The Sacrifice Of Victor Lyrics

The Sacrifice Of Victor lyrics

What is sacrifice?



 (We sacrifice) {repeat throughout song}



 N.P.G. in mass attack, Sonny, if U please



 Church if U will, please turn 2 The Book of Victor



 We'd like 2 start at the top, if U don't mind



 (Go'n say it preacher) {repeat throughout song} 



 I was born on a bloodstained table



 Cord wrapped around my neck



 Epileptic 'til the age of seven



 I was sure heaven marked the deck



 



 CHORUS:



 



 We sacrifice - I know joy lives 'round the cover (Towards the cell down on the
corner)



 We sacrifice - One day I'll visit her I'm gonna (Down on my block I'm just a
loner)



 We sacrifice - When she tell me everything (Tell me)



 That's when the angels sing (Sacrifice)



 That's when the victory is sho'nuff (Sho'nuff down with the sacrifice)



 We sacrifice (Hit me)



 



 Mama held up her baby 4 protection



 From a man with a strap in his hand



 Ask 'lil Victor 'bout pain and rejection



 U think he don't when he do understand



 



 CHORUS



 



 S.A.C.R.I.F.I.C.E



 Sacri, sacrifice



 Sacrifice



 



 If U'll turn the page



 1967 in a bus marked, "Public Schools"



 Rode me and a group of unsuspecting political tools



 Our parents wondered what it was like 2 have another color near



 So they put their babies 2gether 2 eliminate the fear



 We sacrifice - yes, we did



 Fighting one another



 We sacrifice - all because of color



 The angel of hate - she taught me how 2 kick her



 If she called me anything but "Victor" (U mean like "nigger"?)



 If the only thing that tells is Father Time



 Then sacrifice is a mutha sublime - we love it



 Listen mutha, we sacrifice



 Well, well, well, well (What is sacrifice?)



 



 Hold your text, Deacon



 Never understood my old friends a laughing (Ha ha ha)



 They got high when everything else got wrong (Pass the bowl...)



 Dr. King was killed and the streets - they start burnin'



 When the smoke was cleared, their high was gone



 Education got important, so important 2 Victor



 Even more important than Ripple and weed



 Bernadette's the lady - and she told me (What'd she say?)



 "Whatever U do, son, a little displicine is what U need" (A little discipline
is what U need)



 Is what U need, U need 2 sacrifice



 



 CHORUS



 



 (What is sacrifice?)



 We sacrifice (Hey yeah)



 S.A.C.R.I.F.I.C.E.



 (Joy around the corner) {repeated til end}



 (We sacrifice, we're gonna.. whoop!) (How can we..)



 Excuse me, y'all



 We don't mean 2 take up your time



 But we got something heavy on our minds, whoo



 Yes we do



 Sometimes, U got 2 leave the one U love



 Somebody, anybody, everybody wave your hand



 Around every corner, there's another sacrifice



 But U got 2 do the best U can



 Say U got 2 go through it (Go through it)



 We got 2 go through it, y'all



 Everybody, yeah (Say it now, say it now, Tommy come on, say it now)



 (Lord have mercy, my feet)



 Lord, I might get tired but I, I gotta keep on



 Walking down this road



 Gotta keep on walking down this road - gonna reach my destination, yeah



 My name will be Victor-or-or



 Amen