

Now they want to shut us down 

And they don't fuck around 

Check the history books, son 

Black leaders die young 

They tell us that your words are scary 

They're revolutionary 

Because we speak the truth 

About crime and drugs 

And expose the real thugs 

This info is not beneficial 

To the groups that go by three initals 

So they try to discredit 

They'll dog you with an edit 

Print the words the way you never said it 

But we gotta make'em regret it, soldiers... 

Word! I know a lot of brothas out there want to get in this war... 

You know what I'm sayin'? a lot of sistas got a lot of knowledge 

to drop on our people but right now they're movin' to shut down 

all hip-hop! The first amendment had absolutely nothin' to do 

with black people at the time constitution was written, we were 

considered nothin' but property...The expectation of havin' black 

people speak on records never came to mind, so we gotta move! 

But belive me all the black leaders have been silenced and most 

of the time it's been violent so if you choose to get in this war, 

realize what you're in for but we gotta move on... 

And we gotta stay strong... 

Message to the soldiers, welcome to the struggle... 

Message to the soldiers, be careful, soldiers...