Hands up
Turn my mic up louder, turn up the mic volume
I got to say somethin. I have something to say
Light weight step it aside, gently avoid it
when we comin. When we come
Feel it in your chest, feel it with your heart
the syllables get pumpin. Feel every syllable
People on the street, people on the street
They panic and start running. They flee in terror
Words on loose leaf, every sentence on the loose leaf
Sheet complete coming. Every word is in front of me
I jump on my mind, I rack my brains
I summon the rhyme of dumping. Make the chaotic rhythm clear
Feeling the blind, blind feeling
I promise to let the sun in. I promise to see the sun
Sick of the dark ways
we march to the drumming. Jump when they tell us What did they say
They want to see jumping. They want to see our change
F*** that, I want to go to hell
see some fist pumping. I just want to see my first feeling
Risk something. Dare to take risks
Take backwards yours
Say something that you know Tell me what you know
They might attack you for Maybe you will be attacked by them
cause I'm sick of being treated I hate being treated like this
like I have before.
Like a stupid standing for
what I'm standing for.
Like this war is really just like this just war
a different brand of war. A different brand of war
Like a dozen catered rich A bunch of rich people with adequate food and clothing
and an abandoned poor. and a homeless man abandoned by life
Like they understand you
in the back of the jet, in the back of the jet
When you can't put gas in your tank.
When you can't refuel the tank
These f***ers are laughing their way
to the bank and cashing their check to the bank Cash their checks
asking you to have compassion and to have some respect. Asking you to bring some compassion and respect
For a leader so nervous a nervous leader
in unobvious ways
Stuttering and mumbling
for nightly news to replay news that is repeated every night
and the rest of the world The survivors in the world
watching at the end of the day Watching the end of the day
in the living room laughing and laughter echoing in the room
p>like what did he say? Like what he said in the past?
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen
In my living room watching, from my room
But I am not laughing.
'Cause when it gets tense, because things are getting worse
I know what might happen. I know what will happen.
The world is cold, this cold world
The bold men take action. Action
Have to react, have to resist
To getting blown into fractions. Get a moment of respite
10 years old is something to see, look at those A 10-year-old kid
Another kid my age drugged under a G, a kid my age was lost under a G
Taking about and found later under a tree, they found The letter under the tree
I wonder if he thought the next one could be me. I wonder if he thought the next one could be me.
Do you see? See
The soldiers that are out today. Those soldiers who are far away from us
That brush the dust with bulletproof vests away. Gently sweep away the dust on the bulletproof vests
It's ironic. How ironic
At times like this you pray, you pray from time to time
But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday. temple
There's bombs in the buses, bikes, roads, inside your markets, your shops, your coves
>My dad, he's got a lot of fear I know dad, I know how much fear he has faced
but enough pride inside to let that show. But I am proud to face it all
My brother had a book he would hold with pride My brother had a book that he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine. A little red cover with a broken spine
In the back he hand wrote a quote inside, at the end of the book he wrote the introduction
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die. Politicians who wage war suffer the common people
and the rest of the world the survivors
watching at the end of the day watching the end of the day
both scared and angry Angry
like what did he say? Like what he said in the past
Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen. Amen Amen Amen Amen Amen
With Hands Held High
into a sky so blue
the ocean opens up
to swallow you. You swallow up
With Hands Held High
into a sky so blue
the ocean opens up gradually
to swallow you. Swallow you
With Hands Held High
into a sky so blue
the ocean opens up gradually
to swallow you. With Hands Held High
into a sky so blue the sky
the ocean opens up gradually
to swallow you. engulf you
With Hands Held High
into a sky so blue Stretch into the blue sky
the ocean opens up gradually
to swallow you. Swallow you
With Hands Held High Raise your hands
into a sky so blue
Reaching into the blue sky
the ocean opens up gradually
to swallow you. Swallow you