Love vs. Hate

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Brand Nubian

Brand Nubian is an American hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MC's: Grand Puba (born Maxwell Dixon, on March 4, 1966), Sadat X (formerly Derek X, born Derek Murphy, on December 29, 1968) and Lord Jamar (born Lorenzo Dechalus, on September 17, 1968), and two DJs: DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere. Its debut album, One for All is one of the most popular and acclaimed alternative hip hop albums of the 1990s, known for socially conscious and politically charged content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths.About.com placed the group on its list of the "25 Greatest Rap Groups of All Time." more »

Year:

1998

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[Grand Puba] 
Uhh.. 
Now it's love, vs. hate 
Time for my people to eliminate 
that hate, let's love 
Because it's our people that we're thinking of 
Now they say we playa hatin cause we hate the black on black 
And the fact we can't stand when we act like that 
Self-hate killin us more than the Po-Po or crack 
I tell my peoples with the gats it ain't about all that 
We arrived on slave ships, tortured chained and whipped 
Four hundred years of bein slaves in the land of the brave 
Have we forgotten? Our ancestors forced to pick cotton 
Women raped and tortured, murdered if they caught ya 
Niggaz swung from trees like a breeze do summer leaves 
Swayin back and forth, failed attempts to make it North 
Millions of people died just so that we can survive 
So this knowledge I provide cause these facts can't be denied 
Nowadays it's new ways, sixties it was the smack 
Eighties it was the crack, nineties it be the gat 
Time to recognize how uncivilized we got 
Get wise and unify and not fall victim to the plot 
Cause it's love, vs. hate 
Time for my people to eliminate 
that hate, let's love 
Because it's our people that we're thinking of 
It's love, vs. hate 
It's time for my people to eliminate 
that hate, let's love 
Because it's our people that we thinking of 
[Lord Jamar] 
Uh, when will we make our Exodus? When will the guns 
bust the other way instead of at the brother next to us? 
That's all that they expect from us, police stand by 
Don't believe the lie that they're the ones protectin us 
Projects, to see how poverty's affectin us 
Robberies, we lust objects of high quality 
or so we think we slowly sink into the quicksand 
With no support, like a bike that doesn't have a kickstand 
We stay in court, smoke Newport's, and fail to support 
our seeds, with no thoughts for they needs 
We fought for the cheese and all it got us was a grave 
or a bid as a slave, we live in the land of the brave 
where the home isn't free, grown niggaz be 
in a zone, tryin to act out the TV 
We cracked out and greedy with a lack of respect 
It's time to come correct, it's time to come correct 
[Grand Puba] 
Cause it's love, vs. hate 
Time for my people to eliminate 
that hate, let's love 
Because it's my people that I'm thinking of 
It's love, vs. hate 
Time for my people to eliminate 
that hate, let's love 
Because it's our people that we thinking of 
[Sadat X] 
Sally, been gettin beat for years 
Husband come home high off of weed and beers 
He frustrated cause his job is low rate 
Low money, plus his wife brother act kinda funny 
My nosey neighbor always makin it her labor 
to cause controversy, I seen them out in Jersey 
The teacher say my son show aggression 
I tell her it's in our lesson, for him to know himself 
To me the greatest wealth is the best of health 
When the music stops, I'll play the role like my pops 
and his pops and so on I got a legacy to go on 
I'll watch out for my babies and I'll kill for em 
And if they want to receive the knowledge 
then I'll build for em 
Now if it's love vs. hate, then what's your fate? 
What we showin with the money we blown? 
Shit is still chaos, ain't a damn thing sewn 
[Grand Puba] 
Cause it's love, vs. hate 
Time for my people to eliminate 
that hate, let's love 
Because it's our people that we thinking of 
It's love, vs. hate 
Time for my people to eliminate 
that hate, let's love 
Because it's our people that we thinking of

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