Y'all want that anthem music?
Come and get that stand-up music
That raise ya hand-up music
I told y'all "Be about it"
Y'all like "I tweeted about it
Don't be so mean about it
I'm down to read about it
You flipped that avi right?
Can't say I'm racist, right?"
A sorta-die-for-it martyr
'Cause most don't notice the system
'Til it turn against them
If what it takes is all of me
I'm still not who I'm meant to be
I'm holding back, I just relax
Livin' a lie, livin' a lie
Apathetic i'm complicit in the prejudice
It's automatic i take advantage being born
But what's a blessing when it generates
For the privilege of another?
In my whitewashed tomb i've become immune
If what it takes is all of me
I'm still not who I'm meant to be
I'm holding back, I just relax
Livin' a lie, livin' a lie
Playin' with fire, playin' with fire
Livin' a lie, playin' with fire
If what it takes is all of me
I'm still not who I'm meant to be
When I react, I just retract
Livin' a lie, livin' a lie
Playin' with fire, playin' with fire
Livin' a lie, playin' with fire
Area codes etched under layers of epidermis
Guarantee it's permanence
At this point it's obvious
And young war zone, lose ya in Fallujah
I hope you find shelter 'fore
Them goons come bruise ya
And when the homies gain thrones
Boy, it ain't no game, bro
I shouldn't how a body goes
But go'n close your browser
Of participation is great, right?
Man, we did something right
And I've struggled with hugging my daughters
Knowing homies who can't no more
While living in the tension
Of the world's imperfection
Locking in the sovereign reign of
Trusting He'll make right all things
He'll make right all things
No one is safe from the gods we create
No one escapes heaven's justice unpaid