Gather Round feat. Amir Sulaiman

(Watch out)

Ain't no stoppin' the callin', I'm a warrior scholar

With the pad and the pen, or with the sword and the chopper

Look at how far I got, if you lost I could guide you

In between two extremes like Safa and Marwa

In the desert like Bedouins in search of water

'Cept we're thirstin' for power up in the urban drama

Every day our sons and daughters are led to the slaughter

Indoctrinated by a complacent social order

Decapitated, they're tryna cut our jugular vein

That's the sacred lifeline from the heart to the brain

Make us blind to mankind's suffer and pain

Ugliness worldwide that's done in our name

So the only thing we're seein' is what we can gain

Precious blood shed in vain and nothin' has changed

Drugged up in a daze, in the comfortable maze

Upscale slaves in luxury cages

But the weak keep cryin' and the innocent dyin'

And these are the times when the real freedom fighters gather round

(Come on, come on, come on, y'all) (Gather round)

Gather round, uh, uh

I said the cities catch fire and the flames grow higher

And the poor and the pious get inspired and decide to gather round

(Gather round) Gather round (Come on, y'all)

When the times get dire and the mighty are liars

And the righteous fightin' for their life get organized and gather round

(Come on, come on) (Gather round) Gather round, uh

When the prophets are silenced and the tyrants are giants

And David sets his sights on Goliath and we finally gather round

Gather round (Gather round)

Hostile environment locked in a conflict

Wanderin' lost in an impossible climate

Boxed in confinement, democracy hostage

Bound for the towers, monsters in the cockpit

Followin' blind, unconscious accomplice

Judged by time, indicted for our silence

Couple years ago I made a statement

Can't figure a single goddamn way to change it

As of late, I made adjustments to my language

Numbers are the only thing that people gain strength in

If we're gonna change, we got to step up our relations

Gotta see our own selves in each other's faces

Share each other's spaces, give each other room

And hear each other's pain bare witness to the truth

And the ground gets holy when the ground is stood

And the goods may be odd, but the odds are good

When the weak keep cryin' and the innocent dyin'

And these are the times when the real freedom fighters gather round

(Come on, come on, come on, y'all) (Gather round)

Gather round, uh, uh

I said the cities catch fire and the flames grow higher

And the poor and the pious get inspired and decide to gather round'

(Gather round) Gather round (Come on, y'all)

When the times get dire and the mighty are liars

And the righteous fightin' for their life get organized and gather round

(Gather round) Gather round (Come on, y'all)

When the prophets are silenced and the tyrants are giants

And David sets his sights on Goliath and we finally gather round

(Come on, y'all)

(That is why I challenge you now to stand together)

(Because together we got power, and we can make decisions)

(Watch out)

Justice is somewhere in between reading sad poems

And 40 ounces of gasoline crashin' through windows

Justice is between plans and action

Between writin' letters to congressmen and clappin' a captain

Between raisin' legal defense funds

And puttin' a gun on the bailiff and takin' the judge captive

(Watch out)

It is between prayer and fasting

Between burning and blasting

Freedom is between the mind and the soul

It is between the lock and the load

Between the zeal of the young and the patience with the old

Freedom is between the finger and the trigger

It is between the page and the pen

Between the grenade and the pin

Between righteous anger, keep our want in the chamber

So I say down with Goliath

I say down with Goliath

But we must learn, know, write, read

We must kick, bite, yell, scream

We must pray, fast, live, dream, fight, kill, and die free

Gather round (Watch out)