Belief - Ransom Note lyrics

[Verse 1] Storm up to the door thinking that we kicking down using a Trojan Horse It won't open with force, our moments short, so what's the last resort? Picking the lock – plan B skeleton key sticking Covered up in gloves and hats so they can't match our description A.N.S. masked marauders Hip hop's Doctors Without Borders Operation: No More Lies Kidnaps the daughter of a media mogul Who hijacked the hip hop game We took her to close the gap We demand a prisoner exchange Now, run in the back room. Don't nobody say sh** Helixx C grab that chick before she runs quick Don't worry 'bout her man, he done made me mad Fold that n***a like a dress shirt and throw him in a duffel bag In the hummer now we're off as I proudly thought my crew Initiates the long awaited media coup A car pa**es blastin' music from the bullsh** charts Ain't no turning back from here, ANOMOLIES is going hard [Interlude 1] There's been a big kidnapping She screamed when the men burst in and started beating her fiance The young heiress was forced into the trunk of a white car Police say the whole thing was carried out with commando-like precision What we received in the mail today appears to be a seven page statement plus a tape recording And according to the demands, which we'll outline here, it says all these things must be publicized in full Which is what we're doing now [Verse 2] Now, listen up people: This is our communiqué If you want your daughter, be wise and do just what we say Tell the truth, you own both right wing AMs full of haters And the FMs who cater to the lowest common denominator Tell the truth about payola-based quotas and your motives To hold our attention so you sell it to the highest donor Truth is, your companies wanting to stifle freedom of speech 'Cause without neutrality, the net will filter what you see We resorted to these tactics 'cause you know you can afford it We demand our own stations so our voices ain't distorted We demand you break bread for the babies – they need educating Updated books and computers for the future they're creating We demand that you give us our wireless citywide And make it free so we can truly end the digital divide We demand that you stop making hip hop commercialized Before it meets its own demise by the devil in disguise [Interlude 2] Dad, I'm ok, I just hope that you'll do what they say, dad, and do it quickly I just want you to know that I'm going to do everything I can to get you out of there It's a little frightening because the initial demand is one that's impossible to meet However, in the next 24-48 hrs I'll be trying my best to come back with some kind of a counter offer that's acceptable [Verse 3] A station, they said you could have it right here Fill out this bureaucratic nightmare They'll tell us if it's up to standard in 5 years Gave excuses, no books or computers for the youth Free stickers and hats to every single public school They said they're giving us the wireless, it's trash Taxing us with hidden fees they profit while we crash Just because you throw a bone, that don't make it grub Rap stars and Nascar, that's not what we asked for You want your daughter? Come and get her But when he arrived, surprise! All that he found was a letter She said, "Pops, I've known since I've been grown You hijacked the minds of the ma**es, gave 'em Stockholm syndrome I helped ANOMOLIES plot all along To take your monopoly spot, and while you're reading this we're gone." Creating our own outlets even if it ain't out yet Seeing typical trends through a critical lens Making media, music, so you have no influence Mobilizing a movement so your brainwashing is useless [Outro: Grace Lee Boggs] There's an opportunity for a new society to be built On people who are transforming themselves And who are not just opposing those that oppress them