[Hook: Masterminds]
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the
Third, Third, Third Earth
Earth, Earth. We want, we want, we want to charge you up
Charge you up, energize to change this world
Over, we want, we want to let you know what's up
And make you strive to grow young and not
Older, we want, we want, we want to charge
You up and energize to change this world
Over, we want, we want to let you know what's up
And make you strive to grow young and not
Older
[Verse 1: Oracle]
We're in
Complete ignorancе and have it taught and learned for
Who's bеnefit? We all crash and burn, in
Soul deficit, spiritual vertigo
Searching for miracles with broken tanks approved. Ask
Your senators, and they'll sell you a dream cleaner
Than rainforest streams and distilled steam, they make
War seem serene in their speeches to other congressional
Leeches while they kill off all species, spraying DDT
Chemicals on your fruits and vegetables, meats
Full of hormones destroy your flesh and bones, skin
Burnt from lack of ozone. Welcome to the Thunderdome
Where you try to own a home, but you're owned by debt
Your life's full of regret, got you saying, “I shoulda, woulda
Coulda,” but if you had the chance, would you have stood up when they shot
Malcolm X and left Martin Luther King
Bleeding to death? We went from Civil Rights to making rap
Albums, selling hundreds of thousands of copies about
How tough are project houses
Other niggas mouthing off about triggers when they're more important
Issues like Mumia and how long he’ll be living. When they put
Rap behind bars, who we gonna blame? When
The criminals are made stars, our children get framed
It's the Hollywood game, our politicians are actors
Our rappers are actors, it's the money they're after. If they could
They would blaster. Believe me, it’s disaster, so we
Gotta act faster, let you know you're the master of your own
Destiny, Child surviving this wild
Gotta organize my people now, don't let them keep you down
Rise above until you found your zone where you own
Your soul. Believe me, it's realer than TV or rubbing
Bottles for genies. I got nirvana in me, spreading bliss
Throughout your city. Kimani, lace the track. Our Empire
Strikes Back
[Hook: Masterminds]
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the
Third, Third, Third Earth
Earth, Earth. We want, we want, we want to charge you up
Charge you up, energize to change this world
Over, we want, we want to let you know what's up
And make you strive to grow young and not
Older, we want, we want, we want to charge
You up and energize to change this world
Over
[Verse 2: Kimani]
Yo, it's time
To stand up, throw our hand up, rebel, yell
And don't stop screaming ‘til the power is felled. This morning
I think I showered in Hell, my riot won't quell
Won't stop, so my music won't go pop. This shit
Is Afro bop for your mind, body, and spirit and soul
Old tradition are pushed to new dimension, it’s truth
No inhibition, this is me to a T. That's why
My given name’s the name that I choose to MC. It goes
Kimani from [?] uhuru sasa
The only child of Judy and Mo with spiritual flow
And insight when my pen writes for ten days
And ten nights, futuristic prose with hindsight
The limelight shine bright, illuminates sky. Stuck
In a well, the water's gone dry, time's up, you need
To line up ‘cause you know the drill and you know the deal
When everything is possible but nothing is real and every-
-thing gets concealed, hidden truth are vacuum-sealed
Wrongs of our misguided youth die for Happy Meals
Everything that goes around comes back around, and
Everything available might not be found, so
Now it's time for us to stand up
And take our shine. A new era and
Peace of mind. The recipe call
For Stone Soup mixed with a Third Earth design, so
Welcome to the motion, the movement, the feeling
Electric, kinetic, revealing, appealing
The wheelings, the dealings, no ceilings, no limits
No gimmicks, no scrimmage, just rhyme, and now it's game time
[Hook: Masterminds]
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the
Third, Third, Third Earth
Earth, Earth. We want, we want, we want to charge you up
Charge you up, energize to change this world
Over, we want, we want to let you know what's up
And make you strive to grow young and not
Older, we want, we want, we want to charge
You up and energize to change this world
Over