This Track is taken from the TONY B. CONSCIOUS' c.d. "SPIRIT INSIDE"
lyrics
GOD IS IN THE GHETTO
Yo, Yo Yo Yo Yo...God is in the ghetto !!!
I said Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, The gods are in the ghetto !!!
I stepped outside early this morning in the ghetto, walking down the block to the store
Thinking as I’m looking at the living conditions, GOD must not live here anymore
When sitting on the corner, with a blunt and a fourty, dirty as hell with bloodshot eyes
Was the diety I’d been looking for, so I said “What up” and he said “I’m the MOST HIGH”
So I said “Where have you been ? I’ve been praying, meditating and looking for you everywhere”
“The preacher up the block claims the church is your crib” and he said
“Nah cat, I don’t live up in there”
“That’s where JESUS kicks it giving those seminars and running that big ol’ game”
“On how to make a million dollars real quick, by franchising your name...”
“But you can check out my fam, they’re everywhere, in every hood, any place you go...”
For we be with the poor righteous teachers, not the pork chop preachers
For the GODs stay in the ghetto
Yo, Yo Yo Yo Yo...God is in the ghetto !!!
I said Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, The gods are in the ghetto !!!
So I went back to the lab, changed clothes and left my crib at about 10
Walked down to catch the bus on the corner, and saw that same ol cat THE MOST HIGH again
He was getting roughed up by some reptillians
Claiming he was loitering, panhandling and breaking the law
When out of nowhere came ALLAH, trying to sell me a beanpie and a Final Call
I had forgot I’d given all of my change to the MOST HIGH on the corner,
And my dollars to JEHOVA this morning
See, JEHOVA be knocking on your door at 6 o’ clock, the crack of dawn
Trying to read you scriptures while you still sleepy and yawning
So I’m walking with ALLAH, asking about MUHAMMAD, who got poisoned by the CIA in the ATL
When I see this cat shining shoes in front of the mall, who was it ? No other than ISRAEL
He said HERU was teaching Egyptian Yoga classes,
And OSHUN was giving swimming lessons at the “Y”
YAH had a raw health food store in Atlanta and in New York, KRISHNA got shot 41 times
BUDDAH was a D.J. in Detroit, But was still selling that good ol’ “BUDDAH BLESS”
While ATOM was a beatbox and PTAH an M.C., and yo his rhymes were mad fresh
He could create shit just by his very words, and it would actually appear
But the Masons were taxing fools for practicing spirituality
And had the whole hood full of fear
He said the ILLUMINATI were putting out tabloids about the MECHELZEDEKS
And creating false rumors about the universal flow
But that’s when I said “I’ll talk to you later yo, I‘ve gots more GODs to see in the ghetto...”
Yo, Yo Yo Yo Yo...God is in the ghetto !!!
I said Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, The gods are in the ghetto !!!
So next I headed over to this goddess by the name CALIFA ‘s spot
For, she be hooking up the tight ass briads and plats
While her homegirl MEDUSA did twists and locks
OGUN was in the building next door, hooking up the bomb jewlery and metal cuffs
While JAH was sittin out front, listenin’ to Bob Marley, rollin’up a spliff
And then he asked me did I want a puff
I was like “I’m cool” and that’s when ISIS walked in,
Personifying beauty,100% natural but with so much sass
Talking about how she’s raising the peoples consciousness
By giving a metapysical astrology class
Down at IMHOTEPs healing center, right after the African drum and dance
Taught by ASHE’ and YAHWE’, with RA providing the lighting when he gets the chance
But I told her I couldn’t make it today, my schedule was full and by the time it was done
I’d probably be at Club Kemet checking out KRIST
Performing his classic hits “South Bronx”
And “I’m Still #1”
But that’s when LUCIFER rolled up in a fly ass Hummer on 20’s,bumpin’ “LIL JOHN”
Saying BEEZLEBUB was throwing a playalistic, orgy type jam in Vegas
And if I wanted to go, I needed to come on...
And then who rolls up right after him ? some more REPTILLIANS on bikes
Asking me for some I.D., and who I be
So I said “Me, I’m just a P.O.E.T, out her looking for my G.O.D.s”
And that’s when they gestured and pointed across the street, right towards the bank
They said”If you want to find GOD, he’s in there all tied up,
And you can get him in DOLLARS, PESOS and FRANKS
And that’s when I woke up from my dream
Completely drenched in sweat, thinking to myself, aw HELL NO
Cause I guess I forgot, whether we like it or not, Money ‘s also another GOD in the ghetto...
Yo, Yo Yo Yo Yo...God is in the ghetto !!!
I said Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, Yo, The gods are in the ghetto !!!
When you look at your people what do you see ?
An enemy or a diety ?
I know sometimes it’s hard to believe
But everybody’s a reflection of the G.O.D
A renaissance man (Harlem Renaissance that is), TONY B. CONSCIOUS
is the personification of AFRICAN-
AMERICAN culture.
He is (amongst other things) A B-BOY, BEATBOX,EMCEE, GRAFFITI/VISUAL ARTIST (known as “THE GHETTO VAN-GO”), Poet/ Spoken Word Artist, Vocalist, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST, VEGAN VEGETARIAN and PHILOSOPHER.
ALSO a member of THE UNIVERSAL ZULU NATION and THE TEMPLE OF HIP HOP....more
