Burnin' and Lootin' (feat. The Roots & Black Thought)

Yo, Rastafari!

Black Thought from the Legendary Foundation

Sendin' this one out to the people, you know what I mean?

My peoples in the streets of Illadel'

The streets of New York City, you know what I'm sayin'?

From the streets of Jamaica to the ghettos of London, word up

Peoples in the struggle in Paris, Cuba, South Africa, word up

Worldwide, Roots crew, ayo

Open your minds to this one, feel it

Feel this joint for real, uh, yo, yo

This morning I woke up in a curfew

Oh God, I was a prisoner too, yeah

Could not recognize the faces standing over me

They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality, hey

How many rivers do we have to cross

Before we can talk to the boss? Hey

All have we got, it seems we have lost

We must have really paid the cost

That's why we're gonna be

Burning and a-looting tonight

I said we're gonna burn and a-loot now

Burning and a-looting tonight

One more thing

Burning all pollution tonight, oh yeah, yeah

Burning all illusion tonight, oh

Stop them

Stop them

Stop them

Give me the food and let me grow

Let the Roots man take a blow, hey, I said

All them, all them drums gon' make you slow

It's not the music of the ghetto

We're gonna be

Burning and a-looting tonight

I said we're gonna burn and a-loot now

Burning and a-looting tonight

One more thing

Yo, y'all know the time

I'm tryin' to eat in '99, I need more

Some takin' this to the streets, right? They want war

The sheriff at the front door, he comin' to hunt y'all

You got these devils at the back door, they wanna confront y'all

They want y'all to pass like some type of gun law

They come in the night, then block out every border you can run for

Me, I'm a rocket launcher and militant monster

I'm self-sponsored, I light up the mic just like ganja

Black Thought in the flesh, no impostor

Power Hilly, thoroughbred soldiers

Ain't with the same silly shit that's uncertain

Wrapped inside of steel curtains, networkin'

Our shoulders, backs, and necks hurtin' for real

So be supreme or just remain a mere person

Yo, you can find knowledge of self or keep searchin'

Whoever in the crevice is thirsty, workin'

Beneath the surface, y'all know the purpose

Keep the streets burning, yo

Burning and a-looting tonight

I said we're gonna burn and a-loot now

Burning and a-looting tonight

One more thing

Burning all pollution tonight, oh yeah, yeah

Burning all illusion tonight, oh

Stop them

The rub-a-dub style

I and I fight revolution, I and I the revolutionaries

We don't even have to tell people that

You know, we don't wanna tell no one that