(featuring Bilal, Ben Jor, Positive Force & Talib Kweli)
[Jorge Ben (scat singing)
[stic.man] (to the ancestors) can't quiet time gon' be more than a riot (to the warriors) can't keep this time gon' be more than a riot (to those who before us) keep quiet this gon' be more than a riot (long lived the revolution) can't quiet this time gon' be more a riot
[stic.man] religion is like keep the people up in different divisions some of them promise you but I see a whole lot of ism-scism imperialism in the of spirituality slave mentality, reality what we supposed to just and smile and be content? sendin our to the clouds? (stic.man - uhn uh) i want my now, freedom on earth and if the preacher ain't with us, we takin his church what is it worth to have the religion when the people got miserable living no water, no lights, no all africa we fight, but we have to unite cause ain't no in the gospel when the priest powder in his nostril and the elder's fails to lead and the children suffer daily need and the can barely eat is it a sin to up to fight against the ones that put is in goddamn, what happened to the daily bread, spread and not the bible said, but in the name of the bible how much love is spread compared to how blood is shed
everyday my get inside the bus (women - and shmiling) everyday its the (women - and shmiling) everyday my people get the bus (women - and shmiling) everyday its the
Ben Jor] (scat singing) (women - and shmiling) x4 everyday its the thing
[Talib yo every day I up is a miracle, thank you religious and the spiritual, thank you see, I dont be askin in the air, every is a prayer the won't attack me, I be, attackin the bear, see back in the day I used to in a bookstore my job was to whatever book you look for i remember one day this lady came for a we was out, so I started showin other titles tryna share information about a that I showed her was written by christians, still she got the up outta the place wonderin something about me shakin her now, knowledge is power, we spread how strong is your what it take to be shaken? yo, I think she missed jesus was sayin can't keep your eyes to a revelation you could be in tongues could be of sons and daughters my reflection of course, the water is beautiful, attractive, my contraption classified as practice but thats what it to be a man free the land, crash down on babylon like the sea to the peace to the fam, we want you all to stay and live long a de la song, c'mon
[stic.man & Talib keep quiet this time gon' be more than a keep quiet this time gon' be than a riot can't quiet this time be more than a riot can't quiet time gon' be more than a riot
this way of life, right all day and night and don't fight poped up, up three jobs to fill the gold cup no water, no food, no lights, no no power til the unite it's - divison and they work us in prison round, how my niggas is livin everything we make, takin it to the bank while we sittin up in the to give thanks don't you the preacher got bank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh) don't you know the deacon smoke (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh) did you ever think the bible was a (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh) bout to faint before they had the bible, we had the land now, we got the bible, got the land and what do you in, heaven or hell? life is what you it, so thats why I rebel sam, got blood on his hands good god, how the can dance nobody wanna a nigga put your together, do it yourself my nigga don't sit you won't have rushin to die so do something don't suffer and smile
[Jorge Ben (scat singing)
(repeats until end) africa, africa, aids is africans, africans,