Marcus Orelias - Exercise Control lyrics

(Piano Intro) (Verse 1: Marcus Orelias) Let me start off bat, Im not a conscious cat I just want you to see where my conscious at No justice and no peace, too many mamas in tears Sons deceased at seventeen; this prisons a beast And we gotta eat but government dont give a sh** As long as police see, less and less n***as breathe It seems like every single month theres a tragedy Somebody getting shot up or shot down, dont faze me Not that I dont care, its the way the hood made me But lately, Ive been thinking of adapting a new plan To grab the youth and take the world in my hands I hope you understand, ten to four, I watched the tube Same tube showing you a black lifes worthless Shows us cuffed up, buck buck, hearses-the pain I put in everything, if we could link up every gang When will we fight back? They hitting kids The story trends, media sweeps then were all fine Thats why I, dont watch news cause its full of lies (Hook) I think gangs can be positive It just has to be organized And it has to steer away from being self-destructive To being self productive I think this country was built on gangs I think this country still is run on gangs Republicans, Democrats The police department, the FBI, the CI- those are gangs 360 myself then I exercise control (Verse 2: Marcus Orelias) Me and my homies mobbing down the block I stop; ask myself, how many bodies gotta drop? I hear, God dont like ugly but isnt fond of pretty either So our hands embrace heat, incase the streets get cold If I talk revolution, most wouldnt know the code If I make songs for club, it feels like my souls sold Standing on a middle ground, with nowhere to go Cause you know, these cops give a damn about a Negro Pull a strap, say you shot back; hes the hero Doesnt matter if you rap or not, have a wrap or not Exercise control and keep those Glocks co*ked Scream out your rights; aight? I know, I bring it raw Dodging the law, how do we avoid the pin? When stand your ground, stop and frisk is the same sh** Used to target me, honestyll probably be the end of me Im hearing stop the violence but that cant be As long as we dont look at ourselves, as a society (Hook) I think gangs can be positive It just has to be organized And it has to steer away from being self-destructive To being self productive I think this country was built on gangs I think this country still is run on gangs Republicans, Democrats The police department, the FBI, the CI- those are gangs 360 myself then I exercise control (Outro) Where are we going? Where are we headed? Because believe me, it isnt always the police. Theres two sides to every story, three if the truths told In the backseat, headed somewhere unknown All alone, my innocence will soon be seized No permanent friends, no permanent enemies just permanent interest. Its time to fight the powers that be; let em know We cant have peace until n***as get a piece too Were taught our only options to be deceased Look, Ill be what you need me to be just know Where Im headed could be a rocky road. sh**, this old world is crumbling fast, a new one Coming slow but fsho, you better exercise control Before THEY take control, ya dig? Rebel with a cause and THEY hate it