Yeah Guru, huh, The Yeah, c'mon uh, lift your fist Uhh, yeah, lift fist c'mon
To all my people, just lift your Seem it ain't no peace, no justice How you want it, the bullet or the Either way you got to lift your
We get it down like To all my people, ball up your Seem like it no peace, no justice How you it, the bullet or the microchip? way you got to lift your fist
Yo, We livin' life close to the edge, push But this ain't and it's not the cold crush It's kids on the strapped, huffin' that kush They eyein' the next cat, all plush
I guess frustration make a do what he must What's the combination that can make a erupt leaders gettin' mutinied up, who couldn't read The signs, thinkin' the day and times is
Indeed, we blast, to kiss ass Quick fast, ready to mash of a bugged out past the pain, follow the mental terrain It a hell of a man, nowadays to maintain
Garments bloodstained, bruised and battered Our eyes reflect the agony, of dreams that were And love it, when we wild out and kill our own But the greater responsibility, yes, is our own
To all my people, lift your fist Seem like it no peace, no justice How you it, the bullet or the microchip? Either way you got to your fist
We get it down this To all my people, up your first like it ain't no peace, no justice How you want it, the bullet or the Either way you got to your fist
Uhh, famine, ghetto people demand That somebody do soon, and let's examine The facts, the violent attacks Behind the daily gun play the and the crack
Thug season what's the reason for the Everybody's gotta eat, gotta resort to thievin' Take money, money, make money, money,
To all my people, just lift your Seem like it no peace, no justice How you it, the bullet or the microchip? Either way you got to your fist
We get it like this To all my people, ball up your Seem it ain't no peace, no justice How you want it, the bullet or the Either way you got to your fist
Yo, from the they eyes open 'til the clock strike death Brothers is stressed, walkin' 'round they chest They got the government surveyin' they and can't breathe They dynamitin' them projects to
comin' but them days too few and far between You to taste just what the world's offering, ya'mean? I seen enough to a grown man scream Brothers thirsty and hungry to get that
Too many tears of pain, too many years of Too many of blood, too many problems to juggle Too few jobs available, too few equipped Too few role models, just and pimps
Will you succumb, will your grow numb Or will you save the world, and use your mind a gun? I'm the one I turn a kid to a soldier Me and The Roots, up, we takin' over
To all my people, just your fist Seem like it no peace, no justice How you want it, the bullet or the Either way you got to your fist
We get it like this To all my people, ball up your Word up it no peace, no justice How you it, the bullet or the microchip?
To all my people, lift your fist How you it there's no peace, no justice From the bullet or form the microchip? way you got to lift your fist
We get it like this lift your fist Come on my yo it ain't no justice Dig it, uh, uh