One Day as a Lion

Blood - soaked - earth - that you call - home Blood - soaked - earth - that you call - home Close your eyes but don't sleep We comin' like peoples army For the people who can't eat Who work with no sleep For the child with no shoes on their feet A generation who flash heat Who roll up on the banks for their cash, see Are the criminal You got the nerve to ask me Tear mics 'till my voice get raspy Faced flame for five centuries And if L.A. were Baghdad we'd be Iraqi With our straps in the back seat Next to a general tied up with shit in his khakis Best leave my mic alone, I'm full grown And I'm off to the Green Zone Leave my mic alone, I'm full grown And I'm off to the Green Zone After dark my city's a fuse After dark my city's a fuse One day - I say - today - we live as a lion After dark my city's a fuse After dark my city's a fuse One day - I say - today - we live as a lion Blood - soaked - earth - that you call - home I heard this cat got life in the pen Crossin' sand in the back of a truck bed Twelve deep, heard sirens and lights red Was smacked on his dome with the club of a white fed No food no water no rights read He came north to keep his seeds and his wife fed In the middle of the darkest night bled Stepped to the law and said: "You a minuteman? Wait a minute, man" Talk like that might limit your life span After dark my city's a fuse One day - I say - today - we live as a lion After dark my city's a fuse After dark my city's a fuse One day - I say - today - we live as a lion And when our cubs grow We'll show you what war is good for And when our cubs grow We'll show you what war is good for And when our cubs grow We'll show you what war is good for And when our cubs grow We'll show you what war is good for And when our cubs grow We'll show you what war is good for And when our cubs grow We'll show you what war is good for