Meshell Ndegocello Shootn Up And Gettn High Lyrics

Shootn Up And Gettn High Lyrics

He lived two train stops away

I was a train ride away from heaven

We
signify about politics, low income housing Birth control and abortion

The
capitalistic hand around my throat

Shootin up dope to cope in this
dehumanizing society

We both found God when he O.Dd

He found beauty
in my black skin

Amidst the cover girls and clairol ads 

Makin no
mistake whats white is right

Livin in a world where the TV shouts

Forget where you come from!

And damn I thought I was shootin up Africa
in my veins

White man voodoo slow my brain the while man fights wars and
enslaves

All in Gods name 

What ya trying to achieve with your sun
tan lotion

You wanna keep me down keep me down

Revolution against
this racist institution

The white man shall forever sleep with one eye
open

Dehumanize me.

Criticize, set aside.

Livin in the midst
of genocide I hear voices voices are what I hear

Uprise would you die for
your right