Michael Franti

Rock the Nation
We livin' in a mean time and an aggressive timeA painful time, a time where cynicism rots to the vineIn a time where violence blocks the summer shineLifetimes, go by in a flashIn search for love, in search for cashEverybody want to be some fat tycoonEverybody want to be on a tropic honeymoonNobody want to sing a little bit out of tuneOr be the backbone of a rebel platoonIt's too soon to step out of lineYou might get laughed at you might get finedBut do you feel me when I say I feel pain everydayWhen I see the way my friends gotta slaveAnd never get ahead of bills they gotta payNo way no way!Some make a living doing killing Colombian penicillinSome are willing to play the villain they just chillin'To pass the time, pass the informationOr pass the winePass the buck or pass the batonBut you can't pass the police or the pentagonThe I.R.S. or the upper echelonI think it's time to make a move on the contradiction [Chorus]Bom-Bom, rock the nationSongtexteTake over television and radio stationBom-Bom the truth shall comeGive the corporation some complication! This is the dawning of our time I say it one more timeTo emphasize the meaning of my rhymeTo rise above all the dirt and grimeAdd the right spice at the right timeFuck the constitutionAre we part of the solution or are we part of the pollutionSittin' by and wonderin' why,Things ain't the way we like to find them to be, to beFor you and for me the people over there and the ones in betweenCheck our habitation are we a peace lovin' nationPeace lovin' nationI have a reasonable doubt I think I'll just spell it outThere's no need to scream or to shoutThe N.R.A. just bought a man's soulThen he jumps up and shouts gun controlThe government says that killing's a sinUnless you kill a murderer with a lethal syringeSo I ask again "are we peace lover's then"Some of them slang guns when they six years oldSome of them end up in some six foot holeThis whole damn place seems to, lost controlSo I raise my voice before I lose my soul[Chorus]This is the way I'll express my feelingsVibe revealed and revolved spinning on a record y'allTry to confiscate take what I communicate withIt's ancient gift of the lip steady creatingActivating passing vocal vibrations to the blind plus the seeingHuman doesn't mean just beingBe coming don't believe it just belife itBelongings or beloved rehearse it or recite itWhile shining drop your guns and move your tonguesBattle motivation in no time lyrics comeSometimes fun others run their mouth or awayMy mind co beaming like an early sun rayOne day we'll get the picture and all combineLess the talking bout mines is mine and become one mindEvery piece of the puzzle has its placeTo build the piece of the puzzle called the human race Taking it long enough we crush the formal journalisticDyslexic critters talk backwards to rap wordsI'm sure raising my hands with questions and demandsStatements and a plan with a map of the land[Chorus] Aus Songtexte Mania