[Intro/Chorus: Paris]   Is it a, coincidence that we ain't taught truth   A, coincidence that they target the youth   A, coincidence everything is the same   That a message in the music ain't a part of the game   A, coincidence that we livin a lie   A, coincidence that we only get by   A, coincidence that so many are lost   And do prison time 'fore we notice the cost      [Paris]   It really ain't difficult to break the mold   And take a close look at the lies we're told   Wipe away the facade, see we got to know   See the plot to control and to rot the soul   You can make anybody that don't read believe   anything that they see on the TV screen   That a lie is reality, the sky is green   That there's weapons in Iraq, and the President's clean   When it's on, thinkin you can trust police   Every black is a beast and our women are cheap   And that brothers gettin murdered is the way of the streets   That it's normal to die when we still in our teens   And that's the way it is, what's the use to try   That school is a motherfuckin waste of time   Slang yay, die young, maybe get rich rhymin   And prison if you black is just a part of life   And that all of America support the Pres'   Religion is the way, and we all full of sin   That it's better after death if we suffer and pray   Even though they fuck us off in this life today   And that white Jesus hangin on the wall in church   ain't a part of a lie to keep a brother subservient   And that the whole world need the word "Amen"   Got troops overseas gettin murdered for free   If you buy that shit, I got a bridge to sell   Like I said I'm a rebel, so I must re-bel   And lies be the truth now, war is peace   Like corporations don't dictate the streets   Like brothers don't die for the diamond or bling   Like brothers don't die over songs we sing   Like patri-ots act like the Patriot Act   While we swing on this bitch 'til we break it in half      [Chorus]      [Paris]   You guilty if arrested and niggaz are thugs   Only good for welfare, murder and drugs   The media is true, with no bias at all   And Fox News ain't on the President's balls   That Lacey and O.J. and Kobe and Mike   ain't bullshit and really do matter in life   That you shouldn't be insulted they give 'em the time   but never talk about all this corporate crime   That they generatin news stay loose with facts   Relate fake views that'll keep us attracted   like sheep so we don't think, never react   Never question authority, never suspect   Never trip off of why what matters to us   always seem unimportant, and never get love   Why it's never any money for the school support   But it's fallin out the sky for these corporate wars      [Chorus]      [Paris]   They never give real shit space to shine   Just donkey-ass niggaz on assembly line   Cookie cutter pop-slutter make music designed   to pedal Coca-Cola, Motorola and Sprite   No love for the Enemy with video play   But they give Flav a show to take the focus away   from the realest group ever made, whaddya say   when to them it's Eminem that's goin down as the greatest?   When the plan is a shame like we makin a choice   Understand it's a scam who get handed a voice   And it's only a few and they decide in advance   Like votin for the President and both of them fam   All that "God bless America, and nobody else"   But I can smell racism, however it's dealt   Know the real shit never miss, see how it's felt   All around the world, hear the people cryin for help      [Chorus]      [Outro: Paris]   A, coincidence ex-cons can't vote   A, coincidence they can't get no work   A, coincidence that they can't hold heat   Now they know that they enemy don't look like me   A, coincidence that we shit out of luck   The consequence of coincidences all add up   When you never know the reason and you're set up to suffer   The offense is coincidence is never the cause