[Intro]
Bang on the drum
Bang on the drum
Bang
Heart!
Bang on the drum
Bang bang on the drum
Heart!
[Verse 1]
I don't protest
I am one
And my throat is my handgun
I'm a Protextor
You an amateur
I'm a glowstick and I'm cracked up
I been watchin' the sitcom
But it isn't funny
Like I'm stuck in Philladelphia
But it isn't sunny
I swear they playin' with different money
They slick as a fox
That's why I been Scully
Don't got a single dollar in my pocket
Don't belong to someone else already so
If I'm late on my rent again...
I don't need no one's help!
I'm steady on it
Just lemme be an American male
Lemme be in debt
Insecure
And upset as all hell
(Sick!)
Germs flyin'
You can see me spit
Creatin' culture out of nothing
Like a petrie dish
That's we how do it 'round here:
We don't see these fences
We don't see this ceilings
We don't need these lessons
This one's for the underfunded
Who been misjudged for where they from
When they was young
Or the d** they done did
Or who they love
Or who they run with
Cuz you and us makes 1, ya dumb sh**
We got a pool of love
And it's cool to jump in
Stay you in the hive mind
No need to be afraid of the high dive
So
Take me with a grain of salt
Take me with a gram of weed
Take me with a Tylenol
Take me a dramamine
Just don't take it too hard when I take the lead
We don't forget who we are
And this is
I is we
High as we
Might just be
We ain't blind
Eyes can see
I can be who I am but see
Now I can leave
I can be free and be the whole world in a minute
I see you Khaleesi
It's easy
I feel it
[Verse 2]
WE filter out these average Joes
WE regularly be right at your throat
WE will accept cash for your hope and
WE earned the right to pa** this so
I'ma pa** it to the right
Get ‘em frantic
Get ‘em panicked
With the type of note we pa** low
We pa** ‘em hope like
Doncha know?
I'm so alive
You 'bout to go
They promise magic if you put some cash in this basket and pa** it on
I call that pa**in' the buck
I say that I'm ha**led enough
Though I thrown down to those who practice compa**ion and love
Cuz I know
That can be tough
[Verse 3]
It's only wine til you drink it
Then it's what's inside
You can pop a pill to see God motherf**er
Try
You can pray
With a bu*ton
You can f**
With a touchscreen
What the f** did I just jerk off to?!
What the f** did I just see?!
I think I saw a black man die...
I think I saw this in a movie
– wait
I think I saw this on a TV show
– no
I think I saw it in Newsweek
I think I heard the storm roof leak
I think I heard of a shooting
About 2 weeks ago
Is it the same one?
The news so deja vu
The news so deja vu
I stay numb
Cuz it's a crime to be different
But the times they are shiftin'
And my mind keeps driftin'
I get so high when it's windy…
So tell me whatever you're inta
We can do it til you can't get no better
I'm meant to uncensor your agenda
Til' the pendulum swing and the rope go
CRACK
[Outro]
I don't protest
I am one
And my throat is
My handgun
The law is against my heart
So my heart is against the law
We get stronger
They get older
Days get longer
Night gets colder
SHIFT!