《Gather Round》歌词

[00:00:22] Ain't no stopping the calling I'm a warrior scholar

[00:00:25] With the pad and the pen or with the sword and the chopper

[00:00:28] Look at how far I got if you lost I could guide you

[00:00:31] In between two extremes like Safa and Marwa

[00:00:34] In the desert like Bedouins in search of water

[00:00:36] Except we're thirsting for power up in this urban drama

[00:00:39] Every day our sons and daughters are led to the slaughter

[00:00:42] Indoctrinated by a complacent social order

[00:00:45] Decapitated they're trying to cut our jugular vain

[00:00:48] That's the sacred lifeline from heart to the brain

[00:00:50] Make us blind to mankind's suffering pain

[00:00:53] Ugliness worldwide that's done in our name

[00:00:56] So the only thing we're seeing is what we can gain

[00:00:59] Precious blood shed in vain and nothing is changed

[00:01:02] Drugged up in daze in a comfortable maze

[00:01:04] Upscale slaves in luxury cages

[00:01:07] But the weak keep crying and the innocent dying

[00:01:10] And these are the times when the real freedom fighters gather 'round

[00:01:15] I said the cities catch fire and the flames grow higher

[00:01:21] And the poor and the pious get inspired and decide to gather

[00:01:24] 'Round

[00:01:27] When the times get dire and the mighty are liars

[00:01:32] And the righteous fighting for their life get organized and gather

[00:01:36] 'Round

[00:01:38] When the prophets are silenced and the tyrants are giants

[00:01:43] And David sets his sights on Goliath and we finally gather

[00:01:46] 'Round

[00:01:52] Hostile environment locked in a conflict

[00:01:55] Wandering lost in an impossible climate

[00:01:57] Boxed in confinement democracy hostage

[00:02:00] Bound for the towers monsters in the cockpit

[00:02:03] Following blind unconscious accomplice

[00:02:06] Judged by time indicted for our silence

[00:02:09] Couple years ago I made a statement

[00:02:11] Can't figure a single Goddamn way to change it

[00:02:14] As of late I made adjustments to my language

[00:02:16] Numbers are the only thing the people gain strength in

[00:02:19] If we're going to change we got to step up our relations

[00:02:22] Got to see our own selves in each other's faces

[00:02:25] Share each other's spaces give each other room

[00:02:27] And hear each other's pain bare witness to the truth

[00:02:31] And the ground gets holy when the ground is stood

[00:02:34] And the goods may odd but the odds are good

[00:02:42] [Hook

[00:03:08] "That is why I challenge you now to stand together. Because together we've got

[00:03:28] Power and we can make decisions."

[00:03:33] Justice...

[00:03:34] Is somewhere in between reading sad poems and 40 ounces of gasoline crashing

[00:03:38] Through windows

[00:03:40] Justice...

[00:03:40] Is between plans and action

[00:03:42] Between writing letters to congressmen and clapping a captain

[00:03:46] Between raising legal defense funds and putting a gun on the bailiff and taking the

[00:03:50] Judge captive

[00:03:51] It is between prayer and fasting

[00:03:53] Between burning and blasting

[00:03:55] Freedom...

[00:03:56] Is between the mind and the soul

[00:03:59] It is between the lock and load

[00:04:01] Between the zeal of the young and the patience of the old

[00:04:04] Freedom...

[00:04:05] Is between the finger and the trigger

[00:04:07] It is between the page and the pen

[00:04:09] Between the grenade and the pin

[00:04:11] Between righteous anger and keeping one in the chamber

[00:04:14] So I say down with Goliath

[00:04:16] I say down with Goliath

[00:04:17] But we must learn, know, write, read

[00:04:21] We must kick, bite, yell, scream

[00:04:25] We must pray, fast, live, dream, fight, kill and die

[00:04:35] Free