knowledge, wisdom, and understanding
completes my cipher
prolifer for my people
I see through the men in blue who are devoted to
pursuing me and you
so they prey on us, declare judgement day on us
unjust treatment
we experience negligence at our expense
so common sense spell s-e-l-f d-e-f-e-n-s-e
everyday dark clouds find a way to block the sun
how far will we get if all we ever do is run and be done
with what we believe as if it doesn't even matter
let them beat us and mistreat us just to make
their pockets fatter
dreams they shatter just to see our people fall
but they'll never take us down if we're all for one and one for all
that's my call black people unite to fight the strife
unite to create life ~ make him your husband, her
your wife
to raise the understanding that we have to embrace
we need to listen to politics like we listen to that bass
before we're faced with racist fallacies that are designed
to exploit and subjugate
mandate and dictate
hell…we can not tolerate we have to rise against the state
and the fedy's
our government as a whole
to take control of our lives and conditions
we need to take action before their plot thickens
but together ~ we have to do this as one
one nation, one strength, one people reaching for the sun
fore it's our children staring down the barrel of a gun
what have we become…we mock the sun
we make fun of those who came before
the accomplishments of the past
we don't vote, we don't fight, we just sit on our ass
and let shit pass
but no more
no more
we don't have to be a people scorned
so let us embrace one another ~ go out and settle the score
if we don't take care of us who will
if we don't take care of us who will
if we don't take care of us who will
we have to keep on moving because life doesn't stand still