We Will Not

Lyrics

[Intro] Uh, no, we will not Uh, nah [Verse] No, we will not stand here in silence while they take the lives Of our brothers and sisters and partners We will not turn a blind eye to the murder with no repercussions Oh no, we will not We will not live on our knees, we will die on our feet This ain't no lie that I speak All you youngins out here in the streets only wanna shoot people who look like you You can stay home, you too weak Oh no, we will not go and repeat the mistakes of the past Ignorin' the snakes in the grass that's payin' you cash Still we pray and we fast 'til one day that's your ass We will not ask for no war, no, no, no, no, no, no But we will be prepared for one Hopin' not with a gun, with the unity Using the same shit you did to destroy me We sick of the garbage you kickin' and teachin', and lynchin' us Lockin' us up for no reason and killin' us No consequences, convictions, you serious? Lyin' about what you show in the media Assassinate all the leaders who leadin' us Leave us with ones who misleadin' us Then go and reward all the ones who mistreat us And leave us in projects and give us these poisonous products On top of narcotics to push to our sisters and brothers Like them ain't our sisters and brothers No, we will not be run amuck, led astray or bamboozled The buck'll be stoppin' today See what happen when athletes'll no longer play for you Tell them accountants to pray for you, huh I don't respect or disrespect what that paper do Look up, it's too late for you Droppin' you off, turnin' your profits to loss When we wan' go shop in the mall United, we all stuck in this bullshit together Showin' these folk we just won't take whatever Or else they just roll up and shoot up whatever Just like they've been doin' forever The niggas swear they hard be huffin' and puffin' But ain't gon' do nothin' the enemy try 'em They wait behind enemy lines, why you tryna be so friendly now? Handle your business now And we won't fear nothin' but judgement from God Standin' there lookin' at me sayin' you ain't do nothin' I bless you when you ain't invested in nothin' Just kept up the cycle of death and destruction Ignornin' your neighbor won't help him but helpin' yourself Just like the devil himself (Shit) Promote all that fornication, all that baby makin' Ain't no baby raisin' for a generation Now they trapped in systems 'cause incarceration was inevitable due to education Substandard institution never cared J's drop, buyin' every pair Crack rock, crip, blood, all the eighties GD, VL, whatever to separate 'em Hip hop, King, you finally made it Your time to take it past Martin Luther All that money and you still blew it Didn't save and you feel stupid Itunes came and they bootleggin' That's what you get for bein' hard headed God damn, nigga, may as well gon' and go to Hell, hell 'Cause I tried as hard as I can, nigga I know you only a man, but God damn, nigga [Outro: Malcolm X] They don't scare negroes today with no badge, or no white skin, or no white sheet, or no white anything else. They police the same way, they put their club upside your head and then turn around and accuse you of attacking them. Every case of police brutality against a negro follows the same pattern – they attack you, bust you all upside your mouth and then take you to court and charge you with assault. What kind of democracy is that?