D.O.S
I tell the DJs what to play
Here, uh
It's time that we declare war on this one right here, yeah
Uh, man, it's time to break up this silence (silence)
We been awfully quiet (yeah)
It ain't time to get turned down
Man, it's time to be tryin' (cryin')
Cryin' out from that rooftop, for this move thought for them giants (yeah)
It ain't time to be peacemaking
Man, it's time to get violent
Yeah, m-m-m-man, it's time to get violent
And it's time to get big mouthed
Serving up with them sirens
How we s'posed to be predeceased
When tolerance is our idol (yeah)
We forming alliances with our rivals (rivals)
Huh, m-m-man, it's time to set it off (set it off)
Civil disobedience ain't never wrong (ain't never wrong)
The last I checked, America was better off
With Martin Luther King and correct, we must
Standing in, do something
Why you playing there, do something
Every time we stop moving, they find a way to remove something
Every time we get lax man, they keep backing know that we lose something
That's how they got our prayer out of their school system (that's how they got it right there)
That's how they got the commandments out of their courthouse
Word of God that got forced out
Voice of God that got tossed out
Supreme court is like a team sport, pass the law to avoid the child
Keep the one percent happy, the other 99 is in the poor house
Will the real Christians stand up? (Stand up)
All the protesters hands up, uh (hands in the air)
Don't nobody wanna feel alone (feel alone)
Tell 'em we declare war
(it's real out here, it's time to take out)
Uh, tell 'em we declare war, uh (it's time to make a stand)
(it's not what I stand for, righteousness)
Tell 'em we declare war
Uproot, tear down, it ain't time to let hair down
Fire at something, take a stand
Hold it up, can't lay it down
Organize, reclaim, education gotta regain (regain)
My generation, they need Christ, but the body on freeze-frame (wake up)
Speak up, speak out, man, I'm looking for the prophets (prophets)
Yeah, he knows it's gon' cost him, God be causing them problems
If they keep talking, we talking light it at all same we talking
Daily pushing agendas, but the body be sleep-walking
I discovered ain't nobody neutral (ain't nobody neutral)
The world is a system, and they try to move us (they trying to set us up)
If not for grace, then all of us would be the same
Huh, but Jesus saved us, so hallelujah
It ain't time to be passive (ain't time)
It ain't time to be cool dude, man, it's time to take action (that's right)
Confontation that's necessary
Temper that with compassion (oh)
Uh, uh, sorry sir, but we ain't dropping our weapons (oh)
Now we standing up on this front line (oh)
Stand in-front of this gun line (oh)
Man, we ready to take shots, standing up is our one crime (oh)
All of this from our mouths talking, man, we feeling like out shoping
It ain't time to be 'bout it, man, it's time to be problem solving, yeah
Will all the real Christians stand up? (Stand up) uh
All the protesters hands up yeah (hands in the air)
Don't nobody wanna feel alone
Tell 'em we declare war
(I can make you say whatever you wanna say)
Uh, tell 'em we declare war, uh (be quite)
(Making difference, making change)
Tell 'em we declare war
I ain't got it down to no science (uh-uh)
Looking round at my climate (look)
Man, I feel like we compromising, lost the eye of that tiger
Me included, I'm the same, coming back with that fire (coming back)
Letting loose, off the chain, coming back with that lion
And it's righteousness that we fighting for, getting back to that righting wrong
Getting back to that black and white, I know I sound like a dinosaur
I'll kick with them hard sins, but if God say it, then it's right on
Love, hope in this war baby, Christ the King and I'm signing off
Here, uh
It's time that we declare war on this one right here, yeah
Uh, man, it's time to break up this silence (silence)
We been awfully quiet (yeah)
It ain't time to get turned down
Man, it's time to be tryin' (cryin')
Cryin' out from that rooftop, for this move thought for them giants (yeah)
It ain't time to be peacemaking
Man, it's time to get violent
Yeah, m-m-m-man, it's time to get violent
And it's time to get big mouthed
Serving up with them sirens
How we s'posed to be predeceased
When tolerance is our idol (yeah)
We forming alliances with our rivals (rivals)
Huh, m-m-man, it's time to set it off (set it off)
Civil disobedience ain't never wrong (ain't never wrong)
The last I checked, America was better off
With Martin Luther King and correct, we must
Standing in, do something
Why you playing there, do something
Every time we stop moving, they find a way to remove something
Every time we get lax man, they keep backing know that we lose something
That's how they got our prayer out of their school system (that's how they got it right there)
That's how they got the commandments out of their courthouse
Word of God that got forced out
Voice of God that got tossed out
Supreme court is like a team sport, pass the law to avoid the child
Keep the one percent happy, the other 99 is in the poor house
Will the real Christians stand up? (Stand up)
All the protesters hands up, uh (hands in the air)
Don't nobody wanna feel alone (feel alone)
Tell 'em we declare war
(it's real out here, it's time to take out)
Uh, tell 'em we declare war, uh (it's time to make a stand)
(it's not what I stand for, righteousness)
Tell 'em we declare war
Uproot, tear down, it ain't time to let hair down
Fire at something, take a stand
Hold it up, can't lay it down
Organize, reclaim, education gotta regain (regain)
My generation, they need Christ, but the body on freeze-frame (wake up)
Speak up, speak out, man, I'm looking for the prophets (prophets)
Yeah, he knows it's gon' cost him, God be causing them problems
If they keep talking, we talking light it at all same we talking
Daily pushing agendas, but the body be sleep-walking
I discovered ain't nobody neutral (ain't nobody neutral)
The world is a system, and they try to move us (they trying to set us up)
If not for grace, then all of us would be the same
Huh, but Jesus saved us, so hallelujah
It ain't time to be passive (ain't time)
It ain't time to be cool dude, man, it's time to take action (that's right)
Confontation that's necessary
Temper that with compassion (oh)
Uh, uh, sorry sir, but we ain't dropping our weapons (oh)
Now we standing up on this front line (oh)
Stand in-front of this gun line (oh)
Man, we ready to take shots, standing up is our one crime (oh)
All of this from our mouths talking, man, we feeling like out shoping
It ain't time to be 'bout it, man, it's time to be problem solving, yeah
Will all the real Christians stand up? (Stand up) uh
All the protesters hands up yeah (hands in the air)
Don't nobody wanna feel alone
Tell 'em we declare war
(I can make you say whatever you wanna say)
Uh, tell 'em we declare war, uh (be quite)
(Making difference, making change)
Tell 'em we declare war
I ain't got it down to no science (uh-uh)
Looking round at my climate (look)
Man, I feel like we compromising, lost the eye of that tiger
Me included, I'm the same, coming back with that fire (coming back)
Letting loose, off the chain, coming back with that lion
And it's righteousness that we fighting for, getting back to that righting wrong
Getting back to that black and white, I know I sound like a dinosaur
I'll kick with them hard sins, but if God say it, then it's right on
Love, hope in this war baby, Christ the King and I'm signing off
Credits
Writer(s): George Jr Clinton, Missy Elliott, Timothy Mosley, Erick Sermon, Reggie Noble, Garry Shider, David Spradley
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