(featuring Bilal, Jorge Ben Jor, Positive & Talib Kweli)
Ben Jor] (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 than a riot (to those who came before us) keep quiet this time gon' be more than a riot (long the revolution) can't keep this gon' be more than a riot
[stic.man] religion is prison keep the people up in different divisions of them promise you heaven but I see a whole lot of bullshit in the form of spirituality slave mentality, reality what we supposed to just suffer and smile and be our prayers to the clouds? (stic.man - uhn uh) i want my now, freedom on earth and if the preacher ain't with us, then we his church what is it worth to the biggest religion when the people got miserable living no water, no lights, no all over we fight, but we have to unite cause no power in the gospel the priest puttin powder in his nostril and the elder's council to lead and the children suffer from need and the people can eat is it a sin to up to fight against the ones that put is in goddamn, what to the daily bread, spread love and not what the bible said, but in the name of the how much love is compared to how much 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 its the same thing
[Talib yo day I wake up is a miracle, thank you seperate and the spiritual, thank you see, I dont be in the air, every action is a prayer the won't attack me, I be, attackin the bear, see in the day I used to work in a bookstore my job was to find book you look for i one day this lady came for a bible we was out, so I started showin here titles share information about a religion everything that I showed her was by christians, still she got the up outta the place wonderin about me shakin her faith now, knowledge is power, we information how strong is your what it take to be shaken? yo, I think she missed what jesus was can't keep your eyes closed to a you could be in tongues could be speakin of sons and my reflection of course, the water is beautiful, attractive, my contraption classified as unusual but thats what it to be a man free the land, down on babylon like the sea to the sand peace to the fam, we want you all to stay strong and long a de la song, c'mon
[stic.man & Talib can't quiet this gon' be more than a riot can't quiet this time be more than a riot keep quiet this time gon' be more a riot can't quiet time gon' be more than a riot
this way of life, ain't pray all day and night and don't poped up, up work three jobs to fill the cup no water, no food, no lights, no no til the people unite it's gone - divison and they work us in look round, how my niggas is we make, they takin it to the bank while we sittin up in the church to give 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 was a prank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh) bout to faint before they had the bible, we had the land now, we got the bible, they got the and what do you believe in, heaven or life is what you make it, so why I rebel uncle sam, got blood on his good god, how the can dance nobody help a nigga put your together, do it yourself my nigga sit there you won't nobody rushin to die so do don't just suffer and smile
[Jorge Ben (scat singing)
(repeats until end) africa, africa, is killin africans, africans,