Lyrics

[Intro: Donny Hathaway] Help me to inspire those, that need inspiration Let my life be a sign of a coming generation Help me Help me Help me Help me [Verse 1:] I spit for those who have been silenced by the state They tryna silence us like if the party is going late My adversary is richer so I'm going for his dinner plate He reachin' for my wrist to handcuff me and put me away Ain't got a job so I got unemployment lines Economic times, lack of dollar signs is by design I came to set it straight like a salon in the heights It's time to join the fight, fight So fight for your life I swear to Malcolm that I'll motivate and moving real fast Building more relations my inspiration's never cash My inspiration is the struggle of the past and present I found my path and tryna make the present heaven I do the math and the numbers never add up Bank is sippin' champagne while we getting beat up Time to beat the system up This is abuse is too much Like doubtful Troy Davis, I don't do this to be famous I do it for the greatest real source of inspiration Revolution, new tomorrow So why the hell we waitin'? No money, no commissary ever been behind these bars It's just DJ Illanoiz, G1, and RodStarz [Hook] We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent We here, we arrived, and we came to represent We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent We here, we arrived, and we came to represent [Verse 2] For the people, for the teachers For the students, if we knew that If we knew that just one percent of these dudes Owned two-thirds of the U.S. of A American way They lock our youth away Practice the same crimes And tell the rest "let 'em eat cake" In Francais, they burn cars In London, they set it off In Santiago, they march Well, over here it's time we start Building a mass consensus Yo daddy lost his pension Yo daughter school need fixing Your brother's back in prison The lesson here ain't Kumbaya Like overnight, that change won't come Nah, but what they got? We got 99 they got one Problem and it's us If we wake up from that slumber Then that number make more sense to us all Some small group of bankers Whose wealth goes back ages Stay tryna enslave us Divide and contain us And constrain us, more anger Pit us against our neighbors But in the face of hatred We show love can change things [Hook] We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent We here, we arrived, and we came to represent We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent We here, we arrived, and we came to represent We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent We here, we arrived, and we came to represent We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent We here, we arrived, and we came to represent [Outro] Occupy the Bronx!