State of Emergency

[Intro: 2Pac}
I want when they see me, they know that everyday when I'm breathing, it's for us to go farther. Every time I speak I want the truth to come out. I'm not saying I'm going to rule the world or I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world—and that's our job—it's to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the ones, but let's not be selfish and because we're not gonna change the world, let's not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it, but I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here, somebody gonna clean it up

[Verse 1: JustPierre]
Charged up, unplug my cable
Called from the cradle by a Good who's able
To make something out of nothing, I ain't telling no fables
He redeemed my soul and He sat me at His table
Spreading His love is how we show that we're grateful
We do it for L.A., but don't play at the Staples
Welcome to the hood where decisions are fatal
Chilling on the block, watching Cain kill Abel, uh
You know, Black on Black, brother on brother
Can't sit back while society crumbles
Evil prevails when the good do nothing
If we passive, now, then we're all in trouble
Huh, so we go to work
Be the light of the world, salt of the Earth, uh
'Cube said, "If you scared, go to church"
Well, I'm scared to live eternity in Hell, sir

[Chorus]
{Sound the alarm} It's a state of emergency
{Sound the alarm} It's a state of emergency
It's a state of emergency, it's a state of emergency
It's a state of emergency, it's a state of emergency

[Verse 2]
Bibles aren't allowed in schools, but they're encouraged in prison
But if Bibles were allowed in schools
Then some of them dudes wouldn't end up in prison
Let us come to our senses, quick, let's take a census
By a show of hands, how many of us got fam in the system?
Some of that could've been prevented
Yeah, they suspects, but really they victims
Of a sinful nature that we had from beginning
All they need is guidance and a lot of forgiveness
Some misguided and neglected
Unappreciated and rejected
Your life, no matter how reckless
Is not out of reach of the Gospel message
Ask the man that sat at the tomb
Ask the man that was blind from the womb
Ask the woman with the blood issues
I'm just the mail man, come get this Good News
By grace we are saved, this is God-given
Lest any man showboat like a yatch dealer
But the faith we declaring
Really mean nothing if we never go and share it

[Chorus]