King David “The Future” - State Run Radio lyrics

[Intro: Matt Mahaffey] You must be a radio station And who are we, we must be A number one song, spinnin' all day long And over again and over again And over again and over again And over again And we don't win when we call in and nothing's free Sounds to me like State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] We interrupt this broadcast To bring you this special message about the forecast The future's cloudy and it's raining on the poor cla** Road to peace is closed, heavy traffic on the war paths Love is balling on a budget The military's says it's gon' need more cash To keep fighting for your gas, keep us in our hoods And hope we never explore past, stay inside of your half Believe the lies you learn in your cla** That there's no treasure in your trash And a Sealy has the same feeling as the floor has And that's where you should stay; this is what they play [Hook: Matt Mahaffey] Over again and over again And over again and over again And over again And we don't win When we call in and nothing's free Sounds to me like State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio [Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] You're now tuned into the weakest Frequency of fear, keep you locked right here And hope you never leave this, never be a leader Think inside the box, and follow all procedures Never ever believe that, you will never need this Hit up all your friends and tell them to repeat this Hi you're on the air, now what you want to hear Well we ain't got the truth but how about a remix Different is never good, good is only what we pick You ain't got a hit, unless it sounds like these did Not too smart, you will be a superstar And if you dumb it some, maybe you could be number one [Hook: Matt Mahaffey] Over again and over again And over again and over again And over again And we don't win When we call in and nothing's free Sounds to me like State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio [Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco] So beware what's on the airwaves And be more aware of what's not gettin' airplay Independent spirit, you can barely hear what they're sayin' Truth ain't getting on like shampoo on an airplane Propaganda's everywhere, constantly on replay All the hits, all the time, back-to-back on relay We're really where it lives, make them hear the records we play Build your own station, become your own DJs [Bridge: Matt Mahaffey] You must be a radio station And who are we, we must be A number one song, spinnin' all day long And you put me on daily rotation You're on the air, we know you're scared But we don't care, we'll play this here [Hook: Matt Mahaffey] Over again and over again And over again and over again And over again And we don't win When we call in and nothing's free Sounds to me like State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio State run radio, state run radio