Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah (to know the truth)
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh) you must live it
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Oh, oh, oh)
(Oh, oh, oh) ah
The universe told me, "Work on the real first"
You ain't gotta lose your life to know its real worth
Demons in our lives we gotta kill first
Survive and then arise from the dirt
That's some real words (yeah, yeah, yeah)
All these sacrifices I only got scars to show (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Favours, we won't ask for those
Education in mind, more time I'ma ask the bros (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Black pride in our armoury and our arsenal (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Food for thought, I ain't fasting, yo
I said, food for thought, I ain't fasting, yo, ah
Power in my veins before I write, yo
We illuminate before the night falls
Oh, I know the pain and the fight, yo
I don't need your love, I need my life, yo
This is the re-evaluation of everything
Only we can free ourselves from the space we in
Unlock the cages from within
(To know the truth)
(You must live it)
Lock down, locked in
Brain up in a spin
I don't know what is happening
Don't know what is happening
Screens got me in limbo
Tired, what can I kindle?
This flame you're tryna dwindle
Don't know when we're gonna win though
When my brain spin
In a headwind
And my blood thin
And my knees drop
And my heart stop
In a dream lock
Then I found a flame to spark the storm you cannot stop
Empower yourself with the truth
That you're not powerless
You must know you are
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
Empower yourself with the truth
That you're not powerless
You must know you are
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
See all you people (just)
Mash up my head with evil (thoughts)
'Cause we will survive
From the power in our eye (eye)
'Cause we see that your throne is falling (falling)
We are the rising sun in the morning
(Morning, morning, morning)
We hear the power of truth calling
Now it's time for our dawning (dawning, dawning, dawning, dawning, dawning)
My temple was
Growing weeds
In the darkness
In disease
'Cause we were fed the bad seed
Fear and greed them put in we
They got our head full with lead, na
Their soul in hospital bed, na, na
Each bullet is a devil
(Each bullet is a devil)
We are the rebel
(We are the rebel, ah)
Empower yourself with the truth
That you're not powerless
You must know you are
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
Empower yourself with the truth
That you're not powerless
You must know you are
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(To know the truth)
(You must live it)
Correct your system
Don't fall victim
Correct your system
Don't be a victim, yeah
Empower yourself with the truth
That you're not powerless
You must know you are
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
Child, empower yourself with the truth, yeah
That you're not powerless, yeah
You must know you are
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
(You are powerful)
To know the truth
You must live it