RISE UP!

Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix The bane of my own existence, strange Our defeat is deranged Add that, multiplied by my demons The pain so egregious, but strategic I came to rise up out of the flames like a phoenix My words'll reach a million or more when I tweet it That's as many people as MLK and Jesus In half the time, peep the rhymes of a genius Who refuses to align with the elitist Seeing Dr. King's dreams were not for the squeamish Children of a lesser god, oppression gets repeated unless We slide up out of the chains and delete it America's like black and white dice tumbling Any day you could bite the dust, another one So while our culture is crumbling I will enunciate every line Clearly so you can hear what the fuck I'm saying, no mumbling Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix The irony of a nation claiming to be the United States Yet never in a state of unification Egos and ignorance creates incisions Comforted ones believe these divisions And we rep the rhythm with a little bit of skepticism Leaving us jaded and traded in compassion for compression Ready to squeeze the life out of anyone who steps to us With aggression The media runs with it, calling us aggressive When it's just reaction to a system that's oppressive Raised fists are claimed offensive But when both arms and open palms are up Police and bullets rain extensively See, advancing is the mood and the outcome of this selection is stewed And I melt and bought crack no longer good for blending And yet it's never too late for the cleansing If we want to rise up, then put the lies up Know the truth, make sure you need to size up yourself before you judge In order to unify someone's got to budge And to the choir don't preach, and discard the beat So instead those trapped in ignorance can be reached The outcome from this is a high Consciousness instead of a fist, push to the sky Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix Rise to power or fall from grace Though often cases our heads in the clouds Or we're lost in space Citizens of the divided states identify with hatred For our demise, they watch and wait Look at the downward spiral, it's goin' viral Nobody's ever accountable, who's held liable? If anyone could court respond, if they so inclined to It's sad, they want a borderline, redefine you As a people we can rise like the tides Due to tower over evil as a nation under God Indefensible the weight of all our odds But together we'll survive, just never sever ties We could rise to a brilliance, rise to a balance Rise to a way to coexist in nonviolence Rise to a volume that's impossible to silence In the morning when I rise, I'll rise to the challenge Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix