Excuse Me

Look what I've found, come get down, it's that revolution sound Call it second emancipation, break these chains and let me out It's not violence I'm on about, but riot boots still hit the ground Lower the gun, put down the whip, take a step back, hear me out I am fanatic, employ guerrilla tactics Open up this lyrical automatic and put holes in your rhetoric It's archaic, kind of chaotic, almost barbaric But yet you stand and you swear by it And I've been readily, steadily waiting for a chance to resist The devil is a liar, topple the empire Blood, sweat, tears and desire, I put my heart into this Never forget I'm a soldier, I will not be conquered I can't walk this road forever, and I can't forget the past My soul is under pressure, and it's killing me It's destroying me within, my need for emancipation My soul is under pressure, and it's killing me Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, equality and justice for all Now you know you're lying You're on that shotgun philosophy, celebrate the tragedy Build an effigy high to the heavens to remind me and blind me Turn the whole world into my enemy Control my destiny and drain all my energy, it's insane to me Got the whole nation sedated and medicated A testimony to the violence Yet you still give me that ghetto education Basically priming me to feed me to the prison industry I see all of you cowards The greed, the need to hold control over me Break these chains, end the power I'd rather you give back what you stole from me I can't walk this road forever, and I can't forget the past My soul is under pressure, and it's killing me It's destroying me within, my need for emancipation My soul is under pressure, and it's killing me Excuse me, Mr. Officer, come out of my sector No need to stress ya, no need for vex ya Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-eh, ay Yo, excuse me, your honor, fuck the drama No apologies, I save that for my mama Take my name off of the docket Drop all these charges All it took was a spark, all it took was a catalyst Martin said it best I live a life with no violence So I speak up, no longer silent I begin to see My third eye is opening And my resolve is strengthening I yearn to be free I can't walk this road forever, and I can't forget the past My soul is under pressure, and it's killing me It's destroying me within, my need for emancipation My soul is under pressure, and it's killing me Excuse me, Mr. Officer, no need for war Trying to drain my energy, but you can't keep me down Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah-eh, ay, ay, ay I can't walk this road forever, and I can't forget the past My soul is under pressure, but it won't kill me