We're All In The Same Gang

[King Tee] 
It's straight up madness everywhere I look 
Used to be a straight a student, now he's a crook 
Robbin people just to smoke or shoot up 
Used to have a crew cut, now he's a pooh-put 
Dropped out of school and he joins the neighborhood gang 
Hangin on the streets sellin caine 
To his own people 
Now when I say people I mean color 
You a stupid muthaf... 
I'm tryin to stress the fact that you're dumb 
Get yourself presentable, son, and [bad word] 
Together, you better, cause pretty soon it's gonna be too late 
message from King Tee The Great 

[Body & Soul] 
Sisters, since we are the mothers of this earth 
It's time we start being good mothers from the birth 
Of our children, no time for sleepin 
Teach em to fight and win for the right reason 
It's your time, it's your life, live it 
Proud to be black, young and gifted 
Lifted by the knowledge and takin the right route 
Gang violence needs to be wiped out 
A-l-m-i-g-h-ty and E-z-i-r-e 
We see the f-u-t-u-r-e 
Should be a positive thang 
Body & Soul and you, we're in the same gang 

[Def Jef] 
One and the same 
Everyone came in the same chains 
Caught with the same aim 
Brain games and names changed 
To protect the innocent by-stander 
Lies, slander and the master-planner 
Destroy the black male 
Crack jail and semi-automatic 
For static if the crack fails 
So since we all talk the same slang 
Stop killin, my brother, cause we're all from the same gang 

[Michel'le] 
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together? 
Make the change cause we're all in the same gang 

[Tone-Loc] 
Now as a youth I used to get my bang on 
And on the ave get my part-time slang on 
Upon a time for me was no joke though 
They knew I was crazy, so they labelled me Loco 
Khakis creased, golf hat, feelin sporty 
Low ridin and tossin up a forty 
Thinkin in my mind that no one could handle us 
The downest brothers ever touched Los Angeles 
I found life was much more suitable 
Cause I'm the brother that makes black so beautiful 
I ain't slippin or down with a head trip 
I'm talkin to all the Bloods and all the Crips 
Throw down your rag and get on the right track, man 
It's time to fight, unite and be a black man 
Tone-Loc is on a positive change 
Cause remember, we're all in the same gang 

[Above The Law] 
Bein the pimps that we are 
We're here to speak on a situation that has gone too far 
Here at home in the ghettos of LA 
Where a young black brother's not promised to see the next day 
Cause we used to clock on the streets before we made beats 
But fools just lay and prey on the weak 
It don't depend on the color of a rag 
Cause if you got what they want you know they gonna take what you have 
Cause violence don't only revolve from [bad word] and thugs 
And gangs that bang 
Most times it's a political thang 
Yeah, a couple of spots'll get popped 
And if the government wanted to freeze it it could all get stopped 
But they don't because they want it like that 
Because the system been set up to hold us back 
Yeah, Above The Law means that we can do whatever 
So why don't we stick together? 
(You got it) 

[Ice-T] 
Ice-T rippin the microphone the way I do 
Listen close, my brothers, cause I'm talkin to you 
The problem is we got a suicidal lifestyle 
Cause 90 percent of us are livin foul and wild 
I say job, you say ([Hen-G:] bad joke 
I rather jack another brother, watch the gun smoke) 
Livin in the fast lane flippin like you're insane 
You won't stop until your [bad word] down the street drain 
I got an idea, give me a minute 
And if it makes sense, then get with it 
What if we could take our enemies, feed em poison 
Undereducate their girls and boys and 
Split em up, make em fight one another 
Better yet, make em kill for a color 
All my brothers need to know one thing 
No matter what you think, we're all in the same gang 

Michel'le]
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?
Stop the fighting
(Make the change)
Because we're all in the same gang

[Dr. Dre & MC Ren]
Yo, we're not here to preach because we're not ministers
We're tellin like it is cause Ren and Dre is like sinister
Reality speaks for itself when it's spoken 
basehead cluck can't blame nobody for smokin 
Yo, bullets flyin, mothers cryin, brothers dyin 
Lyin in the streets, that's why we're tryin 
To stop it from fallin apart and goin to waste 
And keepin a smile off a white face 
N.W.never preachin, just teachin 
The knowledge of the streets to each and 
All that don't understand, that's why we came 
To let you know that we're all in the same gang 

[JJ Fad] 
The J double, F, the a, the d, that is 
And if you want the solution to the quiz 
What's black in black, yo, and kills another? 
An ignorant sucker that isn't labelled as a brother 
But another 
So now it's time we evolve 
And get together and solve it 
Cause the world is revolvin 
Around a terrible situation 
One will kill another for a reputation 
So it's time we stop and realize that we're all the same 
Yo Dre, tell em (We're all in the same gang) 

[Young MC] 
Brothers killin other brothers 
I thought the idea was to love one another? 
Open up the paper to one more death 
If y'all keep this up then there'll be no one left 
I try my best to set an example 
Sayin hype lyrics over hip-hop samples 
Not just a bragger to boast but to inform 
Cause we're livin in the calm before the storm 
You see, I believe that the children are the future 
But what's it all about if in the future they shoot ya? 
We're all human beings, if we're cut we'll bleed 
And I want to see all young people succeed 
Do 9 to 5, not 5 to 10 
Just go to work and not the state pen 
Cause you live better when you're out there free 
And [bad word] straight to ya from the Young MC 

[Digital Underground] 
I'm in a rage 
Oh yeah? Yo, why is that g? 
Other races, they say we act like rats in a cage 
I tried to argue, but check it, every night in the news 
We prove them suckers right and I got the blues 
America... 
Get busy, Humpy 
The red, the white, the blue and 
The blue and the red 
For Clips and Bloods 
The white for who's got you doin 
Time bustin caps on one another 
The Underground's down for peace among brothers 
Kill a black man? 
What? 
Yo, what are you retarded? 
Tell em, Hump 
Yo, do you work for the Klan? 
Do what you like 
Unless you like gangbangin 
Let's see how many brothers leave us hangin 

[Oaktown's 3.4.7.] 
The gang that should hang is the one that contains 
The sisters and the brothers who are all in the same frame of mind 
Now listen, get loose, it's unity time 
Yeah, yeah 
Peace is a presence that we all need 
The future's in our hands, in word and deed 
I'm Terrible T and I'm Sweet LD 
We're 3.5.7. totally 

[MC Hammer] 
Kickin on the ave 'bout a quarter to 9 
All the homies gettin blind in an eight ball line 
Now on this tip they [bad word] at the lip 
Jumped in their deuce and took a little trip 
Hit the block about 12 on the tick 
The windows went down and the nines went click 
People started yellin, bodies started bailin 
Bullets cold flyin sendin some to [bad word] and 
It's gotta stop, we don't need all the violence 
Peace in the hood and a moment of silence 
We got together not for ego or fame 
We got involved cause we're all in the same gang 

[Eazy-E] 
Last but not least, yo, Eazy's no sell-out 
And if you can't hang in the streets, then get the [bad word] out 
I'm not tryin to tell ya what to do 
You have your own freedom of choice who to listen to 
You knew good from bad, fair from foul, right from wrong 
Now your mother's singing that sad song 
(My baby ain't never hurt nobody!) 
But he still got smoked at Bébé's party 
But you're not the first or the last 
You're nothin but a short story from the past 
You're dead now, not number one but a zero 
Take notes from Eazy-E, the violent hero 

[Michel'le] 
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together? 
Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?