I Heard It Today (Main)-Mr. Lif

[ti:I Heard It Today] [ar:Mr. Lif] [al:I Heard It Today] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Heard It Today (Main) - Mr. Lif [00:20.09]As the woe of the common man grows I suppose I should flow [00:23.27]Think of all the things that we should know [00:25.07]The hood grows out to the burbs [00:26.61]Too many words to describe how we got and what we didn't deserve [00:29.42]The nerve of these leaders to cheat us dangling [00:31.88]The sweetest opportunities for home ownership then flip [00:34.49]Now it's over foreclosure [00:36.13]Four soldiers died in Iraq [00:37.86]Stumbled in the trap ain't no bringing 'em back [00:39.92]I'm swingin' that axe to chop off [00:41.76]Whatever pop off that nasdaq dropped off and people [00:44.32]Pissed off f**ked over overlooked overbooked for unemployment [00:47.97]Lost and ready to destroy sh*t b boy sh*t [00:50.76]That's what I remain on [00:52.37]I stay strong [00:53.03]Call me up when they rain napalm [00:54.71]Your funding a war but you can't fund us [00:56.94]And you plann' in to turn the planet to dust [00:58.85]I heard it today [01:00.05] [01:04.13]I heard it [01:04.88] [01:09.10]I heard it today [01:10.00] [01:14.09]I heard it [01:14.89] [01:19.59]It started when the planes hit home then it really hit homes [01:22.24]Now we're out in the street with no shoes on our feet [01:24.84]So I turned to the beat [01:26.09]Keep my mental physique [01:27.16]Functioning at it's peak [01:28.43]Until you call me elite [01:29.76]Then I repeat the steps [01:30.85]Give some change to vets [01:32.14]They as they caught us with debt [01:33.88]I step silent [01:34.82]In attempt to sidestep violence [01:36.61]Tap into my brain so I can remain timeless [01:39.16]I'm just out here tryin' to cope [01:41.33]Try to eat a little food [01:42.77]Try to buy a little smoke [01:44.01]Choke a couple politicians cuz I got a couple dollars missin' [01:46.77]Buy some lotion so my skin don't glisten [01:48.89]Missile hissing direct hit [01:50.07]When you didn't expect [01:51.33]All ordered by a president we didn't elect [01:53.76]So I'm hopin' that the DJ will give this some play [01:56.28]So the people that will listen can say [01:58.25]We heard it today [01:59.44] [02:03.69]I heard it [02:04.35] [02:08.73]I heard it today [02:09.55] [02:13.51]I heard it [02:14.16] [02:18.82]They were willing to give people with bad credit loans [02:20.99]Cuz they knew within a few years we're out of our homes [02:23.64]Then they could buy up the same properties they sold us [02:26.07]For the wealthy and maniacal sh*t was a gold rush [02:28.61]They told us rates could fluctuate [02:30.50]But they didn't say they could spike [02:32.12]Now our credit is like [02:33.41]How we gonna get another place [02:35.02]Look at our face [02:35.99]Distressed at best [02:37.40]And yes anger manifest [02:38.48]When our president knows we're drownin' in the element [02:40.91]He really doesn't give a f**k [02:42.40]So we ask with hesitance [02:43.71]Bush offers only 110 of us paupers relief [02:46.68]They may or may not decrease grief [02:48.40]He'd rather help the lenders [02:49.87]Original offenders [02:50.91]They sent us off to get job number three [02:53.39]Humbly sacrificing education and healthcare [02:55.88]He'd rather just perpetuate the war cuz there's wealth in it [02:58.72]Health benefited heavily tinted windows of ceo's rooms remain closed [03:02.98]So they never have to listen to those who oppose the path that they chose [03:06.59]The slow economic woes [03:08.20]To prey upon our desperation [03:09.84]Instead of seeking elevation [03:11.31]Sh*t is catastrophic in my estimation [03:13.57]It happened during the republican reign [03:15.42]And some of y'all still went and voted mccain [03:17.57]I heard it today [03:18.65] [03:22.72]I heard it [03:23.39] [03:27.79]I heard it today [03:28.60] [03:32.63]I heard it [03:33.28] [03:37.10]I heard it today