Hey...stay...nappy roots....yeah...hey..

now if the world was my oyster
baby girl everyday could be red lobster 
and you would be draped in pearls
but it's not read the front page herald we need help 
sometime I wish I could save the world 
till death I wonder if there's any heroes left 
quiet is kept won't hold my breath 
land of the slaves, home of the graves
of war aids, young aids, gone crazed 
these military ways in a flak scene

love and basketball
blood and alcohol 
cryin' my eyes out 
as I watch the tower fall 
nowhere is safe, comfort is a coffin man
lookin' out the window duckin' and crawlin' man 
daddy your son is callin' man 
look at this broken man 
with broken plans 
thankful as hell we holdin' hands
now I’m feelin' love used to livin' it up
not givin' a f***, livin's enough

you got to stand for something

how about some hardcore
save the world 
around the globe in ninety days 
hell on earth they say its nintey-nine ways
to meet your maker, dare the devil and I bet you be brave 
it's just a phase 
like in puberty at school to be crazed 
I got the classroom bully on my list to behave 
and if he cant then I’m show him what it means to be saved 
I’m just a nerd on my last straw 
bout ten of this my last call 
my self esteem extended like this planet bout to blast off 
3 - 2 - 1 
feel the black planet 
I'm like damn is that granite 
that I could be a rapper, a hobo, or some mechanic 
that I could be a failure, in fact that’s how I planned it 
cause I could never say the whole world is too demanding 
and I could never video shoes I couldn’t handle it 
so what if I tried to just do scales and not dibs 
and I settled every god in the crib until then
just prepared for this war to begin so you could stand up

you got to stand for something
(so you can stand up)
you got to stand for something
(understand)
you got to stand for something
(but nothing)

mentally still they whippin' us 
30 lashes 
ain't no love, ain't no sympathy 
them dirty bastards 
be washin' our brains with chemicals 
insubliminal leaving our sight impaired
but its right there 
in plain view claim you 
pack a pistol already but the missles are already aimed to shoot
one push of a button and this whole ****** game is through 
all of a sudden there's mushroom clouds 
evacuate the crowd 
it's too late, it contaminates the (?) 
the symptoms are maliable contagious 
without protection its infecting all ages 
soon your body's going through stages 
all at once the machine rages 

right now
(contaminate the planet, do it)
right now
(no time is better than the present)
right now
(we got to see some homie make it)
right now
(I'm tired of this now)
right now
(exterminate the planet, do it)
right now
(no time is better than the present)
right now
(we got to see some homie make it)
right now
(the time is now)

you got to stand for something