Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Maybe Both, 1865, artist - Sho Baraka. Album song The Narrative Expanded, in the genre Рэп и хип-хоп
Date of issue: 20.10.2016
Record label: Humble Beast
Song language: English
Maybe Both, 1865 |
It was hard to hear over the gunshots |
Running round back and forth |
And then he said |
He said |
I’m looking for a happy ending |
I said, «We never had happy beginnings» |
I’m on my knees, I’m praying, I’m on my knees |
But, now I’m an easy target for them to attack me |
Liberals and intellectuals justifying my anger |
But when the cameras ain’t here, they ain’t no where near |
Oh, so eloquent, watch them pontificate |
When the smoke clears, the blogs re-build real estate |
You sitting in your academic tower |
Tweeting around the hour while the poor fights the power |
Oh stop it, oh stop it, you and your non-profit |
With a heart full of promise based on bad economics |
Put your ballot in the air, pull out a lighter, then burn it |
We just giveaway votes, make them Democrats earn it |
Politicians don’t care cuz' they don’t see a need |
They won’t care till we bleed on the same concrete |
We burning down the neighborhoods where we live at |
If we don’t own it, well let’s do something to change that |
It didn’t change Watts, it ain’t doing much now |
Watch the philosophers argue while Rome burns down |
Bang, bang, bang |
Bang, bang, bang |
Reload the gun, they gon' do the same thing |
Bang, bang, bang |
Bang, bang, bang |
Reload the gun, they gon do the same thing |
Is it a ballot or a bullet? |
Let me know |
Should I fight or should I pray? |
Who’s my foe? |
Are they killing with a pistol or a vote? |
Or, maybe, it is both? |
Or, maybe, it is both? |
Or, maybe, it is both? |
Maybe, both |
Why stop now? |
I haven’t caught the holy ghost yet |
Sing a little louder, we can drown out the protests |
We build an antebellum, they too busy to listen |
I hear disturbing things come from so-called «Christians» |
Quick to justify your man’s death |
Because of a criminal record or how a man dressed |
Thugs I guess, only perfect people get grace |
If that was the Lord’s way, there’ll be no one in the faith |
True flaw, America kills and hides behind the law |
They purchase this land with violence, but never count the cost |
Put a dollar to your ear, you can hear the moaning of a slave |
America the great was built off the labor that they gave |
Jefferson and Washington were great peace pursuers |
But, John Brown was a terrorist and an evil doer |
Oh yes, God bless the American Revolution |
But, God ain’t for all the riots and the looting |
Bang, bang, bang |
Bang, bang, bang |
Reload the gun, they gon' do the same thing |
Bang, bang, bang |
Bang, bang, bang |
Reload the gun, they gon do the same thing |
Is it a ballot or a bullet? |
Let me know |
Should I fight or should I pray? |
Who’s my foe? |
Are they killing with a pistol or a vote? |
Or, maybe, it is both? |
Or, maybe, it is both? |
Or, maybe, it is both? |
Maybe, both |
Before another man dies |
And another mom cries |
The people ask why? |
Keep yo' head to the sky |
Another man dies and another man cries |
Lord, hear em' cry |
He said, «Stop, don’t pull it» |
Wait a minute, a ballot or a bullet? |
What’s your standard? |
Where you stand? |
What’s your views? |
What gives you the right to the think the way that you do? |
Is it school? |
Is it news? |
Is it man’s wisdom? |
Is it religion? |
Why listen when you can make your own decisions? |
It’s funny how some people see the Lord |
Some see him as a pacifist |
Some see him with a sword |
The Lord who hated sin showed grace to the thief |
Saved the lonely prostitute from being stoned in the street |
He was holy, but he hung with the sinful |
Drove out the wicked by flipping over tables in the temple |
He took a wrongful death, yet he remained silent |
But, he said he coming back, and he is bringing violence |
Many people isolate him just to make him fit their cause |
Never too involved in a greater context at all |
So, are there two christs totally unrelated |
Or, maybe there’s one Christ, and he’s pretty complicated |
Huh? |
Pretty complicated |
Or, maybe it is both |
Maybe, it is both |
Maybe, both |
Yo, it’s Travis |
Hey man, it’s Friday morning |
I’ve been meaning to call you |
I’d love to get your take on some of these things |
I’ve been thinking more and more about the issues |
And I think it would be good to hear what you think |
I’m trying to make sense of some things |
And, I wanna make sure I have a better picture of what’s going on |
So, let’s meet |
Call me back and we’ll make it happen in the schedule |
Take care man |
Bye |