[Jorge Ben Jor] (scat singing)      [stic.man]   (to the ancestors)   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot (to the warriors)   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot (to those who came before us)   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot (long lived the revolution)   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot      [stic.man]   religion is like prison   keep the people locked up in different divisions   some of them promise you heaven   but I see a whole lot of bullshit ism-scism   imperialism in the form of spirituality   slave mentality, escape reality   what we supposed to just suffer and smile and be content?   sendin our prayers to the clouds? (stic.man - uhn uh)   i want my heaven now, freedom on earth   and if the preacher ain't with us, then we takin his church   what is it worth to have the biggest religion   when the people got miserable living conditions?   no water, no lights, no rights   all over africa we fight, but we have to unite   cause ain't no power in the gospel   when the priest puttin powder in his nostril   and the elder's council fails to lead   and the children suffer from daily need   and the people can barely eat   is it a sin to stand up   to fight against the ones that put is in handcuffs?   goddamn, what happened to the daily bread, spread love   and not what the bible said, but in the name of the bible   how much love is spread compared to how much blood is shed      chorus:      [Bilal]   everyday my people get inside the bus   (women - shuffering and shmiling)   everyday its the circle   (women - shuffering and shmiling)   everyday my people get inside the bus   (women - shuffering and shmiling)   everyday its the circle      [Jorge Ben Jor] (scat singing)   (women - shuffering and shmiling) x4   everyday its the same thing      [Talib Kweli]   yo   every day I wake up is a miracle, thank you   seperate religious and the spiritual, thank you   see, I dont be askin in the air, every action is a prayer   the bear won't attack me, I be, attackin the bear, see   back in the day I used to work in a bookstore   my job was to find whatever book you look for   i remember one day this lady came for a bible   we was out, so I started showin here other titles   tryna share information about a religion   everything that I showed her was written by christians, still   she got the hell up outta the place   wonderin something about me shakin her faith   now, knowledge is power, we spread information   how strong is your faith? what it take to be shaken?   yo, I think she missed what jesus was sayin   can't keep your eyes closed to a revelation   you could be speakin in tongues   could be speakin of sons and daughters   my reflection of course, within the water is   beautiful, attractive, my musical contraption   classified as unusual practice but   thats what it take to be a man   free the land, crash down on babylon like the sea to the sand   peace to the fam, we want you all to stay strong and live long   like a de la song, c'mon      [stic.man & Talib Kweli]   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot   can't keep quiet   this time gon' be more than a riot      [m1]   this way of life, ain't right   pray all day and night and don't fight   poped up, doped up   work three jobs to fill the gold cup   no water, no food, no lights, no rights   no power til the people unite   it's gone - divison and they work us in prison   look round, how my niggas is livin   everything we make, they takin it to the bank   while we sittin up in the church to give thanks   don't you know the preacher got bank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh)   don't you know the deacon smoke dank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh)   did you ever think the bible was a prank? (m1 - uhn uh, uhn uh)   somebody bout to faint   before they came   they had the bible, we had the land   now, we got the bible, they got the land   and what do you believe in, heaven or hell?   life is what you make it, so thats why I rebel   uncle sam, got blood on his hands   good god, how the devil can dance   nobody wanna help a nigga   put your hands together, do it yourself my nigga   don't sit there   you won't have nobody rushin to die   so do something don't just suffer and smile      [chorus]      [Jorge Ben Jor] (scat singing)      [m1] (repeats until end)   africa, africa, africa   aids is killin   africans, africans, africans