Buffalo Soldier - Matisyahu

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning down the block

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning down the block

Don’t judge a book by the cover

Every single being in this world is your brother

When I lost my fun, the page and uncover

Ancient words that teach me to love ya

So we burn to return to the mother

And we yearn to unlearn all they told ya about yourself

Who you are, what you should be

I’m gonna be free leave it up to me

Shouts through the sky, look out through the night, feel alright

Stars burn bright, highlight the moonlight, you’ll be alright

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

Used to be a mobster burning up the block

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

Used to be a mobster burning up the block

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

Used to be a mobster burning up the block

This is the medicine, I’m out like the bedouin

This knife I’m burying and this life I’m treasuring

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I went running away to the cave

Went in a slave and came out all flames

I went running away for the hills

Back to my roots and I’m running still

But now I’m running to face my dreams

Found my place and what it means

Find yourself and no one else

You have to leave it up to me, leave it up to me

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning up the block

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning up the block

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning up the block

This is the medicine, I’m out like the bedouin

With this knife I’m buryin, this life I’m treasuring

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning down the block

Bra, I shot the sheriff, the DA, and the deputy

Sorry Al Sharpton I don’t need you to lecture me

Maybe I’ll stop talking about guns

When you talk about the funds that they cut for the youth

Let’s cut to the truth, ain’t enough for the youth

So tell me how you judge me til you’re stuck in the shoes, man!

Where the Congressmen, where all the Senators?

They’re thinking about their green, not the color of the President?

This is just a relevance, survival is the sentiment

Narcotics is the only way you know that I’m a measure it!

They say that we are in a post Obama era

Well exactly what that mean?

you needn’t make it clearer

Does it mean that the rich are gonna finally start to share up

Reproportion the wealth and make things fairer

Asking God «why do poor people suffer» but now I’m such a hypocrite, the

Rolls Royce mufflers

In the gulus nobody never loved us

I am just the result of pain and hunger!

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning up the block

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning up the block

Buffalo soldier, no I’m not a rasta

I used to be a mobster burning up the block

This is the medicine, I’m out like the bedouin

With this knife I’m buryin, this life I’m treasuring