It was hard to over the gunshots Running back and forth And then he He I'm looking for a ending I said, "We had happy beginnings" I'm on my knees, I'm praying, I'm on my But, now I'm an target 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, watch them When the smoke clears, the blogs re-build real You in your academic tower Tweeting the hour while the poor fights the power Oh it, oh stop it, you and your non-profit With a heart full of based on bad economics Put your ballot in the air, pull out a lighter, then it We just giveaway votes, them Democrats earn it Politicians don't care cuz' they don't see a won't care till we bleed on the same concrete We burning the neighborhoods where we live at If we don't own it, well let's do to change that It change Watts, it ain't doing much now the philosophers argue while Rome burns down Bang, bang, Bang, bang, Reload the gun, they do the same thing Bang, bang, Bang, bang, Reload the gun, gon do the same thing Is it a ballot or a Let me know Should I fight or should I pray? my foe? Are killing with a pistol or a vote? Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Maybe, Why now? I haven't caught the ghost yet Sing a little louder, we can out the protests We build an antebellum, they too to listen I disturbing things come from so-called "Christians" Quick to justify man's death Because of a criminal or how a man dressed 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 They purchase this land with violence, but never the cost Put a dollar to your ear, you can hear the moaning of a America the was built off the labor that they gave Jefferson and Washington were great pursuers But, John Brown was a terrorist and an evil Oh yes, God the American Revolution But, God for all the riots and the looting Bang, bang, Bang, bang, Reload the gun, 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 or should I pray? Who's my foe? Are they with a pistol or a vote? Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Or, maybe, it is Maybe, Before another man And mom cries The ask why? Keep yo' to the sky Another man dies and another man Lord, em' cry He said, "Stop, don't it" a minute, a ballot or a bullet? What's your Where you stand? What's your What gives you the to the think the way that you do? Is it Is it news? Is it wisdom? Is it religion? Why listen when you can your own decisions? It's funny how some people see the Some see him as a see him with a sword The Lord who hated sin showed to the thief Saved the lonely prostitute from being in the street He was holy, but he hung with the Drove out the by flipping over tables in the temple He took a wrongful death, yet he 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 context at all So, are there two christs totally Or, maybe there's one Christ, and pretty complicated Pretty complicated Or, maybe it is Maybe, it is Maybe, Yo, Travis Hey man, it's morning I've been to call you I'd love to get your on some of these things I've been thinking more and more about the And I think it would be good to hear what you 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 and we'll make it happen in the schedule Take man Bye