Tarrus Riley - System Set (2012 re-recording)
I have outlined the number of differences among the slaves
I take these differences and make dem bigger
I use fear, distrust and envy
I am Willie Lynch, your greatest enemy
If yah see brother going down and you're trying to push him further
You're Willie Lynching, yes, you're Willie Lynching
[Chorus]
The system set
To keep the family out there fighting
And the slave master rejoicing
When we all are one skin
The system set
But I would never make a brother a victim
To keep the slave master rejoicing
And we all are one skin
[Verse 1]
Cho!
Hey, out in the streets
The youths a hustle and a look food fi eat
And Babylon control dem thinking
Put one against another, sharpen dem teeth
It makes no sense
Fighting for master, wear out and what lef'?
Tell me who, or what it profits, you?
Oh
[Chorus]
The system set
To keep the family out there fighting
And the slave master rejoicing
And we all are one skin
The system set
But I would never make a brother a victim
To keep the slave master rejoicing
And we all are one skin
[Verse 2]
Hey, in the race for a dollar, friends turn sour
Mama 'gainst dada, hmm
I tell you, gun shot shower, over rice and flour
This we can't allow no more
It makes no sense
Fighting for food, I'd rather wait till harvest
Tell me who, a what it profits, you?
Hey
[Chorus]
The system set
To keep the family out there fighting
And the slave master rejoicing
When we all are one skin
The system set
But I would never make a brother a victim
To keep the slave master rejoicing
When we all are one skin
Oh
[Bridge]
Give you a little power and the oppressed becomes the oppressor
The slave master change him colour
A little guy named Willie control your head
With the 'better than' syndrome
You're Willie Lynching, yes, you're Willie Lynching
[Verse 1]
Hey, out in the streets
The youths a hustle and a look food fi eat
Hmm-mhmm
And Babylon control dem thinking
Put one against another, sharpen dem teeth, hey
It makes no sense
Fighting for master, wear out and what lef'?
Tell me who, or what it profits, you?
Oh, oh
[Chorus]
Dem system set
To keep the family out there fighting
And the slave master rejoicing
And we all are one skin
Dem system set
But I would never make a brother a victim
To keep the slave master rejoicing
When we all are one skin
Whoa
[Outro]
Then hire me because I'm fearer and thinner
I reject her because she fatter and blacker
You're only Willie Lynching, yes, you're Willie Lynching
You're Willie Lynching
Getting the opportunity to pass your degree
Does not give you the right to use it against me
I said you;re Willie Lynching, yes, you're Willie Lynching
You're Willie Lynching
Yeah, yeah
Huh
Give I and I a listening ear
Jah...
Incoming, in a nutshell the Willie Lynch Syndrome
Note:
This song, released in 2012, is a re-recording.It was first recorded in 2006 and is called System Set (Willie Lynch Syndrome).
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