Peace/War

Lyrics

[Peace Intro: Shad] Clever men and our violence Silence is when we shoot from the lip to quiet them We talk nonviolence and stay silent when it suits It's all violence at the root But tyrants aren't tyrants in group Who started the shooting? Who knows? We were born inside of this troop Taught to shoot as youth Taught it's just humans being human But the truth is...Shoot (get it? Get it?) The truth is... We don't know what the truth is... (Get it, got it, good!) [Peace Verse 1: Shad] Yeah, yeah One time for the people in my bloodline A proud son of the people of the sunshine My love letter to my people on the frontline Yours truly, even if my pen was unsigned Know it, the unnamed poet My life is just a link in the chain and my chain glowin' Me and the beat is thinkin' the same, she say "go" and I just sprint in my lane, Usain, they can't slow him, oh [Peace Chorus: Shad] My whole team move at light speed But so smooth, the whole movement Tai Chi I said my whole team move at light speed But we so smooth, the whole movement Tai Chi We strike back with their force They fight, we get more strength like Air Force No Nikes, I mean no Air Force More like peace Soul, body, and psyche, yo [Peace Verse2: Shad] Now put this beat on for my people trying to keep on lights And Nissans with the lease on tight Black folk like Deshaun and Keyshaun White folk get your dijon and your quiche on, like whoa Listen, this is like a "thank you" you can dance to Jam hot as a sand dune in Cancun Show you how the fam moves, how a champ do I can't lose when I'm kicking it, Man U See they like me 'cause I ain't the type to lick a shot, still If the shooter make me shoot it I can't miss the shot Pistol cocked, more like missile launch, chill And it piss 'em off how they can't piss him off Killer cross [Peace Chorus: Shad] My whole team move at light speed But so smooth, the whole movement Tai Chi I said my whole team move at light speed But we so smooth, the whole movement Tai Chi We strike back with their force They fight, we get more strength like Air Force No Nikes, I mean no Air Force More like peace [Spoken] See, the fool said They see people run, so they run They see people duck, so they duck But these bullets aren't real Wanna feel? [Peace Outro] They can't kill us 'Cause they can't see us 'Cause they only see fear They can't kill us 'Cause they can't see us 'Cause they only see fear Wanna feel? They can't kill us 'Cause they can't see us 'Cause they only see fear And we're fearless Wanna feel? But they said "no...No...NO!" [War: Shad] We know life in its sacredness We know life 'cause we've taken it You can't know life without death We know war, we know best We know life in its sacredness We know life 'cause we've taken it You can't know life without death We know war, we know best Some wounds don't heal you wanna feel? You don't know the shame or the thrill You don't know pain, you claim to be real But you never killed and you never will You can't know life without death We know war, we know best We know life in its sacredness We know life 'cause we've taken it Blood and guns and blood and cum My Bloody gums, don't mind my tongue If blood is wine I'm bloody drunk And I'm divine, I know life I just don't like sleep is all It's too close to death So I'll keep from fallin' asleep I wanna keep it all I keep a weapon on me You can keep your calm I've been weak and wrong I've been ceap and a cheat, and deceitful, and evil See I know life "These bullets aren't real, wanna feel?" I wanna be numb, gimme the numbers I live in a slum, I want slumber They only lift a thumb to keep us under I know life, I know death You never shot and stopped breath See I know regrets, I know debts You might be right but you know less I know fights, I know stress When you can't forget and clean the mess up When it's fact, it's done It's true than an uzi weighs a ton in the heat of the sun Look, some wounds don't heal, you wanna feel? You don't know the shame or the thrill You don't know pain, you claim to be real But you never killed and you never will You can't know life without death We know war, we know best We know life in its sacredness We know life 'cause we've taken it And you can't own what you've never known So I'll take yours, get shown what it's like This death, this life, this fight is real Some wounds don't heal Wanna feel? "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God"