A me man checking out the block
  A me man Staying with the flock
  You see man gathering the facts
  Mister big tree I am the small axe
  
  Apple is my name, the burning flame
  Harasing this lion won't make I tame
  
  You see man, they just don't care
  More Babylon force
  Giuliani swear
  War in the street system on the attack
  And they targeting me did Solomon say
  him black.
  
  They give us Columbus and Marco Polo
  And fight 'gainst we great Africano.
  
  Life is real. Black people treated differently
  Iya feel rejected by society.
  A search man find my identity
  Reverse man protected by his majesty
  I'm saying
  
  Hey, life is real and it's the way I feel.
  
  Hey, you treat I with cruelty
  You treat I with impunity
  You treat I with partiality
  Said I'ma Black but I'ma comely
  
  Hey, 'cause I'm the apple of father eye