Battle Cry

You know When I was young I used to look outside my bedroom window And see bare trouble makers Trappers, scammers, robbers Whatever you wanna call it And I tried my best to stay away from it But, eventually I fell victim to my surroundings I guess it was all based on this one conclusion If you can't beat them, join them Keep your eye on the prize It could end tonight Better do the killing If you wanna keep on living Kiss your friend goodnight Open up your mind and see Over the other side And I don't know what lies ahead And so I scream a battle cry A battle cry Who's to blame that I could blossom in the dark I promise me and all my brothers are sinners Sister Ellen Can you save me from this stranger I don't know who I can see in the mirror Forget a heartache Past ways they put me in a dark place Gimme that car keys I want the driver's seat Money, it be riding me We be making love until the sun is coming up So I ain't sharing What I find I keep I like your necklace Don't say where I can get this Young and I am reckless I've survived the trenches Staring at the wall with evil in my detention Playing with the squale you won't be alive for pension I like atten-, no. I like the tension Running for my life because I divide the fences Death around the corner you can still try prevent this You didn't wanna listen Hope that you like your lesson Keep your eye on the prize It could end tonight Better do the killing if you wanna keep on living Kiss your friend goodnight Open up your mind and see Over the other side And I don't know what lies ahead And so I'm scream a battle cry A battle cry Stick a house up and tell a brother gimme the loot Masked up until I can't breathe Shivers in your bones init Tell them boy there that they can come and kill me It ain't me they're only killing If it's me that feeds the whole village Oh no Why don't nobody want less stress And why can't I go corner shop Without me thinking of death It's like I've planned my suicide on so many occasions And if you don't believe me I cross my chest Listen crossing out my heart I've watched you laying out your bed Ain't no donny killing me, I'd rather kill him instead Got my Bible to my right and dirty money to my left Listen I don't need respect, you better run me up a check You better Forget the bread, give me black airs and black socks Cause I'm right there If there's a price and for the right job Slaughter everybody I don't need to hit the right one And bun the popo, I used to wish I was a white don Keep your eye on the prize It could end tonight Better do the killing if you wanna keep on living Kiss your friend goodnight Open up your mind and see Over the other side And I don't know what lies ahead And so I scream a battle cry A battle cryy