Sherman Austin - Raise the Fist Lyrics
raise my fist like an african straight from apartheidstraight livin in a class warseeing people die poorvictims of a systemI ain't takin no moreI raise my fist cus I want that justicedon't get my freedombout to take my freedomya bout to face the wrath of a peoples army comin back to you yawhen I raise my fistfeel thiswhen i'm on the mic yo I won't stopcus i'm trying to incite thatrevolutionary power comin back to the peopleblack power brown powerlink it upa force that's lethalthink about itwhen the youth organizewhen the gangs organizewhen all the people in the penetentries get organizedwe build one armyand I call it Raise the FistRaise the FistBaghdad to Wattswarfaretakin the block backfeelin like an Iraqi in Fallujawhen my blood drips every ounce is comin out the gas pumpWall Street's keepin the capital clamp downwith the devil in your walletlike a leash to the beastyou want peace?tell it to the occupation running down your streetstell it to the politricks who gettin paid to keep you living on your kneestell bush who don't give a ***** about your rightstell Condalisa Riceand all the rest of Uncle Tomswho kill they own on Uncle Scam's lynch mobyou can bet I got your memo AshcroftHalliburton, middle east, crack rock, in the hoodI know your war plansI know they way you did my freedom fighters with your COINTELPRO manso tell Feinsteinand all the rest of you sellout politicians that this is only the beginingwhen I raise my fistraise my fistWhere you gunna stand when it all goes down?when these pigs run up in your neighborhoodthey kickin down doorsa search warant with a 12 gaugewere you gunna stand when they got a bullet with your namethis revolution ain't no gameit ain't no fassionbetter have a passion about rebellionbetter have your aim set rightlike never gunna hesitate to run up against a tech9with a knifelike bringin it to the beastno matter if they do us like they did Fred Hampton , Shaka Sankofa , or Stan tookiethey can bring itrevolutionaries don't diewe multiplyi put my fist up in salute to all the soldiers who seized the timefearless no matter whatthe feds repress with bulletsbut they still outta lucka new guerrilla's born with every shotso let the flame take flightcus the peoples war never stopsraise the fist
