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Riot Act feat. Holly May
04:23
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Yes, we're coming through,
another tune,
A step in stone, a sub to boom
and get you on your feet
Flowing like a river
Superfly killing the back beat,
It's been too long for this story
to be told,
let me proceed,
I want brass, keys, bass, guitar
and a choir,
Give me a beat
and a microphone and
I'll start a fire,
Look in my direction,
let me shine a light to make it brighter,
It's beyond faith and belief,
Don't ever believe the preacher,
We're on a mission to bring
Hip Hop back to it's purest form,
Be careful when you say my name
'cos it follows with a storm
I don't talk for the sake of it,
Just to fill up my cd,
My ink stains paper like blood,
I ain't the average MC
so it's a must.
As I'm beginning to bust another rhyme,
For all you youths to sit back,
Relax and take the time
and listen,
Try to read between every single line,
as I paint the picture,
'cos I ain't no deceiver,
Now if you wanna believe
the MPs, News and the Paper,
Then I won't waste my breath
and got no beef with ya either,
But let me remind you,
That our freedom has been seized,
and theres a war goin' on
In our town and the streets,
The government giving people artificial
power and voice,
But who knows what really goes on
behind closed doors,
School kids packing tools
instead of lunch boxes,
Smoking weed comes before
learning how to add numbers,
Sixteen reality kicks in,
You're at the bottom of the pile,
and the highlight of your life
is starring on Jeremy Kyle,
Now you're too old,
You're times gone,
With no one to listen,
You're a user with two kids
and no pot to piss in.
(Holly May)
'Cos as,
Time goes on,
I can feel it getting stronger
by the minute.
Won't you,
Come and stand by me
I'm afraid of consequences
if lord had a plan for us
we'd be stronger baby
This is a Riot Act,
It's time to get you off you're knees
and set the world alight,
go out marching on the streets,
the TVs becoming the new Alcatraz
this is an order...
How can you ever bring yourself
to believe the Prime Minister's lies?
When he's spent billions
on jet fighters and missiles,
Then call it providing peace
and national security,
How many charities do we need
to end global poverty?
Many young lives lost for the conflict
the old men have Provoked
And they ain't gonna stop
until the middle east turns to rubble,
How many more years
are we gonna run into battle
and fight wars
brought on us by bush
it ain't logical
We got plenty of battles to fight
on our own soil
We got too many living
on the streets and in jail
Year after year budget cutbacks
are breaking backs
Something ain't right
with the way the government and the banks act
When the rich rob the poor
they label it as business
But when the poor fight back
in the news they call it violence
Families working hard
and hardly making it by
Mothers at the grave of soldiers
who were too young to die
Do you wonder
What the fuck are the schools teaching our kids?
Making future astronauts,
doctors and scientists? (NO)
Tell me the reason why
you became a police officer
Was it the authority, the badge
the gun or the car?
You brainwashed, robot,
rubber bullet preachers; causing disaster
And your government's setting the stage
for a new world order
Fuck all of you,
a bunch of blood thirsty fascist pigs
From blood of the innocent on your hands,
your whole body reeks
If they hit you, hit them back,
and send a message to the rest
'Cos I've never seen the results in
peaceful protest
There's higher power
planting seeds for next generation
Of obedient machines
who will work and listen
I guess the moral of the story is
we need to change the law
'Cos no one's licking off shots
it doesn't mean we ain't at war
We need to take charge
and start calling the shots
Or the illuminate will bring
darkness upon us,
UH!
(Holly May)
Time still goes on,
But we're still
pushing hard
but getting nowhere
we need to let it breathe
I'm afraid of consequences
'cos if lord had a plan for us
we'd be stronger baby
This is a Riot Act
its time to get you
off your knees
and set the world alight
go out marching on the streets
the TVs becoming the new Alcatraz
this is an order...
Order in the house.
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(Josh Franklin)
The rising sun shines, a new thought in our minds,
when will the truth rise, above a thousand lies?
It's time to end the pain, we will lose before we gain,
these days will soon be gone, the memories will stay.
I believe that this system's full of murder and crime,
and all the alcohol and drugs is just to keep you in line,
while all the paper and the media flexing our minds,
without a doubt they use the name of god to keep the man blind.
this is the day, this is the time, we've gotta all become one,
for thirty years they took the will to live form us in Iran,
devil himself's the man who rules, miseducation in news,
in the schools in college, feeding us false knowledge,
brainwashed by religion, we follow paths like a sheep,
there's a pain in my heart, and the wound is too deep,
spreading drugs between the kids is how they keep them on their knees,
pushing dope in the vein, instead of knowledge to the brain,
and gaining pleasure from the pain, doesn't it drive you insane?
that they've tapped into your brain and playing you like a game?
to make you forget about the world, and the reason we're here,
blind folded in cuffs, slavery for the vulture welfare,
MK Ultra project is taking its toll, in simpler words this is operation mind control,
but the time has come to stop the crimes against our society,
'cos the ones holding the guns are shaking with infirmity,
after all we're humans, we're no stranger to war,
so if they're gonna bring on heat then we've got some guns to draw,
your anger is a gift so they can not desecrate,
when we stick together, die or live forever,
we gotta march to the end, brother sister and friend,
raise your fists in the air, we have a war to declare.
(Josh Franklin)
The rising sun shines, a new thought in our minds,
when will the truth rise, above a thousand lies?
With the worlds natural source of power getting lower and lower,
and greed and corruption taking over there's a chance to fight the power,
tell me the reason why we're here, on this planet earth,
is it to take, to steal, to rape, to kill anything for what's worth?
you gotta look inside your soul and try to ask yourself why,
and once you know it you'll be hiding from the all seeing eye,
from lack of self belief we made an all seeing god,
whose existence to an agile mind is nothing but fraud.
Make homes instead of bombs, give a helping hand to the poor,
instead of strapping up soldiers and sending them out to war,
they went to Iraq, but bombs aint what they're trying to find,
more soldiers die every year as a result of suicide.
The rush to the future has made us forget where we're from,
so lets take a step back and observe where we went wrong.
This prison is our land, it's home for you and me,
so let's sacrifice and take the first step to be free.
(Josh Franklin)
The rising sun shines, a new thought in our minds,
when will the truth rise, above a thousand lies?
It's time to end the pain, we will lose before we gain,
these days will soon be gone, the memories will stay.
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Politics
03:54
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Stop, listen, and embrace the silence,
'cos soon the streets will be swimming in violence,
take a seat, 'cos my words will leave your nerves unsettled,
shake you to the core and leave your joints rattled.
You're probably gonna laugh at what I'm talkin' about,
'cos you can't decipher the lies that the government spouts,
they say we're fighting for freedom over on foreign soil,
but when you look at the facts, we're trading blood for oil.
You know I wont support a system that needs war to survive,
and now the banks have caused an economic suicide,
'cos they don't care and have no lower class in sight,
the greed's crawled into their minds, just like a parasite.
Instead of spending money on improving healthcare,
it's wasted on drugs war and nuclear warfare, 'cos like a dog,
the system answers to a call and through the mind of a politician,
I see it all.
Yo, bass kick it on the one on my stereo,
you know the government controls what's in the radio,
I see the look in your eyes, are you surprised to see a
graveyard downtown dedicated to homicide.
Another blunt, I'm burning 'em up like paper,
I know the law's coming to look for me sooner or later,
no time to rest though, the feds are here to arrest ya,
'cos you've been smoking the herbs to get you through the cancer.
They'll come in the night and take you from your plastic bed,
and in the cold they'll hold a gun to your head,
you know they'll always deny the benefits hemps can bring,
'cos then they're losing money on selling artificial heroin.
To some life's just a game but in our world it's a war,
raise your fists to resist, or you'll soon be living behind bars,
the system though, it still answers to a call
and through the mind of a politician, I see it all.
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