Who Stole the Soul Songtext

von Public Enemy

Once again, this is it
Turn it up
Here we go
But this time the rhyme
Gonna ask who did the crime
Then let's get down to the nitty-gritty
I wanna know who picked Wilson's pocket
After he rocked it
Fact, he shocked it
Same kinda thing they threw at James
Andwhat they did to Redd was a shame
The bigger the black get
The bigger the feds want
A piece of it...booty
Intentional rape system, like we ain't
Payed enough in this bitch, that's why I dissed them
I learned we earned, got no concern
Instead we burned, where the hell is our return
Plain and simp, the system's a pimp
But I refuse to be a ho
Who stole the soul

Ain't no different
Than in South Africa
Over here they'll go after ya to steal your soul
Like over there they stole our gold
Yo, they say they black don't know how to act
'Cause we're waitin' for the big payback
But we know it'll never come
That's why I say come and get some
Why when the black moves in, Jack moves out
Come to stay, Jack moves away
Ain't we all people
How the hell can a color be no good to a neighborhood
Help, come on, straighten me out, get down
'Cause my tribe gets a funny vibe
They say I'm wrong for singin' a song
Without solutions
All the dancers answer questions
And try to be the best and
Let everybody know before I blow
I deserve to know what sucker stole the soul

We choose to use their ways and holidays
Notice some of them are heller days
Invented by those who never repented
For the sins within that killed my kin
But that's all right
I try to do what a brother does
But I'll never know if you're my cuz
That's why I try my best to unite
And damn the rest if they don't like it
Banned from many arenas
Word from the motherland
Has anybody seen her
Jack was nimble, Jack was quick
Got a queston for Jack, ask him
40 acres and a mule, Jack
Where is it why'd you try to fool the black
It wasn't you, but you pledge allegiance
To the red, white and blue sucker
That stole the soul