Michael Franti

We Don't Stop
They gotta war for oil, a war for goldA war for money and a war for soulsA war on terror, a war on drugsA war on kindness and a war on hugsA war on birds and a war on beesThey gotta a war on hippies tryin' save the treesA war with jets and a war with missilesA war with high seated, government officialWall street war, on high financeA war on people who just love to danceA war on music, a war on speechA war on teachers and the things they teachA war for the last 500 yearsWar's just messin' up the atmosphereA war on Muslims, a war on JewsA war on Christians and HindusA whole lotta people just sayin' kill them allThey gotta a war on Mumia Abu JamalThe war on pot, is a war that?s failedA war that's fillin' up the nations jailsWorld war one, two, three and fourSongtexteChemical weapons, biological warBush war 1, and Bush war 2They gotta a war for me, they gotta a war for you![Chorus]We can't stop it when the beat just drops!(And we don't stop)We can't stop it when the rebel rock!(And we don't stop)We can't stop until we hit those heights!(And we don't stop)We can't stop because we love this life!(And we don't stop)Dance to the new daySing to the new day, Rhyme to the new dayTransform hell into heaven God lives through,Grab hold of todayYesterday is over, tomorrow may be too lateEverything is one but the one is off balanceMusic made for the dollar like soul and talentReally ain't it all about a feeling you was havin'As a child runnin' wildBefore the mind programmin' set inThreatenin' your establishmentGet in this energy, lay back and sitThe next men wreckin', to the master's lipsHead spin breathren, get to askin' ifWhere, when, Mr. President, "What do you know?"It's evident settin' in slow, "How does it go?"An unprecedented event is about to unfoldThe devil can't stop, won't stop blockin' the globeFall in a cell hereFreedom come knockin' at the doorThey try lockin' it though, but we about to explodeWe got the firefly, tiger eye apocalypse flowSo deep in the bottom of your bottomless soulSend mind darts flyin' out, without a pistolRedesign lost minds got outta the coldBring order to a world that is outta control"Truth" you say, I say, "How do I know?"[Chorus]I wanna rock with punks because I love punk rockI wanna rock with heads because I love hip hopI wanna rock my beats all around the blockIf I was in Baghdad then I would rock IraqI wanna rock with punks because I love punk rockI wanna rock with heads because I love hip hopI wanna rock my beats all around the blockThere is just one love so the planet we rockNew world days and new world nightsNew world wrongs and new world rightsPutting new world funds in the new world banksWith the new world guns on the new world tanksNew world devils and new world godsNew world jails see the new worlds hardNew world names sing the new world songsNew world planes are the new world bombsNew world's flying, the new world's dyingThe new world's crying and the new world's tryingNew world sons and new world daughtersThey are already selling us the new world waterNew world beats for the new world to bangNew world streets for the new world to hangNew world president, new world drugsNew world resident, new world thugsNew world players for new world sportsNew world trials for the new world courtsNew world lawyers and new world lawsNew world prisons and new world barsNew world fight the new world's fistsThe new world lighting up the new world spliffsNew world smoke in the new world lungsNew world's choking, the new world's done[Chorus: x 2]We don't stop.. (repeat to fade) Aus Songtexte Mania