a knee on your neck is exactly this
why don’t you get up and do something
you people are lazy
if you work hard you can do anything
the reason you don’t have anything
is because you don’t work hard
my parents came to this country with nothing
i came to this country with nothing
we worked hard for everything we have
my parents were here hundreds of years
before your parents
and they worked hard
with a white knee on their neck
the reality is that black people have worked harder
than anyone else
the greatness of the american economy
is built on black labor
work, work, work
excluded from education…a knee on your neck
work, work, work
disenfranchised…a knee on your neck
work, work, work
jim crow…a knee on your neck
work, work, work
redlined from housing and finance…a knee your neck
work, work, work
resumé with black name, no hire…a knee your neck
if you work hard you can do anything
the reason you don’t have anything
is because you don’t work hard
my parents came to this country with nothing
i came to this country with nothing
we worked hard for everything we have
what?
you can’t breathe?
stop making excuses
-msg