Our father, trying to pray for peace but everyday it's getting harder
Can't even scroll my phone without somebody getting slaughtered
And even with our cameras up, no charges getting brought up
They body slam my daughters and they execute our fathers
Make us pray for peace because of what the pastor taught us
Never trusting police because of what the past has taught us
They lawless and they heartless, they evil and they godless
This is holy war regardless and it's evident I'm militant
That don't mean I'm violent, contrary to your rights
It ain't right to remain silent, not when all our kids are dying
Somebody gotta fight to protect what's right, so when faced with violence
Violence is what you do to protect your life and I can't keep quiet
We can't keep on marching at rallies or have another riot
Trying to boycott, but motherfuckers are still buying
And bullets are still flying, and niggas are still dying
And people are still crying
Military mind state, organize the village
Respect, protect our women, form a circle 'round our childrens
Elders at the center, we rely upon they wisdoms
Guidance and they council, show minors why they livin'
Brother can't do much from in the grave or in the prison
A nigga think he free and really slave to them systems
Victim or a villain, I refuse to play the victim
See my sister ain't no bitch, my brothers ain't no nigga
First we edify the language, then unify the gangs
Set aside our differences, we banging for the same things
It's ghetto scriptures encoded it in slang
Then I put it in the music, so I put it on your brain
Yeah, I teach them how to use it, yeah, I show them where to end
Yeah, I pull them to the side, yeah, I put them up on gang
We give 'em food for thought and let it stimulate the brain
We can build a nation up and tear devil out the frame, bang
Can't you see that we under attack? They shooting us in our backs
No knife at a gunfight, yeah, San Fransisco just taught us that
We can't run forever cause Walter Scott had just taught us that
Hands up, I can't breathe, look how they choked that man
A black life is worth more than a hashtag
And more than a picket sign, we living in wicked time
We can't call the cops on the cops when the cops committing crimes
No indictment for they killers, tell 'em, knock one down
Riots and rallies ain't shit
The iceberg is always bigger than the tip, trip
Found guilty by a jury of six, bitches
A dead man take the stand as his own witness
This is the America I live in
The criminals roam free and the victims go to prison
But we was born in prison, been living in poor conditions
So death is the sentence, and your skin is your conviction
I realize since the trial, we ain't winnin'
I realize we alive, we ain't livin'
We spent a lifetime tryna fix a broken system
On our knees pleadin', beggin', prayin', hopin' and wishin'
Please, I ain't signing no petitions
I take a new position, tryna break a broken system
Until it's broke and won't work for nobody
If it don't work for everybody, can't work for anybody
So say the Panther Party
Fred Hampton, Dr. King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey
And yours truly, screaming fifty slugs for Moody
People love is our duty, we got to have unity
Fortify our families and build stronger communities
Educate our children, afford them with opportunity
Show them how to love black before they reach puberty
Cause knowledge itself gives them immunities