Great Divide

What Up? (L)
It's time... (R)

Just after the rain, I was ridin' the redline
Steam risin' glistenin' in the summer sunset light
It was a hot and balmy evenin', Chicago Southside
Rockin', floatin', back and forth and side to side
I was gettin' light-headed when I heard, "It's time"
A lady dancin' with the train, she said, "Yeah, it's time
Uh huh...It's time...
Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh
Yeah, it's time...Uh huh...It's time
Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh Uh huh
Yeah, it's time...Uh huh...it's time...
That lady sittin' across from me kept sayin' "It's time"
We're subjects of the experiment that lady and I
We're forced to see each other from different sides
We're victims of the experiment, the great divide
That lady sittin' across from me kept sayin' "Yeah, it's time"

Chorus:
I got a Tupac in my soul, a Malcom in my mind
I got a King-sized dream to overcome and override
All the fear and rage recurring runnin' 'round my mind
God please help me I'm alone tonight
Help me quiet that Devil voice that's simmerin', seethin' inside
Tame those demons teamin', tauntin', tryin' to destroy my life
God please help me, I'm swingin' wide
I got a King-size dream I gotta put in overdrive

When I stop and think I can't stop wonderin' why
Some men get to live and why some others die
Why did Martin die, why is another livin' high
Why did Malcolm die, why did another get to rise
Why did Tupac die, why do those others thrive
Why do the Kennedy's die why are the Bush's still alive
These are the things I think of when I'm thinkin' Southside
The birth of the Neo-Con came from the Southside
"Neo" means global, domination is the prize
Divide up the people and conquer worldwide
"By any means" is their motto and their pride
And they do it for real and they do it real sly
By gettin' people to judge themselves and each other by their hyde
And age and creed and gender—by any means divide
Most of us mean well, we've just been fooled by their disguise
We're victims of the experiment, the great divide

Chorus:
I got a Tupac in my soul, a Malcom in my mind
I got a King-sized dream to overcome and override
All the fear and rage recurring runnin' 'round my mind
God please help me, I'm alone tonight
Help me quiet that Devil voice that's simmerin', seethin' inside
Tame those demons teamin', tauntin', tryin' to destroy my life
God please help me, I'm swingin' wide
I got a King-size dream I gotta put in overdrive

(Bridge)

Chorus: (2x)
I got a Tupac in my soul, a Malcom in my mind
I got a King-sized dream to overcome and override
All the fear and rage recurring runnin' 'round my mind
God please help me, I'm alone tonight
Help me quiet that Devil voice that's simmerin', seethin' inside
Tame those demons teamin', tauntin', tryin' to destroy my life
God please help me, I'm swingin' wide
I got a King-size dream I gotta put in overdrive