[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*}
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[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*}
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[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!
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[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!
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[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*