It was to hear over the gunshots Running back and forth And he said He I'm for a happy ending I said, "We had happy beginnings" I'm on my knees, I'm praying, I'm on my But, now I'm an easy for them to attack me and intellectuals justifying my anger But when the cameras ain't here, ain't no where near Oh, so eloquent, them pontificate the smoke clears, the blogs re-build real estate You in your academic tower Tweeting around the hour while the fights the power Oh stop it, oh it, you and your non-profit a heart full of promise based on bad economics Put ballot in the air, pull out a lighter, then burn it We just votes, make them Democrats earn it Politicians don't cuz' they don't see a need won't care till we bleed on the same concrete We burning down the neighborhoods where we at If we own it, well let's do something to change that It change Watts, it ain't doing much 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 or a bullet? Let me know Should I fight or should I pray? my foe? Are they killing with a pistol or a Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Maybe, Why now? I haven't the holy ghost yet Sing a louder, we can drown out the protests We build an antebellum, they too to listen I hear disturbing come from so-called "Christians" Quick to justify your man's Because of a record or how a man dressed Thugs I guess, only perfect get grace If that was the way, there'll be no one in the faith True flaw, America and hides behind the law They purchase this land with violence, but count the cost Put a dollar to your ear, you can hear the of a slave America the great was built off the labor they gave Jefferson and were great peace pursuers But, John Brown was a terrorist and an doer Oh yes, God bless the American But, God for all the riots and the looting Bang, bang, Bang, bang, Reload the gun, they 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 I pray? Who's my foe? Are they killing with a or a vote? Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Maybe, Before man dies And another mom The ask why? yo' head to the sky Another man dies and man cries Lord, em' cry He said, "Stop, pull it" Wait a minute, a or a bullet? What's your Where you stand? your views? What gives you the right to the think the way you do? Is it Is it news? Is it man's Is it religion? Why listen when you can your own decisions? It's funny how people see the Lord Some see him as a 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 Drove out the wicked by over tables in the temple He took a wrongful death, yet he remained But, he said he coming back, and he is violence Many isolate him just to make him fit their cause Never too in a greater context at all So, are there two christs unrelated Or, maybe there's one Christ, and he's complicated Pretty complicated Or, maybe it is Maybe, it is Maybe, Yo, it's Hey man, Friday morning I've been meaning to you I'd love to get your take on of these things I've been thinking more and more about the And I think it would be good to hear you think I'm trying to sense of some things And, I wanna make sure I have a better picture of going on So, let's Call me and we'll make it happen in the schedule Take man Bye