[Verse 1: Awar]
Now is it a contradiction to say I want peace
When I shout "War!" in damn near every song?
Look, or should I pound my biscuit and pop Pete?
Cuz the times we livin' in require heavy arms
Protect my fam or get shot like dogs in the street
Cryin' from the tear gas they set on your lawn
My people get stopped and frisked like talk is cheap
Steadily dropped by police using deadly harm
And politicians that treatin' people like savages
****** ***** rappers leanin' 'em activists
Contaminated water leaking from the taps and ****
Still dripping while the rationale is to ration it
Acid rain on my face, I'm living an acid trip
Pullin' accurate, bullets hit abdomens
No wool over their eyes, it's a civil entrapment
Dreams shatter in the same place the fragments hit
Reborn like Lazarus, them boys given half a f*** about hara**ing us
And poison in the aqueducts
Now I'm looking at the gla**, it's half a cup
Crabs in the bucket, pointing automatics at us
No flags fly half-mast for bodies on the pavement
In our backyard and they don't got a statement
Revolution won't be televised 'til we go live
It's like something's in the water-- e. coli
[Verse 2: Theory Hazit]
I'm standing outside watching my city burn
Cuz we fight fire with fire, when will we ever learn?
My brother's stretched out on the pavement lifeless
For hours he's just laying there-- lifeless
I want revenge when the situation's like this
I wish that I saw that this was coming--psychic
Another disaster added to the chapter of our community
This creates more division for us--you and me
Mr. President, where you at? How come you ain't sayin' nothing?
This your people, we your people, ayo we out here suffering
I'm afraid for my neighborhood, it's like God is absent
A lot has happened, again they shot a black man
Justified the one arm, so it's hard to keep calm
With hearts broken and torn, I hope the sun shines through the storm
We thirst for justice and equality, but it's bone dry
Cuz something's in the water-- e. coli
[Outro]
I'm tryna see just where you are
I close my eyes and there you are
Sometimes I only see what I wanna see
Sometimes I only see what I wanna see
I don't wanna look down if you're not there