Janelle Monae - Dance or Die lyrics

[Saul Williams] Cyborg, android D-boy, decoy Water, wisdom Tightrope, vision (Oh, these dreams are forever) Insight, stronghold Heartless, ice cold (If you leave now or never) Mystery, mastery (mastery) Solar (solar), battery [Janelle Monáe] Some will pull the gun because they want to be stars Snatching up your life into the blink of an eye And if you see your cloning on a street walking by Keep a-running for your life 'cause only one will survive (Oh, these dreams are forever) War is in the street and it's an eye for an eye Run on for your life or you can dance you can die (If you leave now or never) She's praying in the sand like she's the last samurai It's a stick-up stick-up and a pick-up pick-up Telling lies and telling lies will put your face on fire Run and tell your friends to never dream, never win Ghettos keep a-cryin' till the streets full of zombies Kids are k**ing kids and then the kids join the army Rising and a-waking, yes sir here come the sun March into the warring with the kick of the drum The wiser simians, they got the bomb and the guns So you might as well keep dancing if you're not gonna run (Forever, forever, forever, forever) A long long way to find the one We'll keep on dancing till she comes These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever (Forever, forever, forever, forever) And if you wanna wake the sun Just keep on marching to the drums These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever These dreams are forever N-N-Now-now-now I'm not saying it's better to bailar You can pull the trigger or you build you an ark My words are rather kind you keep them held in contempt Looking for a nine and then a droid you can tempt Kids are, "Zombie, zombie, zombie, where do dreams come from?" A little birdie chirping and she's singing a song She's shaking 'em and waking 'em and giving 'em mas As the clock tick-tocked and the bodies drop I'm gonna lay myself so far way down right in your chops Modern day example of a wolf vs flock Freedom necessary and it's by any means Frozen they were stolen all the kings and the queens Sudanese and Congolese who put the roll in the rock From here to Sudan, Metropolis to Iraq It's a minute to the dawn and yet the sun ain't back It's a war in all the streets and yes these freaks will dance or die (Forever, forever, forever, forever) A long long way to find the one We'll keep on dancing till she comes These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever (Forever, forever, forever, forever) And if you wanna wake the sun Just keep on marching to the drums These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever [Saul Williams] Angel, blossom Gunshot, dodging Dream, bright Beat, light Breathe, live Help, give Focus, trance Wake up, dance [Janelle Monáe] I'm praying for the man sitting without much time May he understand the clock will never rewind Wisen him and sharpen him and give him a motto Hate no more, said he must hate no more You see the daylight comes into the kingdom But the kingdom's full of ignorant men Just keep rebelling away, you gotta dream it away Because the weathermen you're seeing ain't creating the weather This man wants to see a jubilation And that man wants us in emancipation And then there is the man who wants a stronger nation But you see we really got to and I think that we ought to Protect the mind from degradation Sow in the seeds of education They run from us, are we that dangerous? There's a war in all the streets and yes the freaks will dance or die! (Forever, forever, forever, forever) A long long way to find the one We'll keep on dancing till she comes These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever (Forever, forever, forever, forever) And if you wanna wake the sun Just keep on marching to the drums These dreams are forever Oh these dreams are forever Oh these