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Recognize your right to push back...Suffocated by the pressure to performAnd the pressure to produce and the pressure to conform to the normsAnimated by the pressure to succeedAnd the pressure to succumb and the pressure to believe in a causePredicated on the pressure to acceptAnd the pressure to explain and the pressure to perfectWhat is inherently flawless, in all thisRecognize your right to push back...I already told you - I am not deterred by fearSee accountability to me is a whole 'nother theorySo my obedience is not to ever be mistakenFor faith in the creation, but in the fact I am consciousOf my reliance on the inability of scienceTo justify sound on the grounds of profound silenceWhy then is the molecular configuration labeled 'secular'When it's relegated to a genre?That which is from the mortal order's not built to lastIrrespective of the measure of skilled craftSo what Jah bless let no one curseI coerce the clergy, showin' no mercy to the pontiffYes - and the muezzin's understandably upset by the clamorI climbed and tied the banner to the minaretDon't forget the pact, andSongtexteRecognize your right to push back...Overwhelmed by the pressure to deferAnd the pressure to concede and the pressure to concur with the wordsIllustrated by the pressure to complyAnd the pressure to appease and the pressure to apply more pressure to yourPeers 'til the pressure puts themUnder pressure to defend why they choose not to amendWhat is inherently gorgeous, in all thisRecognize your right to push back...Lest ye judge and deem the position extremely biasedIdentify me as 'self righteous' and 'pious'I assail even the stale efforts of the Baha'isEndeavors have failed to make available HiphopTo the youth at large, when in truth it's hard to refute GodMusic is conducive to producin' artBetween you and me, I'm through with stringin' beadsAnd singin' of flowers and waves and leaves - it's notThat I'm a separatist, my suggestion is: we address the riskOf giving the impression we missed the pointTo progress with the kids - not in spite of 'emBy request, invited 'em to bless this spotSo when it must be justice, we clutch this (mic)Clingin' to the cord - they cannot afford to ignore the valueAnd when they doubt youRecognize your right to push back...Aggravated by the pressure to matureAnd the pressure to endow and the pressure to endure criticismGenerated by the pressure to be numbTo the pressure of the thumb of the one holdin' you down not allowin' you toRun from the pressure to be fineWith the pressure to align with the pressure to abide by the rulesOf the lawless, in all thisRecognize your right to push back... Aus Songtexte Mania