Maybe Both (DSTL Remix)

[00:01.90] It was hard to hear over the gunshots
[00:05.80] Running round back and forth
[00:09.76] And then he said
[00:10.63] He said
[00:11.56] I'm looking for a happy ending
[00:13.92] I said, "We never had happy beginnings"
[00:16.45] I'm on my knees, I'm praying, I'm on my knees
[00:18.65] But, now I'm an easy target for them to attack me
[00:21.48] Liberals and intellectuals justifying my anger
[00:23.97] But when the cameras ain't here, they ain't no where near
[00:26.76] Oh, so eloquent, watch them pontificate
[00:29.77] When the smoke clears, the blogs re-build real estate
[00:32.56] You sitting in your academic tower
[00:34.93] Tweeting around the hour while the poor fights the power
[00:37.41] Oh stop it, oh stop it, you and your non-profit
[00:40.25] With a heart full of promise based on bad economics
[00:42.54] Put your ballot in the air, pull out a lighter, then burn it
[00:45.48] We just giveaway votes, make them Democrats earn it
[00:48.35] Politicians don't care cuz' they don't see a need
[00:51.19] They won't care till we bleed on the same concrete
[00:53.82] We burning down the neighborhoods where we live at
[00:56.48] If we don't own it, well let's do something to change that
[00:59.13] It didn't change Watts, it ain't doing much now
[01:01.78] Watch the philosophers argue while Rome burns down
[01:04.55] Bang, bang, bang
[01:06.13] Bang, bang, bang
[01:07.37] Reload the gun, they gon' do the same thing
[01:10.07] Bang, bang, bang
[01:11.36] Bang, bang, bang
[01:12.76] Reload the gun, they gon do the same thing
[01:16.56] Is it a ballot or a bullet? Let me know
[01:19.15] Should I fight or should I pray? Who's my foe?
[01:22.06] Are they killing with a pistol or a vote?
[01:23.92] Or, maybe, it is both?
[01:24.19] Or, maybe, it is both?
[01:24.33] Or, maybe, it is both?
[01:27.55] Maybe, both
[01:28.74] Why stop now?
[01:30.08] I haven't caught the holy ghost yet
[01:31.73] Sing a little louder, we can drown out the protests
[01:34.02] We build an antebellum, they too busy to listen
[01:36.84] I hear disturbing things come from so-called "Christians"
[01:40.10] Quick to justify your man's death
[01:42.18] Because of a criminal record or how a man dressed
[01:44.67] Thugs I guess, only perfect people get grace
[01:47.42] If that was the Lord's way, there'll be no one in the faith
[01:50.23] True flaw, America kills and hides behind the law
[01:53.12] They purchase this land with violence, but never count the cost
[01:55.61] Put a dollar to your ear, you can hear the moaning of a slave
[01:58.19] America the great was built off the labor that they gave
[02:01.11] Jefferson and Washington were great peace pursuers
[02:03.73] But, John Brown was a terrorist and an evil doer
[02:06.47] Oh yes, God bless the American Revolution
[02:09.16] But, God ain't for all the riots and the looting
[02:17.72] Bang, bang, bang
[02:18.82] Bang, bang, bang
[02:20.19] Reload the gun, they gon' do the same thing
[02:23.00] Bang, bang, bang
[02:24.30] Bang, bang, bang
[02:25.73] Reload the gun, they gon do the same thing
[02:29.16] Is it a ballot or a bullet? Let me know
[02:32.26] Should I fight or should I pray? Who's my foe?
[02:34.89] Are they killing with a pistol or a vote?
[02:37.52] Or, maybe, it is both?
[02:40.69] Or, maybe, it is both?
[02:45.58] Or, maybe, it is both?
[02:48.46] Maybe, both
[02:49.33] Before another man dies
[02:52.43] And another mom cries
[02:55.04] The people ask why?
[02:57.67] Keep yo' head to the sky
[03:00.45] Another man dies and another man cries
[03:02.99] Lord, hear em' cry
[03:05.78] He said, "Stop, don't pull it"
[03:11.23] Wait a minute, a ballot or a bullet?
[03:22.26] What's your standard? Where you stand?
[03:23.50] What's your views?
[03:24.07] What gives you the right to the think the way that you do?
[03:26.38] Is it school? Is it news?
[03:27.71] Is it man's wisdom? Is it religion?
[03:29.27] Why listen when you can make your own decisions?
[03:31.30] It's funny how some people see the Lord
[03:33.25] Some see him as a pacifist
[03:34.44] Some see him with a sword
[03:36.05] The Lord who hated sin showed grace to the thief
[03:37.67] Saved the lonely prostitute from being stoned in the street
[03:40.97] He was holy, but he hung with the sinful
[03:42.64] Drove out the wicked by flipping over tables in the temple
[03:45.17] He took a wrongful death, yet he remained silent
[03:47.27] But, he said he coming back, and he is bringing violence
[03:49.58] Many people isolate him just to make him fit their cause
[03:51.93] Never too involved in a greater context at all
[03:54.43] So, are there two christs totally unrelated
[03:56.78] Or, maybe there's one Christ, and he's pretty complicated
[03:59.36] Huh? Pretty complicated
[04:02.72] Or, maybe it is both
[04:05.17] Maybe, it is both
[04:07.32] Maybe, both
[04:21.77] Yo, it's Travis
[04:22.10] Hey man, it's Friday morning
[04:22.77] I've been meaning to call you
[04:23.33] I'd love to get your take on some of these things
[04:23.96] I've been thinking more and more about the issues
[04:24.56] And I think it would be good to hear what you think
[04:24.71] I'm trying to make sense of some things
[04:25.09] And, I wanna make sure I have a better picture of what's going on
[04:25.33] So, let's meet
[04:25.52] Call me back and we'll make it happen in the schedule
[04:25.87] Take care man
[04:25.92] Bye
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