Channel: Music
Uploaded: July 26, 2008 at 4:48 am
Author: Kibathakat
Length: 05:30
Rating: 5.00
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Brand Nubian - Claimin im a criminalVerse One: Lord Jamar7 in the mornin, they kickin down my momma's doorNow tell me what is this motherfuckin drama for?Can a nigga get rest after rest without the stress?Then they put the Glock to my chestBest think 'fore I twitch or I'm poppedoff to the clink with this bitch ass copThey gotta nigga locked like the dread on my head, jackAnd if I try to fight back, well then I'm dead, blackI got the right to an attorney and to stay silentThey got the right to try to burn me if I play violentI know the game so I just roll with the procedureIllegal search and seizure, somethin that they're doin at their leisureDown at the station, interrogation is takin placeOvercrowded jails but for me they're makin spaceTell the devil to his face he can suck my dickIt's the whole black race that they're fuckin withCome to find my crime was lettin brothers know the timeOnly the devil is stoppin me from eatin swineAnd plus my prior record sealed my fateOne For All and In God We Trust got me sent upstateBut still I won't bite my tongueI just write tight shit to incite the young, to fight the onewho keeps them on a level that's minimumThat's the number one reasonChorus: (sample of Luther Ingram's "I'm Tryin To Sing A Message To You")(*They claimin I'm a criminal*)This time and dayOoooh, gotta run for time(*They claimin I'm a criminal*)This time and dayOoooh, gotta run for time*repeat*Verse Two: Sadat XI was frustrated, I can't do no more push-upsNiggas be swole up, locked down cos of a hold-up"The devil made me do it" is what I sayGot some bad news on my one phone call the other day"I love the kids and I teach em to love their fatherI'll get you some kicks and try to send some flicksbut it's over, baby, yes it's over"Ain't much you can do when you're holdin a phoneA million inmates but ya still aloneYou're not cryin but inside ya dyinYou might cry in the night when ya safe and outta sightDamn I miss my peeps and the rides in the jeepsand my, casual freedom, where's my crew when I need em?A visit ain't the same like being in the gamebut I'll take it, at least with that I'll make itThe beast is a bitch and I see itI do the knowledge to em, so next time I can do em"Yo X, I got ta lock it now but write me real soonI know that you're a busy man, give me a minute"You can never know the penal til you been locked the fuck up in itChorus:This time and dayOoooh, gotta run for timeThis time and dayOoooh, gotta run for time(*They claimin I'm a criminal*)This time and dayOoooh, gotta run for time(*They claimin I'm a criminal*)This time and dayOoooh, gotta run for time(*They claimin I'm a criminal*) (x12)(*They claimin I'm a criminal*)This time and dayOoooh, gotta run for time*repeat to fade*