And all of this without making a pact with the devil I'm a recognized foe, to the industry a rebel And Mark is a planet on his own in a corner of the Galaxy, where amateurs ain't allowed to approach Systematical destruction of your ships have been authorized Targets are neutralized, eyes Focused on the enemy to see how they act Who'll be the first to attack? If it's them should we react? We think about it deep for hours on end We plan, we don't sleep 'cause nobody's a friend We defend to protect the young, the next generation On the wings of the likes of us Flying without direction as they learn the ropes But for now they're surviving on dreams and hopes We direct them to the best of our knowledge in the direction Of a route that's safe to take so they can break The monotony, for those who wanna be Emcees and producers it's never gonna be easy There's a war going on right here Right now and you know it but you're lacking the power Back in the tower, soldiers are waiting for orders With mics and batteries and tapes and tape recorders We'll be breaking the doors if they ain't letting us in Let the slaughter begin, we came to win Take that to your leader, sealed with a diss Tell him we're better prepared his name's on a list Of those we had to capture and bring to trial For keeping us underground, suffocating our styles It's been a while since we initiated this Whole scenario, activate mechanism Make them listen, demoralize yes men With brain cells missing, demolish opposition There's a war going on right here, right now And you know it but you're lacking the power Back in the tower, soldiers are waiting for orders With mics and batteries and tapes and tape recorders So you thought you had us beaten, in the palm of your hand Wrapped around your little finger thinking you were the man Big mistake, we're teaching the kids to stand on their feet to achieve The future is bright, what a relief I thought the hardships would never end Then, I thought of a plan, first to gather the innocent Then to educate them and give them a hand Lead them out of this place, the land of the damned Like Moses 'cause life was never a bed of roses It was hell to begin for entertainers and composers This is where the buck stops, the act drops And all hell breaks loose, I'll make them realise We can do this for self if the intention is right We can battle the foe with lollipops and survive You arrive in a chauffer driven limousine We arrive on a bus to defeat you It's over, your chauffer acts like a baby With his baby bottle taken while he's drinking We could've done this in '86 But the money was tight and it was all politics It's been a long while, since they left you With nothing quite real to step to I'm sorry that they kept you in a vacuum Drained your mind clean but I'm back to Reinstate a little bit of faith in the equation So I'm sticking to the plan 'cause I have to It's all about to blow out of proportion, the ocean Seems like a puddle after the rain is gone The world is my chicken breast, I'm like Everest Higher than the rest, one of the world's best Expert entertainers climbing the ladder quick Trapped by politics to the point that I'm sick It's been a while since we initiated this Whole scenario, activate mechanism Make them listen, demoralize yes men With brain cells missing, demolish opposition There's a war going on right here, right now And you know it but you're lacking the power Back in the tower, soldiers are waiting for orders With mics and batteries and tapes and tape recorders