Hip hop star Nas joined forces with grassroots organization Color of Change and yesterday delivered over 620,000 petitions to FOX News, demanding an end to the daily on-air racism. Last night he joined Stephen to talk about the fight against FOX (particularly Bill O’Reilly, who Nas says is “scared”) and performed the first single off his new untitled album, “Sly Fox.”
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I watch CBS, and I see B.S
Trying to track us down with GPS
Make a brotha want to invest in PBS
You can check out Part 1 of the interview here to see Nas call out BillO.
UPDATE: Hat Tip to Color of Change. Sign their petition: Demand Fox stop race baiting and fear mongering
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Full lyrics below the fold. May not be safe for work.
The sly Fox, cyclops
We locked in an idiot box
The video slots broadcast
The Waco Dividian plots
They own YouTube, MySpace
When this ignorant shit going to stop?
They monopolizing news
Your views
And the channel you choose
Propaganda, visual cancer
The eye in the sky, number 5 on the dial
Secret agenda, frequency antenna
Dr. Mindbender
Remote control soul
Controller
Your brain holder
Slave culture, game’s over
What’s a fox characteristic?
Slick shit, sensin’, misinformation
Pimp the station, over-stimulation
Reception, deception
Comcast digital Satan
The Fox has a bushy tail
And Bush tells lies and foxtrots
So, I don’t know what’s real (what’s real)
[ Chorus ]
Watch what you’re watching
Fox keeps feeding us toxins
Stop sleeping
Start thinking outside of the box
And unplugg from the Matrix doctrine
But watch what you say,
Big Brother is watching
Watch what you’re watching
Fox keeps feeding us toxins
Stop sleeping
Start thinking outside of the box
And unplugged from the Matrix doctrine
But watch what you say, Fox Five is watching
[ Nas ]
The Fear Factir that got you all riled up
O’Reilly? Oh really? No rally
needed, I’ll tie you up
Network for child predators, setting them up
MySpace, pimps, hoes and sluts
[ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/V2L8 ]
Y’all exploit rap culture,
then y’all flip on us
And you own the Post, and y’all shit on us
What is their net worth?
They’re going to try to censor my next verse
Throw them off the roof neck first
While I’m clicking my cursor
Reading blogs about pressure
they put on Universal
It gets worse
While I’m clicking my mouse
While they kickin my house
They figured us out
Why a nigga go south?
It’s either he caught a body
Don’t sleep, they’re watching
I watch CBS, and I see BS
Trying to track us down with GPS
Make a nigga want to invest in PBS
[ Chorus ]
[ Nas ]
They say I’m all about murder
murder and kill kill
But what about Grindhouse and Kill Bill?
What about Cheney and Halliburton?
The back door deals on oil fields?
How is Nas the most violent person?
Y’all wouldn’t know talent if it hit you
Bringing up my criminal
possession charges with a pistol
I use Viacom as my firearm
Then let the lyrics split you,
who do you rely upon?
Then shoot shells at Leviathon
I’m dealing with the higher form
Fuck if you care how I write a poem
Only fox that I loved was the red one
Only black man that Fox love is
in jail or a dead one
Red rum, political bedlam
Don’t let the hype into
your eyes and ear drum
Murdoch own fox
Not A-Team with Baracus
And he hates Barack cuz he
march with the marches
[ Deep voice outro ]
I pledge allegiance to the
fair and balanced truth
Not the biased truth
Not the liar’s truth
But the highest truth
I will not be deceived
Nor will I believe in the propaganda
I will not fall for the okie-doke
I am tuned in…
[ Nas ]
Watch because they’re watching
Watch what you’re watching
Better watch because they’re watching
Watch what you’re watching
M-m-media, misleading you
Watch what you’re watching
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pretty good lyrics
I respect that celebrities and even rappers have political opinions…I just don’t care to know what they are…even if they jibe with my own.
600,127!!!!!!!
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 3:
Correction!!!!!
Wait, 620k sigs takes that many boxes to hold?
NAS is getting a good message out to a group of people normally ignored. I hope that what he is doing is opening minds and bringing new people to the table to state their equal ownership and rightful place in our society. Good for him, good for Stephen Colbert.
While I am not a rap fan, the lyrics are very thought-provoking, and I admire him for this. Good job!
Or better, just throw your TV in the trash and never look back.
Fox News is putting out the results of a new “poll” or push poll asking do you have a neighbor who is scared of Obama? Jeez!!!
What is scary is Fox News and sick people who watch them. They. are. sick.
….and the album is nice to. These are artist we need to support.
samdog @ 2:
I’m pretty sure they don’t care about your opinion either, unless you signed the petition.
Half man, half amazin’.
dosido @ 9:
FOX has a Fear of a Black Planet
These lyrics make a hell of a lot more sense than the ones I grew up with in the 1950s when I was a teen.
I mean, just what the fuck does this mean……..?
Sha boom sha boom, a ratta ta tatta tat,
Sha boom sha boom a ratta ta tatta tat.
No wonder I am fucked up.
Go NAS. Keep writing.
Thank you C&L for posting up some poli-rap! Getting the music out to people who wouldn’t normally hear it (hip hop/rap) is important in uniting our cause.
samdog @ 2:
Whether you agree with his status, his celebrity grants him a spot as a leader with the black communities youth (and to a large extend, the white suburban kids). I would argue that it’s his duty to encourage people who are influenced by his voice to stand up against one of the most corrupt organizations in our country… the media.
While I wouldn’t find any interest in rap music itself, I can no more fault Nas for speaking his political views than I can Rage Against the Machine or Bad Religion.
Krisken @ 16:
Absolutely!
good job NAS
This reminds me of when rap was good. Those were the days.
By the way, here’s my new vid on why Obama will win.
cool
I wit ya
goosebumps…sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet…thank you!
Jo @ 17:
Bob Dylans voice drives me up a wall, but I do like the message and the songs when done by other people, for the most part.
Great lyrics, but the beats were terrible. It was exactly like hearing Rage Against the Machine, but somehow even worse. There’s something about overtly political rock and rap tunes that just sucks (unless you’re the Clash or Dylan, or maybe Neil Young).
Now does Billo have the balls to send his ambush guy to confront Nas?
Make a nigga want to invest in PBS???
Really can’t believe that’s printed here on this site.
And not because it’s impossible for anyone to invest in PBS.
JoeMarasmus @ 19:
I approve of the Frantics “Boot to the Head” intro.
Jo @ 17:
I agree.
If 620,127 people found his petition had merit to participate, he certainly have obligation to share. He didn’t start and collect for his benefit. He must’ve felt stronly enough to do something about it. I do share FOX NEWS does use racial tone to feed propaganda to misinform, instill and reinforce fear, and divide us. It is sad to see thousands of individuals at FOX NEWS and the like helping this cause and perpetuate false information for money, influence, etc.
We need to have inputs from all walks of life whether they are from stars, children, older generation and others to better understand and more informed. Other side inputs are fine as long as they aren’t feeding sterotypes, hate and marginalizing a group.
dennis @ 25:
Why not? Those are lyrics by an artist. Who are you to censor them? Joe Lieberman?
RancidVenison @ 12:
I see someone’s been listening to him for awhile. I don’t always agree with Nas but I applaud his efforts on this one. Hope he keeps it up.
NaS, thats my dogg right there..
Been listening to him since I was in jr. high, and while the rest of hip hop and rap music has been taken over by corporations who give money and spots on labels to the rappers that sell records (just like movies, guns, sex and violence is what they are looking for), NaS has still finds time to keep it real.
His new album goes way beyond this song which targets Fox, and I literally had to wikipedia some of the stuff he was referencing. I’m happy he took this chance and made a concept album that explores politics, the role of government and oppression around the world and in the US.
The fact that he is doing activism and pointing a spotlight on Fox’s smears is a good example for all the young people that like his social commentary on this album. He is putting words into actions.
orangehairboy @ 23:
(rolls eyes) (slaps forehead)
While I completely agree that faux noise is like a direct line to roger ailes’ ID and possibly to satan, I don’t think asking them to stop is going to do anything but give them a new group to target.
It’s a little like asking shark to go vegetarian.
Jo @ 28:
I’m not censoring them at all. Even though I hate the word, I don’t care what he writes or what he sings or what idiotic investment advice he gives his friends. I’m just surprised the word is reprinted here.
Good lyrics but NAS faels rappin’ what he wrote. it sounds like he’s making up where the words go right on the spot! He’s lucky that hsi crew can even follow him to do the backup lyrics.
NAS is tryin’ to pull the wool over people eyes, making like he’s so good he can just free form/freestyle and kick ballistics. He should have just read the words without any music. Sorry but he has more talent as a poet than a rapper.
Everybody knows that O’Lielly sucks little dicks.
Rider3 @ 7:
I’m not a rap fan in the least, but I admire his courage. Fox will attack. I especially liked “Comcast digital Satan”. I hadn’t heard it put that way before. Very accurate.
This guy is young and does the not popular thing ????????????????? Gets involved no money honey in that!
The link took me to EE interview. She does not look good. Is she very sick? I really like her.
dennis @ 25:
I don’t understand your point. They’re lyrics.
Nada @ 32:
One day they will target the wrong group; one day they will go too far. More and more people are (finally) realizing what a joke they are. Besides, it is their sponsors that control the pursestrings. I think this petition is a great idea. I wish I could have known about it beforehand. I would have gladly signed it.
An ok song - like the lyrics, the music is weak - needs to go back to the beats from his first album.
A minor point - Fox doesn’t own Youtube - but hey man, there’s such a history of such statements - makes me long for the early days!
“They’re three of us but we’re not the Beatles” - Run-DMC
“So when your eardrums fail so you can read it in brail” - Rakim
Colbert Show is the coolest in so many ways.
His interviewing style is the same with a rapper as it is with heads of industry or politicians. No one is on a pedestal!!!!
This song is fantastic. Great lyrical flow and rhyme. The background music has great rock/metal crossover appeal, too.
Fox News is deeply racist, regressive, and Republican. Nas calls it out with style.
Sign ColorOfChange’s petition!
Jay @ 31:
How ’bout some conscious lyrics WITH a sick beat then?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
Immortal Technique-Third World. The lyrics are under the “more” info tab.
CMINCA @ 39:
I’m sorry. I did not mean to say that faux shouldn’t stop or be stopped. They are disgusting. That is a fact. I was just remarking on the futility of asking them to stop. So ingrained are their propaganda ways that it’s like asking a leopard to change it’s spots. Even if it wanted to, it simply can’t do it. Personally I think they’ll stop but it will involve the dissolution of the faux network. I’d be honestly surprised if it happened any other way.
h3rb @ 34:
where’s your platinum?
inthewoods @ 40:
that was to say what?
Songs against injustice have always been US, and even world, history. The songs of Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the Beatles were appropriate for their times, and songs by this guy are just as app