[Killer Mike:]
How long before the hate that we hold lead us to another Holocaust?
Are we so deep in it that we can't end it? Stop, hold, ever call it off.
It's too clear nuclear's too near and the holders of the molotov
Say that revolution's right here, right now and they ain't callin' off.
[El-P:]
Wake up,
Roll an eighth up,
Throw a double finger with a fist.
Here at the abyss
I will be your tour guide,
It is war time,
Check your wrists. (Ready, kids?)
Over to your right, shine a light,
Got a bevy ready for the fight,
I jus' wanna live,
I don't wanna ever have to load a clip,
Only hunt bliss.
I am still a kid in my heart but these motherfuckers sick,
They don't give a shit,
Not at all,
They don't even wanna let you take a little piss in a pot.
Listen along,
They don't want your love,
Shit is bugged,
Motherfuckers steady getting rich from the blood,
Love when you beg,
Trust,
I would sooner put a puckered pair of lips to the sun.
Love'll survive,
Running under iridescent lights for our lives,
I would be surprised if we ever got the feeling so alive as tonight,
Wyle for the night.
Look into my eyes,
I am standing at your side for the fight,
Minds over might,
Swear to God they could barely even see the dog,
They don't see the size of the fight.
[Killer Mike:]
Wake up,
Drink water,
Smoke blunt,
Clean, oil my Kalashnikov,
Stockpile ten for me and friends in case shit get to poppin' off.
The evening news givin' yous views telling you to pick your master for president,
Then behind the curtain, seen the devil workin', came back with some evidence,
I'm here to tell you don't let em tell you what's right wrong,
Make love, smoke kush, fight or laugh hard, and live long,
That's the antidote.
You defeat the devil when you hold onto hope,
'Cause kinfolk life is beautiful and we ain't gotta die for them other men,
And I refuse to kill another human being in the name of a government
'Cause I don't study war no more,
I don't hate the poor no more,
Gettin' more ain't what's more,
Only thing more is the love,
So when you see me, please, greet me with a heart full and a pound and a hug.
[Hook: BOOTS]
Take my swollen heart,
Bring me home from the dark.
Take me up,
Take me up,
Take me up
Take me up,
Take me up,
Take me up!
[Killer Mike:]
Seen the devil give a sermon in the church, seen an angel dancing in the club
Tryin' to feed a baby, so I threw a thousand in the air and blessed her with a hug,
I done been down so many times walked on like a dirty rug,
And now that I made it, can't fake it, gotta give me what I'm truly worthy of.
[EL-P:]
And I don't how much it really means to be right,
But what a joy it'd be to see some peace in this life!
And it occurs to me that maybe we ain't even really seeing it right
Here in the dark
Hoping just to see a beam of the light.
[Hook: BOOTS]
Take my swollen heart,
Bring me home from the dark.
Take me up,
Take me up,
Take me up
Take me up,
Take me up,
Take me up!