Ayesha Says (Intro)-Lupe Fiasco

[ti:Ayesha Says (Intro)] [ar:Lupe Fiasco] [al:Food & Liquor II: The Great Am] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ayesha Says (Intro) - Lupe Fiasco [00:02.47]Hijabs hoodies afros locks [00:05.32]Teddy bear liquor bottle shrines rocks [00:07.44]Tanks prayer rugs church pews [00:09.56]Mexican corn stands [00:11.19]Blood sweat and tears police batons [00:13.19]Gas masks and bullets create graffiti on corners [00:16.25]Murals that salute freedom [00:17.82]Or death for liberty [00:19.13]Be it Inglewood or Egypt [00:20.69]Bedstuy or Baghdad [00:22.19]Syria or Liberia the west bank [00:23.78]Or the west side of Chicago [00:25.60]Where food and liquor stores [00:26.91]Still occupy the block [00:28.29]While police and community watchmen justify why they shot [00:31.22]Emmit Till and Malice Green [00:32.60]Rekia Boyd and Trayvon Martin [00:34.41]Better not wear that hoodie [00:35.74]While shopping for a carton [00:37.24]Or whatever they sellin in your food desert [00:39.08]Cause your soul is dessert [00:40.20]And will be dissected and consumed [00:42.33]On the Fox evening news while we sing the blues [00:44.99]The new Jim Crow caged bird sings [00:47.36]Cause he's tired of occupying his misery [00:49.42]And of our marching [00:50.80]He wanna fly to a higher consciousness [00:52.36]But his school on academic probation [00:54.42]They gave him medicine [00:55.42]Diagnosed him with a felony and mental retardation [00:58.05]So he refuses to cease the firin nobody's hirin [01:01.11]In Illinois 67 is the new age when you retirin [01:04.49]Class lines have blurred [01:06.05]Those who used to have have not [01:07.86]Pensions bein snatched [01:09.11]Those who never have keep their hands stretched [01:11.92]Social services being cut [01:13.74]Sterilization clinics giving out pills to numb the womb [01:16.74]Young girls referring to their vaginas as tombs [01:19.24]Thinkin protests are temporary and trendy [01:21.78]Well rock a t-shirt and carry a poster [01:23.41]And two weeks later it's back to normal [01:25.60]But they say times are changin' [01:27.60]The revolution is becoming second nature [01:29.72]Causes are combining [01:31.10]People carrying torches [01:32.47]Hope burning from their hands [01:33.97]Attaching explosive devices [01:35.54]Cause they keep stealing their lands [01:37.35]In the name of freedom [01:38.78]Hijabs hoodies afros locks [01:42.16]Teddy bear liquor bottle shrines rocks [01:44.24]Tanks prayer rugs church pews [01:46.78]Mexican corn stands [01:48.27]Blood sweat and tears police batons [01:50.08]Gas masks and bullets create graffiti on corners [01:55.35]-End-