Hard But True

This is probably the most challenging
Record you have ever put on your turntable

The facts, the facts get fried like the eggs
Scramble truth until it falls off the ledge
Laid dead or vexed, head is fetched, read the last rites, gasp ego
He don't show or know about the last nights and days
Of a brother who went for his
My land built on hatred and sent to kids
Ice Cube killed his own and it was square biz
So if I say fuck you to a Jew, you know what time it is
Of my own kind, but not of my own mind
Came to America, but became blind
Chased from the four corners of the Earth
But over here, it's alright, at least your ass is white
So sit down and mingle with the Devil over supper
The only difference between us and a brother is the color
Instead of puttin' the last nail in the coffin, try to pull it out
And find out what the hard but true is all about

It's hard, but it's true, the hard but the true
It's hard, but it's true, the hard but the true
So hard, so true, the hard but the true
It's hard, but it's true, the hard but the true

Hard, but, true, sometimes too hard to be true
So I'ma make it stick like glue
Too many times, too many crimes get backed up
Case comes up, oops! Switch all the facts up
Three kids rape a sister at St. John's
And become graduates, instead of cons
Instead of washin' drawers or be somebody's whore
College wack, buffed and polished and they kept the doors closed
Jail time (Jail time?) wasn't even phasin' 'em
Probably one of the fathers gave the school a gymnasium
Korean kills a girl and claims insane, and gets a pardon
Bring a honor to the court at Nickerson Gardens
And get a lifetime sentence of the bend over
Tell a fool, tell a friend and then send over
Hollow point slugs made of nothin' but lead
The hard but true is takin' you straight to the head

It's hard, but it's true, the hard but the true
It's hard, it's true, the hard but the true
So hard, so true, the hard but the true
It's hard, but it's true, the hard but the true

Reggie McBride, yeah

As-salamu alaykum to a Muslim
Shalom Aleichem is the same to a Hebrew
Peace, hakim hakim, peace to a Zulu
Tell me what's the diff' and why you
Riffin', what's the point of view?
Universal greeting is the same, the game is three-sixty
It don't matter what the slang, gangs of thugs carry slugs
Use the mind as a Glock nine
Wake the ones that shake the ones that
Make the ones come into the daytime
It's marked a mark labeled X, and now's the text
Use the wit not as a whip
Reload the clip then shoot from the hip
'Cause yo, this is some old neck shit
One circle one hurdle one jump
One nation under the groove and then over the hump
Of racist dogs, that keep barkin' in the street
Search'll bring the hard but true to your feet, complete

It's hard, but it's true, the hard but the true
It's hard, yeah, it's true, the hard but the true
It's hard, but it's true, the hard but the true
So hard, so true, the hard but the true

Yeah, Wolf and Epic, cool
Hey you, hey you, hey you, hey you, hey you
It's hard but it's true
Hey you, hey you, hey you, hey you
It's hard but it's true
Be you a Jew, a Christian, a Muslim, a Muslim
Brother, sister, it's hard but it's true
Peace