Rock the Nation

Rock the nation (8 times)<br><br>We livin` in a mean time and an agressive time<br>a painful time where cynicism rots the vine<br>In a time where violence blocks the summer shine<br>Lifetimes go by in a flash, in a search for love<br>In a search for cash, everybody wanna be some fat tycoon<br>Everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon<br>Nobody wanna sing a bit out of tune<br>or be the backbone of a rebel platoon<br>It`s too soon to step out of line<br>You might get laughed at you might get fined<br>But do you feel me when I say I feel pain everyday<br>When I see the way my friends gotta slave<br>and never get ahead of bills they gotta pay<br>No way no way!<br>Some make a living doing killing Colombian penicillin<br>Some are willing to play the villan they just chillin`<br>To pass the time, pass the information or pass the vine<br>Pass the buck or pass the baton, but you can`t pass the police or the<br>pentagon, the I.R.S. or the upper echelon<br>I think it`s time to make a move on the contradiction<br><br>(chorus)<br>Bom-Bom, rock the nation<br>take over television and radio station<br>Bom-Bom the truth shall come<br>give the corporation some complication!<br><br>say ooh-ooh (rock the nation)<br><br>This is the dawning of our time I say it one more time<br>To emphasize the meaning of my rhyme<br>To rise above all the dirt and the grime<br>add the right spice at the right time<br>Fuck the constitution<br>Are we part of the solution or are we part of the pollution<br>Sittin` by and wonderin` why<br>Things ain`t the way we like to find them to be, to be<br>For you and for me the people over there and the ones in between<br>Check our habitation are we peace lovin` nation, peace lovin` nation<br>I have a reasonable doubt<br>I think I`ll just spell it out<br>There`s no need to scream or to shout<br>The N.R.A. just bought a man`s soul<br>then he jumps up and shouts gun control<br>The government says that killin` is a sin<br>Unless you kill a murderer with a lethal syringe<br>So I ask again "are we peace lover`s then"<br>Some of them slang guns when they six years old<br>some of them end up in some six foot hole<br>This whole damn place seems to, lost control<br>So I raise my voice before I lose my soul<br><br>(chorus)<br><br>This is the way I`ll express my feelings<br>Vibe revealed and revolved spinnin on a record y`all<br>Try to confiscate take what I communicate<br>with it`s ancient gift of the lip steady creating<br>Activating passin vocal vibrations to the blind plus the seeing<br>Human doesn`t mean just being<br>Be coming don`t believe it just belife it<br>Belongings or beloved rehearse it or recite it<br>While shining drop your guns and move your tongues<br>battle motivation in no time lyrics come<br>Sometimes fun others run their mouth or away<br>My minds co beaming like an early sunray<br>one day we`ll get the picture and all combine<br>Less the talking bout mines is mine and become one mind<br>Every piece of the puzzle has its place<br>To build the piece of the puzzle called the human race<br><br>Taking it long enough we crush the formal journalistic dyslexic critters<br>talk backwords to rap words<br>I`m sure raising my hands with questions and demands statements and a plan<br>with a map of the land<br><br>(chorus)