Beautiful People

[Intro: Chuck D & A$AP Ferg]
We got our ways, but ain't we human beings too?
If our lives don't matter, no lives matter
Thus, life of our future, dying is unacceptable
Living for what we believe in is life itself (Uh)
And that in itself is beautiful, people (Uh)

[Verse 1: A$AP Ferg]
Beautiful people, let's take a second and think
We continue these issues, our ship will drown and we sink
This is nothing political, this is so we be sync
Stick together forever and we'll weather the rain
We'll weather the storm, let's try to move on
Build a better community so our children be norm'
Transform from arms and bombs like Vietnam
Teach your kid how to eat and teach your kid how to farm
Watch what you put in your body so we can live it long
Mind, body and soul in tact, proud and you strong
This rap ain't no lap, it's more like a marathon
This track ain't no track, just something I set it on
Live life in harmony, put love in your arms
Forgive to receive the blessing of peace and calm
Just a product of Malcolm X and Farrakhan
Martin Luther and Marvin Gaye all through a ghetto song

[Chorus: A$AP Ferg & Nikki Grier]
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful
People, people, people, people
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful (Beautiful)
People, people, people, people

[Interlude: Mama Ferg]
Beautiful people can be defined by her hair, her eyes, her body
Beautiful people, beauty is behind the surface
It is the soul, the spirit that lies beneath the soul, the skin
It is the power of that beauty that holds us, that strengthens us
It is the way we dance when we wanna cry
It is our mind that creates the definition of the beauty
Clear your mind, clear your body
Reach for the strength within, we are all beautiful people

[Verse 2: A$AP Ferg]
All my beautiful people, all my beautiful people
I'm the ghetto apostle, come on, follow, I'll lead you
Tell 'em put down the pipes, the liquor bottles and needles
Treat your family right, your mommy and daughter need you
Grandma, auntie and cousin, OG told you 'bout thuggin'
But he ain't 'mount to nothing, he on top of that oven
Still on top of that corner, his little niggas be drummin'
Blicka-blocka, they buckin', they finna hit you with somethin'
Jack-o'-lantern with hammers, they finna open your pumpkin
Popping your collar pimping and this ain't nothin' 'bout stuntin'
If you ain't talkin' thuggin' then you ain't talkin' 'bout nothin'
Bullshit, I'm the Pope, I think I am onto something
I wanna empower people, wanna empower people
White, purple and yellow, and all of my browner people
We can be positive, don't let negativity kill you
First start with your friends then move a whole town of people