Rock The Nation-Michael Franti & Spearhead/Michael Franti/Spearhead

We livin' in a mean time and an aggressive time A painful time, a time when cynicism rots the vine In a time where violence blocks the summer shine Lifetimes, go by in a flash In a search for love, in a search for cash Everybody wanna be some fat tycoon Everybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoon Nobody wanna sing a little bit out of tune Or be the backbone of a rebel platoon It's too soon to step out of line You might get laughed at you might get fined But do you feel me when i say i feel pain everyday When i see the way my friends gotta slave And never get ahead of the bills they gotta pay No way no way Some make a living doing killing columbia penicillin Some are willing to play the villain they just cillin' To pass the time, pass the information Or pass the wine Pass the buck or pass the baton But can't pass the police or the pentagon The irs or the upper echelon I think it's time to make a move on the contradiction Bom-Bom, rock the nation Take over television and radio station Bom-Bom, rock the nation Give the corporation some complications This is the dawning of our time I say it one more time To emphasis the meaning of my rhyme To rise above all the dirt and grime Add the right spice at the right time F**k the constitution Are we part of the solution or we part of the pollution Sittin' by and wonderin' why Things aren't the way we like to find them to be, to be For you and for me the people over there and the ones in between Check our habitation are we a peace lovin' nation Peace lovin' nation I have a reasonable doubt I think I'll just spell it out There's no reason to scream or to shout The nra just bought a man's soul Then he jumps up and shouts gun control The government says that killin' a sin Unless you kill a murderer with a lethal syringe So i ask again Ł˘are we peace lovers thenŁ˘ Some of them slang guns when they're six years old This whole damn place seems to, lost control So i raise my voice before i loose my soul This is the way I'll express my feelings Vibe revealed and revolved spinnin' on a record y'all Try to confiscate take what i communicate with It's ancient gift of the lip steady creating Activating passin' vocal vibrations to the blind plus seeing Human doesn't mean just being Be coming don't believe it just belife it Belongings or beloved rehearse it or recite it While shinning drop your guns and move your tongues Battle motivation in no time lyrics come Sometimes fun others run their mouth or away My minds co beaming like an early sunray One day we'll get the picture and all combine Less the talking bout mines is mine and become one mind Every piece of the puzzle has its place To build the piece of the puzzle called the human race Taking it long enough we crush the journalistic Dyslexic critters talk backwards to rap words I'm sure raising my hands with questions and demands Statements and a plan with a map of the land