Rise - Five Fingers Of Funk

Speak upon an issue strain your brain tissue 
But you don't raise your voice 'cause you're afraid someone will diss 
you 
Words are needing saying so you'd better say them quick 
'Cause second lady Tipper's gonna zip a fucking lip 
And what are you going to do when Uncle Scam has got your tongue tied 
I don't waste a word 'cause I know well that more than one died 
To get across the thought the point the words we take for granted 
But you live in the U.S. Tianamen Square's another planet 
Injustice anywhere threatens my security 
'Cause I'm no shining example of a racial purity 
Mr. David Duke is not a fluke or threat or promise 
He's a mighty voting block to keep the real humans honest 
You've got to get up stand up be conscious every day 
Cast your vote in the ballots plus the dollars that you pay 
If St. Ids's supplies the sorrow then it's time to get wise 
Cast out the bottle open your eyes and rise 
Rise 
From the center of my being I'm seeing a growing movement 
In my youth I was seeking truth where as now a social improvement 
Generation X has got to flex on politicians 
When they're on a power mission and money makes their decisions 
Hypocrisy has got to be the root of this democracy 
It'd mean a lot to me to see a Mabon lobotomy 
All discrimination contradicts our father's nation 
Give us your sick and tired and hungry unless they're sick and tired 
and Haitian 
Because we hate them foreigners and imports but then again 
We never seemed too fond of our own Native Americans 
Ethnic cleansing we say is something we're against 
But it's called domestic policy on this side of the fence 
We're willing to step in and get in and push Iraqis off of you 
It's just too bad they've got