If the government refused to develop the regionAnd continue, the marginalization and injusticeThe youth, that’s what coming after usAnd it will be more brutal, than what we have doneCalling me a monster, calling us fakeNo way, no way, no wayCalling me a monster, just ‘cause we sayWe’re from the block where it rainsWhere we create barricadesKeep opposition awayThat’s why we are strapped with the K’sDon’t get kidnapped from your place‘Cause it could happen todayNot knowing how to behaveThat is a sign that you mayJust lose your life what a wasteYour body found in a lakeYou fucked around and the fisherman found you drowning for daysYou know we come from a placeWhere people smile but it’s fakeHow could they smile? If you look around they are surrounded by painI’ve seen the sky turn to greyIt took the light from the dayIt’s like the heads of the stateAin’t comprehending the hateThat the oppressed generateWhen they’ve been working like slavesTo get some minimum wageYou turn around and you blameThem for their anger and ragePut them in shackles and chainsBecause of what they becameWe are the monsters you madeCalling me a monster, calling us fakeYou make the Minotaur the dinosaur wakeCalling me a monster, just ‘cause we sayNo way, no way, no wayCalling me a monster, make no mistakeThat there’s only so much that you can takeLa-di-da, la-da-do, di-da, la-do-dayWe are the monsters you made
I bet they thought it was coolProbably thought we was foolsWhen we would break all the rulesAnd skip them classes in schoolBecause the teacher dem teaching what the white man dem teaching dem European teachings in my African schoolSo fuck dem classes in schoolFuck mongo park and the foolsThat said they found river NigerThey’ve been lying to youAin’t no denying the truthSee what im tryin to doIs draw the line for the mothers crying, we’re dying as youthsCome walk a mile in my shoesSee if you smile at the truthSee if you digest your foodThat’s when you might have a clueOf what the fuck we go throughYour fucking lucky if youLive through the day, better pray that God always staying with youAin’t fucking safe anyday, the reaper’ll be coming for youWe need a change and it ain’t no way ima take an excuseMy niggas finding a wayOr fucking smile in the graveThis is the price that you payWe are the monsters you madeCalling me a monster, calling us fakeYou make the Minotaur the dinosaur wakeCalling me a monster, just ‘cause we sayNo way, no way, no wayCalling me a monster, make no mistakeThat there’s only so much that you can takeLa-di-da, la-da-do, di-da, la-do-dayWe are the monsters you madeSince we met your people five hundred years agoLook at us, we have given everythingYou are still takingIn exchange for that, we have got nothingNothingAnd you know itBut you just think that this is over now?Over where?Is it over?