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