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Big stacks
Watch the flames get higher
If I were bacon I'd be scared of the fire too
Fake news
Watch the president shake
As we get closer to the top of the gates
As we get closer to a life with fair wages
As we get closer to a life without cages
I won't stop until I'm dead or I'm caught
Won't have to worry bout my brother getting shot
Won't have to worry bout my brothers getting hung up
Won't have to worry about cutting y'all some slack
Won't have to worry bout the fall or the come up
Won't have to bite my tongue when y'all are being wack
Big Stack
Watch the flames get higher
If I were bacon I'd be scared of the fire too
Fake news
Watch the president shake
As we get closer to the top of the gates
Wake Up
Body and brain
Is your brain ready baby
Stop faking
sure we're afraid
And there's no shame
Still I feel ready for change
Tell me
What have we got to loose
Tell em we're owed our dues (be a hero)
And they're out of time
So wake up
Body and brain
We're on the move, look out
Give Back, give black
You're hired
I wish somebody'd fire ol you're fired
I wish somebody'd give the baby a bath
And wash the grime so he could see what he had
30 bil at 25 a year , thats wack
I could do a better job
And that's a fact jack
Tie him up
And then we'll take him out back
Said suicide
Don't give him slack it's do or die
Time to take over
Override the system
Time to take over
Look over shoulders or look in their eyes
I'm gleeful to witness their look of surprise
As we tear down the system the house of white ties
The system of murder and cold blood genocide
Over eager flies
Mouths full of black lies
I'd rather have a civil war than racist disguises
Wake Up
Body and brain
Is your brain ready baby
Stop faking
sure we're afraid
And there's no shame
Still I feel ready for change
Tell me
What have we got to loose
Tell em we're owed our dues (be a hero)
And they're out of time
So wake up
Body and brain
We're on the move, look out
Big stacks
Watch the flames get higher
If I were bacon I'd be scared of the fire too
Fake news
Watch the president shake
As we get closer to the top of the gates
As we get closer to a life with fair wages
As we get closer to a life without cages
I won't stop until I'm dead or I'm caught
Won't have to worry bout my brother getting shot
Won't have to worry bout my brothers getting hung up
Won't have to worry about cutting y'all some slack
Won't have to worry bout the fall or the come up
Won't have to bite my tongue when y'all are being wack
Big Stack
Watch the flames get higher
If I were bacon I'd be scared of the fire too
Fake news
Watch the president shake
As we get closer to the top of the gates
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For a ship or a sail made of cotton
For a chain on brown skinned bodies
To a land unknown
It belongs to me
Real life stories of history
For a milk crate ma'am
Here's a penny
For a haircut sir
Have a dime
You there
Back to work
Build my house till my field
Real life stories of history
Cause we built you this shit for free
Take a walk my friends block the streets off
Shut em down until they can hear
Until I get the same
40 acres never came
Think about what your kids will believe
That we built you your shit for free
Real life stories in history
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Circus
05:13
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There's an old man sitting here beside me
He says he's lived the life that I am living now
Though now I'm blind, he says, my hindsight's 20/20
And never once in life I've broken a vow
No never once in life I've broken a vow
Now While you hear my tale, he says, give me no pity
Cause even I one time was foolish as you
I took my pride and pain and moved out to the city
I left my folks and fam to go and find my fame
I left em all behind ain't that a crying shame
Nothing becomes of it, no, nothing but change
And not all for nothing cause I saw a change
I became a soldier want to see it all
But what I saw was dark it's the evil who stand tall
It's the ones who sit and stare at others tries
And laugh upon the disappointment in their eyes
Nothing becomes of it, no, nothing but change
And not all for nothing cause I saw a change
I've seen it all, I've seen it end then start again
I've been alive when suddenly I found me dead
I try to warn many but no one heeds my tale
If you don't learn yourself my friends we'll surely fail
Heed it or not, I figured that I'd probably share
Nothing becomes of it, no, nothing but change
And not all for nothing cause I saw a change
Nothing becomes of it, no, nothing but change
And not all for nothing cause I saw a change
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Masons
05:54
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Dark night
With the stars up above
No clouds
But a song in his head
Two lights
There's a car up ahead
Who's there
Fire's bright
You've been charged with crimes to the kin
Fire's bright
Bastardizing nature's a sin
Fire's bright
Black outside and blacker within
Fire's bright
Ready boy atone for your...
Fire's bright
As she sits lost in thought
Sweat Droplets
Try and remember what he taught you
Don't cry
Don't let them see you bat an eye
It's your time
Tear it down
It's all gonna fall anyway
See what happens
When you steal our lives away
Burn it down
I don't care what pastor would say
Cause I cant breathe
The broken glass sparkles
Snow flurries in summer
I might know a mason
If you could find a potter
I wanna watch the flames turn asphalt into butter
I used to be on the other side
But they're killing all our brothers
Big yawn
It's her first day of school
Her mama's proud
As she ties up her new shoes
She's a big girl
Walks to the bus all by herself
Walks to her favorite tree
Then a scream and cry for help
Cause in her favorite tree
Swings a brown body
And there's somebody else
Says don't you scream or else
But then her daddy shows up
And then her brother shows up
But then the cops show up
The broken glass sparkles
Snow flurries is summer
I might know a mason
If you could find a potter
I wanna watch the flames turn asphalt into butter
I used to be on the other side
But they're killing all our brothers
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Real life stories of history
Yes we built you this shit for free
Then we screamed and we bled until
You'd pretend you were listening to me
I gotta message from a friend
It said why waste your time
Your only worth to them is
Hey boy, these shoes, now shine
I said I only live because of kindness
Not just yours but theirs
And mine, while its not cheap,
For change I guess I'll take the time
A buffalo and bison butt heads they see
7 - 11 want to leave
Cause they arent fans of darker sheens they say
Well, unless you build our shit for free
Fast forward Parks or Jon Ali
Tell me, why is this conspiracy
The villians got away scot free they say
My footmen rot in jail for me
I'm learning backward looking forward
Trying everyday to change
A world I've lived while never feeling safe
I know you've worked hard
Know you've earned it
That's what we've always been told
I'd almost got it
Still never had it
Fuck old gold
A buffalo and bison butt heads they see
7 - 11 want to leave
Cause they arent fans of darker sheens they say
Well, unless you build our shit for free
Fast forward Parks or Jon Ali
Tell me, why is this conspiracy
The villians got away scot free they say
My footmen rot in jail for me
Real life stories of history
Yes we built you this shit for free
Then we screamed and we bled until
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