The Sacrifice Of Victor lyrics

What is sacrifice?
(We sacrifice) {repeat throughout song
N.P.G. in mass attack, Sonny, if U please
Church if U will, please turn 2 The Book of Victor
We`d like 2 start at the top, if U don`t mind
(Go`n say it preacher) {repeat throughout song
I was born on a bloodstained table
Cord wrapped around my neck
Epileptic `til the age of seven
I was sure heaven marked the deck

CHORUS:

We sacrifice - I know joy lives `round the cover (Towards the cell down on the corner)
We sacrifice - One day I`ll visit her I`m gonna (Down on my block I`m just a loner)
We sacrifice - When she tell me everything (Tell me)
That`s when the angels sing (Sacrifice)
That`s when the victory is sho`nuff (Sho`nuff down with the sacrifice)
We sacrifice (Hit me)

Mama held up her baby 4 protection
From a man with a strap in his hand
Ask `lil Victor `bout pain and rejection
U think he don`t when he do understand

CHORUS

S.A.C.R.I.F.I.C.E
Sacri, sacrifice
Sacrifice

If U`ll turn the page
1967 in a bus marked, `Public Schools`
Rode me and a group of unsuspecting political tools
Our parents wondered what it was like 2 have another color near
So they put their babies 2gether 2 eliminate the fear
We sacrifice - yes, we did
Fighting one another
We sacrifice - all because of color
The angel of hate - she taught me how 2 kick her
If she called me anything but `Victor` (U mean like `nigger`?)
If the only thing that tells is Father Time
Then sacrifice is a mutha sublime - we love it
Listen mutha, we sacrifice
Well, well, well, well (What is sacrifice?)

Hold your text, Deacon
Never understood my old friends a laughing (Ha ha ha)
They got high when everything else got wrong (Pass the bowl...)
Dr. King was killed and the streets - they start burnin`
When the smoke was cleared, their high was gone
Education got important, so important 2 Victor
Even more important than Ripple and weed
Bernadette`s the lady - and she told me (What`d she say?)
`Whatever U do, son, a little displicine is what U need` (A little discipline is what U need)
Is what U need, U need 2 sacrifice

CHORUS

(What is sacrifice?)
We sacrifice (Hey yeah)
S.A.C.R.I.F.I.C.E.
(Joy around the corner) {repeated til end
(We sacrifice, we`re gonna.. whoop!) (How can we..)
Excuse me, y`all
We don`t mean 2 take up your time
But we got something heavy on our minds, whoo
Yes we do
Sometimes, U got 2 leave the one U love
Somebody, anybody, everybody wave your hand
Around every corner, there`s another sacrifice
But U got 2 do the best U can
Say U got 2 go through it (Go through it)
We got 2 go through it, y`all
Everybody, yeah (Say it now, say it now, Tommy come on, say it now)
(Lord have mercy, my feet)
Lord, I might get tired but I, I gotta keep on
Walking down this road
Gotta keep on walking down this road - gonna reach my destination, yeah
My name will be Victor-or-or
Amen