Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Brand Nubian
Programming
Lord Finesse
Programming
Diamond D
Programming
Grand Puba
Programming
Alamo
Programming
Buck Wild
Programming
O. Gee
Programming
Chris "Suga" Liggio
Programming
DJ Ogee
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lorenzo Dechalus
Composer
Willie Dixon
Composer
R. Hall
Composer
Derek Murphy
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Brand Nubian
Mixing Engineer
Lord Finesse
Producer
Drew Dixon
Executive Producer
Jeff Dixon
Executive Producer
Jim Albert
Recording Engineer
Brian Garten
Recording Engineer
Dave Hyman
Recording Engineer
Tom Leinbach
Recording Engineer
Eddie Sancho
Recording Engineer
Kirk Yano
Recording Engineer
Andrew Blakelock
Mixing Engineer
Diamond D
Mixing Engineer
DJ Premier
Mixing Engineer
Jason Goldstein
Mixing Engineer
Ken "Duro" Ifill
Mixing Engineer
Matt Stein
Mixing Engineer
Patrick Viala
Mixing Engineer
Fred Hedemark
Assistant Engineer
Bill Importico
Assistant Engineer
Jason Stasium
Assistant Engineer
Dexter Thibou
Assistant Engineer
Grand Puba
Assistant Engineer
Artese Williams
Assistant Engineer
Tom Coyne
Mastering Engineer
Anthony Harrison Jr.
Creative Director
Lyrics
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Now it's love, vs. hate
Time for my people to eliminate
That hate, let's love
Because it's our people that we're thinking of
Now they say we playa' hatin' cause we hate the black on black
And the fact we can't stand when we act like that
Self-hate killin' us more than the po-po or crack
I tell my peoples with the gats it ain't about all that
We arrived on slave ships, tortured chained and whipped
Four hundred years of bein' slaves in the land of the brave
Have we forgotten? Our ancestors forced to pick cotton
Women raped and tortured, murdered if they caught ya
**** swung from trees like a breeze do summer leaves
Swayin' back and forth, failed attempts to make it North
Millions of people died just so that we can survive
So this knowledge I provide cause these facts can't be denied
Nowadays it's new ways, sixties it was the smack
Eighties it was the crack, nineties it be the gat
Time to recognize how uncivilized we got
Get wise and unify and not fall victim to the plot
Cause it's love, vs. hate
Time for my people to eliminate
That hate, let's love
Because it's our people that we're thinking of
It's love, vs. hate
It's time for my people to eliminate
That hate, let's love
Because it's our people that we thinking of
Uh, when will we make our Exodus? When will the guns
Bust the other way instead of at the brother next to us?
That's all that they expect from us, police stand by
Don't believe the lie that they're the ones protectin' us
Projects, to see how poverty's affectin' us
Robberies, we lust objects of high quality
Or so we think we slowly sink into the quicksand
With no support, like a bike that doesn't have a kickstand
We stay in court, smoke Newport's, and fail to support
Our seeds, with no thoughts for they needs
We fought for the cheese and all it got us was a grave
Or a bid as a slave, we live in the land of the brave
Where the home isn't free, grown **** be
In a zone, tryin' to act out the TV
We cracked out and greedy with a lack of respect
It's time to come correct, it's time to come correct
Cause it's love, vs. hate
Time for my people to eliminate
That hate, let's love
Because it's our people that we're thinking of
It's love, vs. hate
It's time for my people to eliminate
That hate, let's love
Because it's our people that we thinking of
Sally, been gettin' beat for years
Husband come home high off of weed and beers
He frustrated cause his job is low rate
Low money, plus his wife brother act kinda funny
My nosey neighbor always makin' it her labor
To cause controversy, I seen them out in Jersey
The teacher say my son show aggression
I tell her it's in our lesson, for him to know himself
To me the greatest wealth is the best of health
When the music stops, I'll play the role like my pops
And his pops and so on I got a legacy to go on
I'll watch out for my babies and I'll kill for 'em
And if they wanna receive the knowledge
Then I'll build for 'em
Now if it's love vs. hate, then what's your fate?
What we showin' with the money we blown?
Shit is still chaos, ain't a damn thing sewn
Cause it's love, vs. hate
Time for my people to eliminate
That hate, let's love
Because it's our people that we're thinking of
It's love, vs. hate
It's time for my people to eliminate
That hate, let's love
Because it's our people that we thinking of
Written by: Derek Murphy, Lorenzo Dechalus, R. Hall, Willie Dixon