Chuck D - By the Time I Get to Arizona lyrics

[Intro: Sister Souljah] This is Sister Souljah Public Enemy, Security of the First World, and all allied forces Are traveling west to head off a white supremacy scheming To destroy the national celebration of Martin Luther Kings birthday Public Enemy believes that the powers that be in the states of New Hampshire and Arizona have found psychological discomfort in paying tribute to a black man who tried to teach white people the meaning of civilization. Good luck brothers, show 'em what you got [Verse 1] I'm counting down to the day deserving fitting for a king I'm waiting for the time when I can get to Arizona Cause my money is spent on the goddamn rent Neither party is mine, not the jacka** or the elephant 20,000 n**y n**y brothers in the corner Of the cell block but they come from California Population is none in the desert and sun With a gun cracker running things under his thumb Staring hard at the postcards, isn't it odd and unique Seeing people smile wild in the heat? 120 degrees, cause I want to be free What's a smiling face when the whole state's racist? Why I want a holiday? Damn it, cause I wanna So what if I celebrate it standing on a corner I ain't drinking no 40, thinking time with a nine 'Til we get some land, call me the trigger man Looking for the governor, huh? He ain't lovin' ya, ha? But here to trouble ya, he's rubbin' ya wrong Get the point and come along, and he can get to the joint I urinated on the state while I was kicking this song Yeah, he appear to be fair The s**er over there, he try to keep it yesteryear The good ol' days, the same ol' ways that kept us dyin' Yes: you, me, myself, and I indeed What he need is a nosebleed Read between the lines, and then you see the lie Politically planned... But understand, that's all she wrote When we see the real side that hide behind the vote And they can't understand why he, the man I'm singin' 'bout a KING They don't like it when I decide to mic it Wait, I'm waitin' for the date For the man, who demands respect Cause he was great, C'mon I'm on the one mission to get a politician to honor Or he's a goner by the time I get to Arizona [Verse 2] Well, I got 25 days to do it If a wall in the way, just watch me go through it Cause I gotta do what I gotta do P.E. number one, gets the job done When it's done and over, was because I drove'er Through all the static, not stick but automatic That's the way it is, he gotta get his Talking MLK, gonna find a way Make the state pay, I'm looking for the day Hard as it seems, this ain't no damn dream Gotta know what I mean, it's team against team Catch the light beam So I pray, I pray every day, I do and praise Jah the maker Looking for culture I got, but not here from Jamaica Pushing and shaking the structure, bringing down the Babylon Hearing the s**er that make it hard for the Brown The hard Boulovard I need it now more than ever now Who's sitting on my freedom, opressor, people beater A piece of the pick, we picked a piece of land that we're deserving now Reparation a piece of the nation, and, damn, he got the nerve Another n***a they say and cla**ify we want too much My people plus the whole nine is mine, don't think I even double dutch Here's a brother my attitude is hit 'em, hang them high I'm blowing up the 90's, started ticking in '86 When the blind get a mind, better start fearing while we sing it Now, there will be the day we know those down and who will go By the time I get to Arizona