Time 4 Peace
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In other news today, 27 years behind bars have not dulled
The fighting spirit of black nationalist Nelson Mandela
Police opened fire with birdshot and rubber bullets
Wounding up to 70 people and killing at least one
A 15-year-old schoolboy reportedly shot at close range
Aight, listen, the S to the W-A-Y would like to say hi
Drop this format and then I'll ask why
In a way that is clever, can't you and I come together
And live in harmony? The final conclusion
I'm talkin' about peace is the sole solution
But we can't count on humanity
I see men today are on the brink of insanity
The problems we face, we need to strengthen the mind
The hungry, the homeless, black on black crime
Equal rights, let's fight the injustice
A world that's still filled with prejudice
It's negative brothers who just don't realize
We won't overcome unless we unify
Wisdom must release, ignorance must cease
Listen when I tell you, brothers, it's time for peace
It's time for peace!
If you sell drugs, you get sent on the streets
Two things are certain: death or time
We're losing our minds and it's a tragedy
No sense of consequence, the laws of gravity
What goes up must come down
Those at the top, you'll soon hit the ground
Look at history repeating itself
How many kingpins living in a prison cell?
But I can't judge, this is reality
Hard times makes it hard to keep morality
I once had a friend, when he began
It was more like a trend, he did it now or then
But soon he took chances for larger advances
Stepping over people to improve his finances
In a life of luxury, he lived too fast
But still he was caught up by his blatant past
One day he was approached by a slow-moving car
My boy tried to run but then he didn't get far
A drive-by shooting, no more conclusion to life he lived
Not knowing the options life had to give
Living to prosper, knowledge is the key
Listen when I tell you, brothers, it's time for peace
Yo, Tech, give 'em a break!
Look at the state of the world that we live in
Where no one gives a damn about the poverty-stricken
A man tries to speak, he preaches equality
But they lock him up to shut him up, it's hypocrisy
27 Years in a prison cell
Mandela spent his time in a man-made hell
But I don't understand, if this is his motherland
Then why another man has to make up the government?
Dr. Martin Luther King, it's tragic to see
This man died 'cause he had a dream?
Damn! Look at the state of America
Sometimes I sit back and kick back and just stare at ya
His fight for civil rights, he lost his life
He died out of spite in his fight for what's right
Let's unite and appreciate efforts to alleviate
Eliminate any fate that discriminates
These summits and war pacts, I must ignore that
These worldly issues are as weak as a tissue
Pay taxes stacked where our armies might lack
Where there's children starving, lying flat on their back
This world must congregate, no time to hesitate
No room to discriminate, then all must participate
Sway will educate, the ignorance will cease
Listen when I tell you, brothers, it's time for peace
It's time for peace!
And that's our report
The fighting spirit of black nationalist Nelson Mandela
Police opened fire with birdshot and rubber bullets
Wounding up to 70 people and killing at least one
A 15-year-old schoolboy reportedly shot at close range
Aight, listen, the S to the W-A-Y would like to say hi
Drop this format and then I'll ask why
In a way that is clever, can't you and I come together
And live in harmony? The final conclusion
I'm talkin' about peace is the sole solution
But we can't count on humanity
I see men today are on the brink of insanity
The problems we face, we need to strengthen the mind
The hungry, the homeless, black on black crime
Equal rights, let's fight the injustice
A world that's still filled with prejudice
It's negative brothers who just don't realize
We won't overcome unless we unify
Wisdom must release, ignorance must cease
Listen when I tell you, brothers, it's time for peace
It's time for peace!
If you sell drugs, you get sent on the streets
Two things are certain: death or time
We're losing our minds and it's a tragedy
No sense of consequence, the laws of gravity
What goes up must come down
Those at the top, you'll soon hit the ground
Look at history repeating itself
How many kingpins living in a prison cell?
But I can't judge, this is reality
Hard times makes it hard to keep morality
I once had a friend, when he began
It was more like a trend, he did it now or then
But soon he took chances for larger advances
Stepping over people to improve his finances
In a life of luxury, he lived too fast
But still he was caught up by his blatant past
One day he was approached by a slow-moving car
My boy tried to run but then he didn't get far
A drive-by shooting, no more conclusion to life he lived
Not knowing the options life had to give
Living to prosper, knowledge is the key
Listen when I tell you, brothers, it's time for peace
Yo, Tech, give 'em a break!
Look at the state of the world that we live in
Where no one gives a damn about the poverty-stricken
A man tries to speak, he preaches equality
But they lock him up to shut him up, it's hypocrisy
27 Years in a prison cell
Mandela spent his time in a man-made hell
But I don't understand, if this is his motherland
Then why another man has to make up the government?
Dr. Martin Luther King, it's tragic to see
This man died 'cause he had a dream?
Damn! Look at the state of America
Sometimes I sit back and kick back and just stare at ya
His fight for civil rights, he lost his life
He died out of spite in his fight for what's right
Let's unite and appreciate efforts to alleviate
Eliminate any fate that discriminates
These summits and war pacts, I must ignore that
These worldly issues are as weak as a tissue
Pay taxes stacked where our armies might lack
Where there's children starving, lying flat on their back
This world must congregate, no time to hesitate
No room to discriminate, then all must participate
Sway will educate, the ignorance will cease
Listen when I tell you, brothers, it's time for peace
It's time for peace!
And that's our report