It was hard to over the gunshots round back and forth And then he He I'm looking for a ending I said, "We never had beginnings" I'm on my knees, I'm praying, I'm on my But, now I'm an easy target for to attack me Liberals and intellectuals justifying my But when the cameras ain't here, they ain't no where Oh, so eloquent, watch pontificate When the smoke clears, the blogs re-build estate You sitting in your academic Tweeting the hour while the poor fights the power Oh stop it, oh it, you and your non-profit With a full of promise based on bad economics Put ballot in the air, pull out a lighter, then burn it We just giveaway votes, make them earn it Politicians don't care cuz' don't see a need They won't care till we on the same concrete We burning down the neighborhoods we live at If we don't own it, well do something to change that It change Watts, it ain't doing much now Watch the philosophers argue while 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 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, Why stop I haven't caught the holy yet Sing a little louder, we can drown out the We build an antebellum, they too busy to I hear disturbing things come so-called "Christians" Quick to justify your death Because of a record or how a man dressed Thugs I guess, only perfect people get If that was the way, there'll be no one in the faith True flaw, America kills and hides the law purchase this land with violence, but never count the cost Put a dollar to your ear, you can hear the moaning of a America the great was built off the labor that they Jefferson and Washington were peace pursuers But, John Brown was a terrorist and an evil Oh yes, God bless the 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 thing Is it a ballot or a bullet? Let me 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 people ask yo' head to the sky Another man dies and man cries Lord, em' cry He said, "Stop, pull it" a minute, a ballot or a bullet? What's your standard? Where you What's views? What gives you the to the think the way that you do? Is it Is it news? Is it man's wisdom? Is it Why listen you can make your own decisions? funny how some people see the Lord Some see him as a see him with a sword The Lord who sin showed grace to the thief Saved the lonely from being stoned in the street He was holy, but he with the sinful Drove out the wicked by flipping tables in the temple He a wrongful death, yet he remained silent But, he he coming back, and he is bringing violence Many people him just to make 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, maybe it is Maybe, it is Maybe, Yo, Travis Hey man, Friday morning I've meaning to call you I'd to get your take on some of these things I've thinking more and more about the issues And I think it be good to hear what you think I'm trying to make of some things And, I make sure I have a better picture of what's going on So, meet Call me back and we'll make it happen in the care man Bye