Jon Connor - Rise Up Lyrics
feat. Talib Kweli[Verse 1: Jon Connor]Look where we headed, niggas want baby mamas instead of weddingsThey holler "she crazy" - you knew that before you got her pregnantVisualize the dream of Malcolm and Martin oppositeWe all God's children, making the devil's adoption listFree will keep overriding our common senseBorn with a conscious, but over time we build up a toleranceImmunity to scrutiny, that's just how the world turnAnd Alfred taught me some people just want to watch the world burnAshes to ashes after flashes of decisions madeThe world disintegrates, that's shallow, just take centre stageAs I pen this page, some would say that I'm a renegadeCleanin' out my closet, I'm just man enough to renovateSeduction or corruption'll have us all *****edBefore we all stuck, see the light before we awestruckBack to that baby mama, nigga, here your little boy comeLifetime to build a future, only seconds to destroy one[Hook: Jon Connor]Rise - they say my methods is a weaponSay hello to Mr. AK47Send me to the jeweller or the reverendCause I'm 'bout to spray this extra clip I left inSo rise, mother*****er, riseOh, what's the point?You will die or probably commit suicide to this jointMy nigga, they say my message is a weaponSay hello to Mr. AK47[Verse 2: Jon Connor]Before they close my casket, I want my words to reach to the massesBefore they have me in shackles sayin' I didn't pay my taxesWe laughing, but what's wack is that this shit could actually happenShit is real life, the lights and the cameras is just distractionsSpoon sped out the mob from the time we open our eyesWe don't try to seek the truth, we more comfortable with the liesLike if I told you black was blue and you never knew all this timeOr 1+1 was really 3, you'd go out of your *****ing mindKids is suicidal, homicidal, wanna be famousHopin' that the video of the trial gon' go viralHow we've spiralled as a generation, not enough answersToo many questions, I close my eyes and count my blessingsI'm realistic about this life, shit, that's why I write shitThat'll make a nigga think twice and focus on the right shitWhen happiness ain't got a price, man, that shit is pricelessBut it takes some folks they whole life to recognize this, so[Hook][Verse 3: Talib Kweli]Violence begets violence, but killers respect the silenceNot religious, but I still pray to God and respect the scienceWe're deaf when the kids is crying, and stare when the TEKs is firingSo we the endangered species, they'd rather protect the lionsIn the Matrix looking for Zion, dying by the gatIs as American as the bacon that they're frying with the fatThey lying, them niggas flat when they clappin' at 'em like blapYour opinion on the matter don't matter, matter of factThey be aiming it at our back cause we market it as a targetWent from modern day prophets to martyrs dying for profitWent from body rockin' to molly poppingNiggas will probably wipe your heartProbably stop at the sight of this nigga rockin'At the supermarket shoppingTrying to cop a shotgun with a debit cardListening to demagoguesWho's representing Brooklyn like DecepticonsThis is the new RenaissanceMy accountant get 5% cause he respect the godsAnnotate[Hook]
