Warlords

Shots fired in the sun
Warlords got me on the run
My children starving and diseased
On a ship of refugees

Ain't no way out when you in this deep
Ain't no way out its a tragedy
Shots fired in the sun
Warlords got me on the run

Verse 1

(Now) Everybody move - to the back of the bus, heard they zip tying hands - and they're baggin 'em up
Word on the street is - you can hitch a ride, said word on the street - if you stay you're gonna die
In the oven till I'm fried - in the pot till I'm baked, still diggin' out the bodies - that got buried in the quake
Shaking out stone - kid bathe by the lake, till I score thirty carat - imma make my getaway

Cuz' they burn 'em by the dozen - sometimes everyday, if there's fire once a week - they must be running low on flame
Monkey in the bush - looking pretty tame, when you got a human being - who don't have any shame
Only had a number - never had a name, snitching on my mother - never knew another way
Used to have a brother - but the rebels had him slain, in the name of God - so I really can't complain

Shots fired in the sun
Warlords got me on the run
My children starving and diseased
On a ship of refugees

Ain't no way out when you in this deep
Ain't no way out its a tragedy
Shots fired in the sun
Warlords got me on the run

Verse 2

(Now) Underneath the canopy - no one can hear you when you scream, in the village where i'm from - warcries wake you from your dream
It's all part of the scheme - and it's goes up to the Queen, the crown jewels taken - from an indentured colony
Now would you follow follow me - if I spit the prophecy, if you give the minors wine - you can make the kids believe
Heard outside the gate - is so disorderly, the viceroy himself - has no authority

How he win the vote - without majority, heard the waters unpoliced - and it's ripe for piracy
Children orphaned on the street - and their ripe for tyranny, hope you put the money down - to get the warranty
Cut a contract - on a script of heresy, rebel general - based in the embassy
Know far and wide - for lack of clemency, pillaging the cities - amputating enemies