I Heard It Today (Radio)-Mr. Lif

[ti:I Heard It Today (Main)] [ar:Mr. Lif] [al:I Heard It Today (Single)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]I Heard It Today (Radio) - Mr. Lif [00:19.88]As the woe of the common man grows [00:21.17]I suppose I should flow [00:23.05]Think of all the things that we should know [00:24.84]The hood grows out to the burbs [00:26.59]Too many words to describe [00:27.79]How we've gotten what we didn't deserve [00:29.39]The nerve of these leaders to cheat us [00:31.24]Dangling the sweetest opportunities for home ownership [00:33.08]Then flip [00:33.66]Now it's over foreclosure [00:34.73]Four soldiers died in Iraq [00:37.12]Stumbled in a trap [00:38.74]Ain't no bringing em back [00:40.03]I'm swinging the AXE to chop off, [00:41.61]Whatever pops off [00:42.51]The NASDAQ drop off but people are not soft [00:44.30]We're pissed off, f**ked over, overlooked [00:46.08]Overbooked for unemployment [00:47.29]Lost and ready to destroy sh*t [00:49.67]B-boy sh*t [00:50.44]That's what I remain on I stay strong [00:52.88]Call me up, my name rain napalm [00:54.76]You're funding a war but you can't fund us? [00:57.06]And you plan to turn the planet to dust? [00:58.87]I heard it today! [00:59.96] [01:03.75]I heard it today! [01:04.53] [01:08.31]I heard it today! [01:09.39] [01:13.77]I heard it today! [01:14.65] [01:19.21]It started when the planes hit home [01:20.84]Then it really hit homes [01:21.99]Now we're out in the street [01:23.34]With no shoes on our feet [01:24.64]So I turn to the beat [01:25.99]Keep my mental physique [01:26.72]Functioning at it's peak [01:28.17]Til you call me elite [01:29.45]Then I repeat the steps give some change to vets [01:31.81]They caught you with bullets [01:33.08]They caught us with debt I step silent [01:35.05]In attempts to side step violence [01:36.55]Tap into my brain so I can remain timeless [01:38.83]I'm just out here trying to cope [01:41.24]Try to eat a little food [01:42.63]Try to buy a little smoke [01:43.83]Choke a couple politicians [01:45.21]Cause I've got a couple dollars missing [01:46.97]Buy some lotion so my skin will glisten [01:48.95]Missile hissing direct hit when you didn't expect [01:51.26]All ordered by a president we didn't elect [01:53.24]So I'm hoping that the DJ will give this some play [01:56.02]So the people that will listen can say [01:57.93]We heard it today! [01:59.85] [02:03.30]I heard it today [02:04.13] [02:08.26]I heard it today [02:09.12] [02:13.11]I heard it today [02:13.94] [02:18.42]They were willing to give people with bad credit loans [02:20.51]Cause they knew within a few years [02:22.27]We're out of our homes [02:23.42]And they can buy up all the same [02:24.98]Properties they sold us [02:26.11]For the wealthy and maniacal the sh*t [02:27.75]Was a gold rush [02:28.96]They told us rates could fluctuate [02:30.14]But they didn't say they could spike [02:31.80]Now our credit is like [02:33.08]"How we gonna get another place?" [02:34.25]Look at our face [02:35.70]Distress at best and yes [02:37.11]Anger manifests when our president [02:38.57]Sees us drowning in the elements [02:40.69]He really doesn't give a f**k, [02:42.57]So he acts with hesitance [02:43.56]Bush offered [02:44.01]Only one tenth of us paupers relief [02:45.84]That may or may not decrease grief [02:47.80]He'd rather help the lenders [02:48.84]Original offenders [02:49.39]That sent us off to get job No.3, [02:53.04]Humbly sacrificing education and health care [02:55.03]He'd rather just perpetuate the war [02:57.38]Cause there's wealth in it [02:58.69]Health benefited, [02:59.07]Heavily tinted windows of CEO's Royce [03:02.41]Remain closed [03:02.81]So they never have to listen to those [03:04.72]Who oppose the path that they chose [03:06.46]To slow economic woes [03:07.86]They'll prey upon our desperation [03:08.89]Instead of seeking elevation [03:10.18]Sh*t is catastrophic in my estimation [03:12.38] [03:13.19]It happened during a republican reign [03:14.62] [03:15.19]And some of y'all still went and voted Mc Cain? [03:17.55]I heard it today! [03:18.45] [03:22.23]I heard it today [03:23.03] [03:27.35]I heard it today [03:28.06] [03:32.28]I heard it today [03:33.64] [03:35.84]I heard it today!