Rise

Yow I'm sorry if I ain't spittin more of the party
Of rockin em shorties
Puffin blunts and sippin Bacardis
It's probably - cause we hardly get any justice regardless
If it's plain to see
Here comes another army of racist faces with hate disease
It's makin me
Spazz and basically that's the plan
For so-called authorities git minorities in the can
To be murdered and deterred by the poverty yet we stand
I'm a spit on they dominion they'll be no breakin this man
Stand for justice and equality
No love for all them wanna-be's
Claimin illuminati, with sacrilege in they arteries
Just gotta be different
I've grown into cataclysm
I wanna uplift your spirits but the truth is an incision (to the heart)

My roots
Been painted brute & weak
But I know it goes deep
You try to put me down
But I know I'm the crown
You walked a hill so steep
To drown my history
But now I see the light
I know we shall rise

Too many who's lackin leadership
Tainted by petty grievances
Look what the media did
Got us acting on what they feed us with
And these are just the intermediate
Whether you do or don't believe this shit
Seen it with your own eyes & still deny it
There will be war
There will be scars
There's so many in attendance
Slaughtering over which religion is false
Lord forgive them for they know not what they've done
Either way I'm a rise and pick up arms
In the name of my daughters & sons
This is for them
This is for us
This is for the betterment of the newer generation not to be stuck
Not to be corrupted
As a part of the mental massacres
And turn away from intellect because it isn't popular (we rise)

My roots
Been painted brute & weak
But I know it goes deep
You try to put me down
But I know I'm the crown
You walked a hill so steep
To drown my history
But now I see the light
I know we shall rise

And so I stand with the symbolism that says
Power to the people
For the power belongs to the people
Not to the ones who has come to mislead you
Fist to sky
And as I stand firm
I quote these thunderous words
Until the philosophy
Which holds one race superior
And another inferior
Is finally & permanently discredited & abandoned
And until they're no longer first class and
Second class citizens of any nation
Until the colour of a man's skin
Is of no significance than the colour of his eyes
Until then
There will be wars

Rastafar I
Haile Selassie

My roots
Been painted brute & weak
But I know it goes deep
You try to put me down
But I know I'm the crown
You walked a hill so steep
To drown my history
But now I see the light
I know we shall rise

Been painted brute & weak
But I know it goes deep
You try to put me down
But I know I'm the crown
You walked a hill so steep
To drown my history
But now I see the light
I know we shall rise