Rock The Nation lyrics

We livin' in a mean time and an aggressive timea painful time, a time when cynicism rots the vinein a time where violence blocks the summer shinelifetimes, go by in a flashin a search for love, in a search for casheverybody wanna be some fat tycooneverybody wanna be on a tropic honeymoonnobody wanna 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 the bills they gotta payno way no waysome make a living doing killing Columbia penicillinsome are willing to play the villain they just cillin'to pass the time, pass the informationor pass the winepass the buck or pass the batonbut can't pass the police or the pentagonthe IRS or the upper echelonI think it's time to make a move on the contradiction(chorus)Bom-Bom, rock the nationtake over television and radio stationBom-Bom, rock the
nationgive the corporation some complicationsThis is the dawning of our time I say it one more timeto emphasis 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 we part of the pollutionsittin' by and wonderin' whythings aren'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 reason to scream or to shoutthe NRA just bought a man's soulthen he jumps up and shouts gun controlthe government says that killin' a sinunless you kill a murderer with a lethal syringeso I ask again "are we peace lovers then"some of them slang guns when they're six years oldthis whole damn place seems to, lost controlso I raise my voice before I loose my soul(chorus)This is the way I'll express my feelingsvibe revealed and rev
olved spinnin' on a record y'alltry to confiscate take what I communicate withit's ancient gift of the lip steady creatingactivating passin' vocal vibrations to the blind plus seeinghuman doesn't mean just beingbe coming don't believe it just belife itbelongings or beloved rehearse it or recite itwhile shinning drop your guns and move your tonguesbattle motivation in no time lyrics comesometimes fun others run their mouth or awaymy minds co beaming like an early sunrayone 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 racetaking it long enough we crush the 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)