It was hard to over the gunshots Running round back and And he said He I'm for a happy ending I said, "We never had beginnings" I'm on my knees, I'm praying, I'm on my But, now I'm an target for them to attack me Liberals and intellectuals justifying my But when the ain't here, they ain't no where near Oh, so eloquent, them pontificate When the smoke clears, the blogs re-build estate You sitting in academic tower Tweeting around the hour while the fights the power Oh stop it, oh stop it, you and your a heart full of promise based on bad economics Put your in the air, pull out a lighter, then burn it We just votes, make them Democrats earn it Politicians don't care cuz' don't see a need won't care till we bleed on the same concrete We burning down the where we live at If we don't own it, well do something to change that It didn't change Watts, it ain't doing now Watch the philosophers argue Rome burns down Bang, bang, Bang, bang, the gun, they gon' do the same thing Bang, bang, Bang, bang, Reload the gun, they gon do the same Is it a ballot or a Let me know Should I fight or should I pray? Who's my Are they with a pistol or a vote? Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Maybe, Why now? I haven't the holy ghost yet Sing a little louder, we can out the protests We build an antebellum, too busy to listen I hear disturbing things from so-called "Christians" Quick to justify your death Because of a criminal record or how a man I guess, only perfect people get grace If that was the way, there'll be no one in the faith True flaw, kills and hides behind the law purchase this land with violence, but never count the cost Put a dollar to your ear, you can the moaning of a slave America the great was built off the labor they gave Jefferson and were great peace pursuers But, John was a terrorist and an evil doer Oh yes, God the American Revolution But, God ain't for all the riots and the Bang, bang, Bang, bang, Reload the gun, they gon' do the thing Bang, bang, Bang, bang, Reload the gun, they gon do the thing Is it a ballot or a bullet? Let me Should I fight or should I Who's my foe? Are killing with a pistol or a vote? Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Maybe, Before man dies And another mom The people ask Keep yo' to the sky Another man and another man cries Lord, em' cry He said, "Stop, don't it" a minute, a ballot or a bullet? What's your standard? Where you What's your What gives you the right to the the way that you do? Is it Is it news? Is it wisdom? Is it religion? Why listen you can make your own decisions? It's funny how some people see the see him as a pacifist Some see him with a The Lord who hated sin showed grace to the Saved the prostitute from being stoned in the street He was holy, but he with the sinful out the wicked by flipping over tables in the temple He took a death, yet he remained silent But, he said he back, and he is bringing violence Many people isolate him just to him fit their cause Never too involved in a greater at all So, are there two totally unrelated Or, maybe one Christ, and he's pretty complicated Pretty complicated Or, it is both Maybe, it is Maybe, Yo, Travis Hey man, it's Friday been meaning to call you I'd love to get your take on of these things I've been thinking and more about the issues And I think it would be good to hear you think I'm trying to make sense of some And, I wanna make sure I a better picture of what's going on So, meet Call me back and we'll make it in the schedule Take man Bye