This is a song about sadness
Shootin' up and gettin' high

Shootin' up and gettin' high
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high

He lived about two train stops away
I was a train ride away from heaven
We would signify about politics, low income housing
Birth control and abortion
The capitalistic hand around my throat
Shootin' up dope just to cope in this dehumanizing society
We both found God when he O. D'd

Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high

He found beauty in my black skin
Amidst the Cover Girl and Clairol ads
Makin' no mistake, what's white is right
Livin' in a world where the TV shouts
"Forget where you come from! "
And damn, I thought I was shootin' up Africa in my veins
White man's voodoo slow-fucking my brain
My baby says the white man fights wars
And enslaves
All in God's name

Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high

What ya trying to achieve with your sun tan lotion?
You wanna keep me down, keep me down
Revolution against this racist institution
The white man shall forever sleep with one eye open
Dehumanize me
Set aside and criticize
I'm livin' in the midst of genocide
I hear voices
Voices are what I hear
I hear voices
Voices are what I hear
Uprise: would you die, would you die for your rights?
Uprise: would you die, would you die for your rights, baby?
Uprise: would you die, would you die for your rights?

Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Uprise: would you die, would you die for your rights?
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
So if there's a Hell below, we're all going to go
Gettin' high

So with this shit I trip, close my eyes
To spread my wings and fly
My turntables from blue and green
(Gettin' high)
Givin' not sane
So if there's a Hell below, we're all gonna go
Yo, so with this shit I trip
close my eyes (Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby)
To spread my wings and fly
Just shootin' up and gettin' high with
my baby (Gettin' high, gettin' high)
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Gettin' high, gettin' high
Shootin' up and gettin' high with my baby
Baby, baby, we ain't got nothing to lose