Get Up 4 The Get Down

[Verse 1]
Times are changin’
The young are getting tough
They taste the knowledge and now they just can’t get enough
The trends intelligence
And rhymes irrelevance
If you’re coming irrelevant
Ya never do well against
The poet with inner sight
You give off a dimmer light
Somebody get him a light
Cause money ain't too bright
Or maybe he's too white-collar conservative
In a corporate position but the action was affirmative
You’re falling out of touch
And running out of time
You’re chasing a dime
But you’re wasting your mind
Get encased in the rhyme
And the bass and the line
I give off so much light
That the blind see it shine
I flip styles like styles are going out of style
I give you a head start
Here, here's about a mile
But I breeze past speed fast
With the quickness
With the power of God
And force of habit, I kick this
Verse with backbone
The beat is the background
The lyrics are prone
To make you get up for the get down
Although I don’t preach
I’m never a political
Cause I’m too spiritual
And times are too critical

[Chorus]
My only weapon is my pen
When I shoot my lyrics
You’re gonna wanna hear it again
(Get up 4 the get down)
My only weapon is my pen
I’m a soul writer
(There's only one answer)

[Verse 2]
We need power
Now or never
Together forever and never sever
Make an endeavor to enlighten your brethren
I recommend we extend a hand
Expand and then
With strength defend
Black women and men from the white power structure
That sucked ya in, stole ya culture, and fucked ya
And you gave birth to a nation
Your free labor laid America’s economic foundation
Blood sweat and tears and fears for years
But now here's what appears to be the shift in the gears
The turning of tables
Knowledge enables
Us to escape from stereotypical labels
And here's a clash from fables, fictions, fallacies, forces, and fabrication
Facades
Even fronts
Star spangled stories, stigmas, and stunts
Once and for all
It’s time to put an end to
The evil that men do
The stroke continues
When the weight gets too heavy to carry it
I’m a chariot
Swinging low so you can grab the lariat
Take your mind to a new height
Shed true light
All these religions but only one god
C’mon let's unite
Like a fist
Cause I’m tired of gettin’ dissed
Having my government name come up last on the list
Mr. President
I get pissed–a resident
In this country
And I get no response from the letter I sent
That’s why I’m militant
Rhymes raise our consciousness
Cause I’m armed and intellectually dangerous

[Chorus]
My only weapon is my pen
When I shoot my lyrics
You’re gonna wanna hear it again
(Get up for the get down)
My only weapon is my pen
I'm a soul writer
(Get up for the get down)
My only weapon
My only weapon
My only weapon
Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo
My only weapon is my pen
I’m a soul writer
My only weapon is my pen
When I shoot my lyrics
You’re gonna wanna hear it again

[Outro]
My only weapon is my pen
And and and
I’m a soul writer