Kwam - War lyrics

[Verse 1] There's a war going on Intellectual fire and brimstone All the focus on money and skin tone Misdirections I think so, it's known I ain't the first or last that'll say this But while we keep battling about who's Light skin or dark skin time is 'a wasting I've had it up to here, now I'm impatient One man can never outsize a nation Or hold a conversation In short what I'm saying here is bun separation The many are stronger than the one and it's blatant Don't care whether man are Dutch or Haitian If she's an African or Australasian Look at the person you're next to You're a human, they're a human, that's the relation There's a war going on There's a war going on Please don't think it's all a dance and a song When I look around, I find the evidence strong Common sense on the road seems to be gone Everyone's out for themselves, am I wrong? Wouldn't be a problem if we had balance Sad thing nowadays is that we haven't f** the American dream, it's a nightmare Now I see government bringing it right here Our social framework was a world leader Now man are pushing the disconnect deeper You can hear all this and think I'm a preacher That means your mind's caught fast in a sleeper Get your brain out of the tight snare We've gotta force the system to fight fair [Verse 2] No bare knuckles No putting the poor in more trouble Most important above all No person is important above all Let's adore and endure each other You can't be the best yourself, you need others Let's adore and endure each other I don't want enemies, me I need brothers I don't want enemies, me I need sisters No way can I do me against system From a lone stance, the goal looks distant I'm gonna need some a**istance We can break down doors if we stay persistent No long ting I'm insistent If enough people scream enough man can't miss 'em At that point they'll have to listen Then we've gotta ensure what's heard is turned to some action That's called giving the movement more traction Not just a pic in the paper with a caption I'm talking actual tangible change like Forcing the likes of Starbucks to pay Not coming here for our bucks to take Like building actual housing estates Not cardboard flats that are easy to raze I wanna see us come out of this phase We're being taught to move in selfish ways Sometimes when I say hi to a neighbour I will get an odd look like I'm a stranger I'm like what's going on these days? Are we still fretting about a man's race? Certain times I wanna scream out "wait! Stop the world, I'm getting off now, straight!" [Verse 3] There's a war going on Intellectual fire and brimstone All the focus on money and skin tone Misdirections I think so, it's known I ain't the first or last that'll say this But while we keep battling about who's Light skin or dark skin time is 'a wasting I've had it up to here, now I'm impatient One man can never outsize a nation Or hold a conversation In short what I'm saying here is bun separation The many are stronger than the one and it's blatant Don't care whether man are Dutch or Haitian If she's an African or Australasian Look at the person you're next to You're a human, they're a human, that's the relation There's a war going on There's a war going on Please don't think it's all a dance and a song When I look around, I find the evidence strong Common sense on the road seems to be gone Everyone's out for themselves, am I wrong? Wouldn't be a problem if we had balance Sad thing nowadays is that we haven't f** the American dream, it's a nightmare Now I see government bringing it right here Our social framework was a world leader Now man are pushing the disconnect deeper You can hear all this and think I'm a preacher That means your mind's caught fast in a sleeper Get your brain out of the tight snare We've gotta force the system to fight fair