| [00:00.34] | Spike Lee:Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah |
| [00:02.32] | Hip hop nation, this is Spiz-ike Lee |
| [00:04.12] | Been sleepin for too long, wake up.. |
| [00:07.91] | Wake up |
| [00:09.03] | WAKE UUUUUUUUUUP! {*rooster crows*} |
| [00:12.48] | Wake up - WAKE UUUUUUUUUUP! {*rooster crows*} |
| [00:13.71] | |
| [00:14.75] | Ludacris:I see the sunshine GAZING through the window pane (yeah) |
| [00:17.88] | Blazin like indo flame; it's to WAKE UP!! Come to yo' sense manye |
| [00:21.79] | Snow is all around you, but you don't play in the winter games! |
| [00:25.12] | Cartridges surround you, but you ain't playin Nintendo games! |
| [00:28.12] | Load 'em up and fill 'em up, to the top before you cock and aim |
| [00:31.44] | Tryna get from the bottom to the TOP, like the stock exchange |
| [00:35.02] | Shower shit and shave and hit the corner for a block exchange |
| [00:37.89] | Amazing what my people'll +DO+, for some pocket change |
| [00:41.15] | But maybe this ain't the life that you chose (chose) |
| [00:43.45] | This is the life where you stay strapped |
| [00:45.83] | and pack a knife or end up with a blooded nose |
| [00:48.22] | Street survivor or survivor of the streets! (streets!) |
| [00:50.90] | And only the strong survive, there's no survival for the weak! (weak!) |
| [00:53.75] | Catch a sneak peak of DEATH if you ain't on ya Ps and Qs |
| [00:56.90] | They carry banana clips and niggaz'll peel you for ya shoes |
| [00:59.94] | It's the +Blues+, but not on +Hill Street+ |
| [01:02.41] | Hmm, you could call it, "kill or be killed" street |
| [01:04.65] | "Lost a pint of blood, let it SPILL" street |
| [01:07.16] | STOP AND WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!!! {*rooster crows*} |
| [01:10.79] | WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!!! {*rooster crows*} |
| [01:12.71] | |
| [01:13.21] | [They say my folks'll do WHATEVER for the fortune and the fame |
| [01:16.35] | And it'll take a FORTUNE to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayin |
| [01:20.44] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em) |
| [01:23.75] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! |
| [01:26.15] | You say the only family that you got is in a gang |
| [01:29.62] | And the only way to make it is by sellin cocaine, but I'm sayin |
| [01:33.54] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em) |
| [01:36.65] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! |
| [01:39.38] | Common:I've been in this 'ere since we were drinkin beers |
| [01:42.50] | Years we've spent together, used to break up, get together, split a fight |
| [01:46.27] | Every night, gettin cheddar, movin white |
| [01:49.54] | Our thang, so we had to +Do it Right+ like Spike |
| [01:52.03] | Holdin 40s, gettin green on acres, these broads were our mules |
| [01:56.31] | That's when we used to serve in front of Com'wealth School |
| [01:59.52] | Fuel for cars and jewels, chains and tools |
| [02:02.59] | It was +Organized+ crime but we remained +Konfused+ |
| [02:05.95] | Mom in the pews, singin, "Lord, protect 'em" |
| [02:08.54] | You might not a-gree with our views, but you had to respect 'em |
| [02:12.34] | Diamonds in the rough, but were we reflectin |
| [02:15.35] | a system that's aburpt, the streets, or no ?pressure? |
| [02:18.77] | One morning in the mirror, I seen my reflection |
| [02:21.99] | A young man with good spirits, but needed direction |
| [02:25.36] | I guess my man's death, was my +Ressurection+ |
| [02:28.41] | 'cause now I hear him sayin from heaven, |
| [02:30.83] | "Wake up! (WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUaaaahhhhh-) |
| [02:33.36] | Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! (aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh-up!) |
| [02:34.89] | Wake UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!" |
| [02:36.82] | They say my folks'll do WHATEVER for the fortune and the fame |
| [02:40.91] | And it'll take a FORTUNE to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayin |
| [02:44.78] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em) |
| [02:48.13] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! |
| [02:50.52] | You say the only family that you got is in a gang |
| [02:54.01] | And the only way to make it is by sellin cocaine, but I'm sayin |
| [02:57.89] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em) |
| [03:00.97] | Use your brain homie, do the right thang! |
| [03:03.51] | |
| [03:04.23] | Ludacris:I, woke up this morning and got a call |
| [03:06.69] | My pot'nah said he had news about a girl named Baby Doll |
| [03:10.02] | She got fo' baby daddies - fo' kids by fo' different men |
| [03:13.16] | And she just found out she's pregnant, I said, "No, not again!" |
| [03:16.64] | Man, when she gonna learn she don't wanna spend her life in court? |
| [03:19.80] | Lookin for back payments and fightin for that child supports |
| [03:23.19] | Chasin checks, chasin her ounce of respect, chasin paper |
| [03:26.31] | Chasin entertainers or rappers and ballplayers |
| [03:29.65] | Not carin about a condom, I say, "Help her Lord, PLEASE" |
| [03:32.65] | 'fore she stuck wit mo' babies or ends up fightin some di-SEASE |
| [03:36.12] | You know that you a momma and mommas, we cain't lose ya (no!) |
| [03:39.37] | Treat yourself better, you carry seeds to the future (whoo!) |
| [03:42.66] | And the future looks dim if we don't get ourselves together |
| [03:45.60] | We gotta sacrifice, some do WHATEVER for the cheddar |
| [03:48.91] | So make the right decisions 'til you ready to give birth |
| [03:52.19] | And know that you the most precious gift we have on this earth |
| [03:55.22] | Babies, stop and WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!! {*rooster crows*} |
| [03:59.34] | WAKE UUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!!!! {*rooster crows*} |
| [04:01.52] | They say my folks'll do WHATEVER for the fortune and the fame |
| [04:05.50] | And it'll take a FORTUNE to get rid of all the pain, but I'm sayin |
| [04:09.22] | Use your brain baby, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em) |
| [04:12.45] | Use your brain baby, do the right thang! |
| [04:15.24] | You say you want a family but it's hard without a mayne |
| [04:18.25] | And the only way to make it is to get him fo' his change, but I'm sayin |
| [04:22.18] | Use your brain baby, do the right thang! (Lemme talk to 'em) |
| [04:25.36] | Use your brain baby, do the right thang! |
| [04:27.89] | |
| [04:28.75] | |
| [04:30.76] | Spike Lee - Outro:Wake up, wake up.. |
| [04:33.53] | It's a new day! C'mon brothers, wake up |
| [04:35.98] | C'mon sisters, wake up |
| [04:38.83] | ATL, wake up, wake up, baby |
| [04:42.32] | Chi-Town, wake up wake up |
| [04:45.41] | Brooklyn's in the house! |
| [04:47.67] | Wake up, Brooklyn! |
| [04:50.72] | Ludacris! Common Sense and ME, SPIKE LEE! {*echoes*} |
| [04:55.01] | Edited by nostaticsin |
| [04:57.01] | Ludacris:Always do the right thing.. |
| [04:58.89] | I got it, I'm gone *echoes* |
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