Tarrus Riley - System Set (Willie Lynch Syndrome)

[Intro]
Hey, there
Give I and I a listening ear
Incoming
In a nutshell the Willie Lynch syndrome

[Chorus]
A so dem system set
To keep the family out there fighting
While the slave masters rejoicing
Yet we all are one skin
Dem system set
To keep the family out there fighting
And the slave masters rejoicing
Yet we all are one skin

[Verse 1]
Hey, out in the streets
Youth dem hustling and a look food fi eat
And Babylon control dem thinking
Put one against another and a sharpen dem teeth
It makes no sense
A fight for master wear out and what lef'?
Tell me who, or what it profits, you?
Oh

[Chorus]
Dem system set
To keep the family out there fighting
While the slave masters rejoicing
And we all are one skin
Dem system set
To keep the families separated
You plant seeds of war and hatred
Yet we all are one skin

[Verse 2]
In the race for a dollar, friends turn sour
Even mama 'gainst dada
And I heard that gun shot shower over rice and flour
This we can't allow a, no
It makes no sense
A fight for food, I'd rather wait till harvest
Tell me who, a what it profits, you?
Oh

[Chorus]
Dem system set
To keep the family out there fighting
While the slave masters rejoicing
Yet we all are one skin
Dem system set
But I could never make a brother a victim
To keep the slave master rejoicing
Yet we all are one skin, whoa

[Bridge]
Hey, there
Give I and I a listening ear
Incoming
In a nutshell the Willie Lynch syndrome

[Verse 1]
Hey, out in the streets
Youth dem hustling and a look food fi eat
And Babylon control dem thinking
Put one against another and a sharpen dem teeth
It makes no sense
A fight for master wear out and what lef'?
Tell me who, or what it profits, you?
Oh

[Chorus]
Dem system set
To keep the family out there fighting
While the slave masters rejoicing
Yet we all are one skin
Dem system set
But I could never make a brother a victim
To keep the slave master rejoicing
'Cause we all are one skin

[Chorus]
Dem system set
To keep the family out there fighting
While the slave masters rejoicing
Yet we all are one skin
Dem system set
But I could never make a brother a victim
To keep Willie Lynch dem [?]
Yet we all are one skin, yeah

[Outro]
(The system set)
Don't fall to the system, because of how it's set, yeah
Don't keep the slave master rejoicing, no more, no
Dem system set, dem keep black people fooled
But dem can't fool I and I
No..., no, no
Hey, hey
(The system set)
So give I and I a listening ear
Incoming, in a nutshell the Willie Lynch syndrome

Note:

This song, released in 2006, was re-recorded in 2012.
It is called System Set.

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