And all of this without making a pact with the devil   I'm a recognized foe, to the industry a rebel   And Mark is a planet on his own in a corner of the    Galaxy, where amateurs ain't allowed to approach   Systematical destruction of your ships have been authorized   Targets are neutralized, eyes   Focused on the enemy to see how they act   Who'll be the first to attack?   If it's them should we react?   We think about it deep for hours on end   We plan, we don't sleep 'cause nobody's a friend   We defend to protect the young, the next generation   On the wings of the likes of us   Flying without direction as they learn the ropes   But for now they're surviving on dreams and hopes   We direct them to the best of our knowledge in the direction   Of a route that's safe to take so they can break   The monotony, for those who wanna be   Emcees and producers it's never gonna be easy       There's a war going on right here   Right now and you know it but you're lacking the power   Back in the tower, soldiers are waiting for orders   With mics and batteries and tapes and tape recorders      We'll be breaking the doors if they ain't letting us in   Let the slaughter begin, we came to win   Take that to your leader, sealed with a diss   Tell him we're better prepared his name's on a list   Of those we had to capture and bring to trial   For keeping us underground, suffocating our styles   It's been a while since we initiated this   Whole scenario, activate mechanism   Make them listen, demoralize yes men    With brain cells missing, demolish opposition      There's a war going on right here, right now   And you know it but you're lacking the power   Back in the tower, soldiers are waiting for orders   With mics and batteries and tapes and tape recorders      So you thought you had us beaten, in the palm of your hand   Wrapped around your little finger thinking you were the man   Big mistake, we're teaching the kids to stand on their feet to achieve   The future is bright, what a relief   I thought the hardships would never end   Then, I thought of a plan, first to gather the innocent   Then to educate them and give them a hand   Lead them out of this place, the land of the damned   Like Moses 'cause life was never a bed of roses   It was hell to begin for entertainers and composers   This is where the buck stops, the act drops   And all hell breaks loose, I'll make them realise   We can do this for self if the intention is right   We can battle the foe with lollipops and survive   You arrive in a chauffer driven limousine   We arrive on a bus to defeat you   It's over, your chauffer acts like a baby   With his baby bottle taken while he's drinking   We could've done this in '86   But the money was tight and it was all politics   It's been a long while, since they left you   With nothing quite real to step to   I'm sorry that they kept you in a vacuum   Drained your mind clean but I'm back to   Reinstate a little bit of faith in the equation   So I'm sticking to the plan 'cause I have to   It's all about to blow out of proportion, the ocean   Seems like a puddle after the rain is gone   The world is my chicken breast, I'm like Everest   Higher than the rest, one of the world's best   Expert entertainers climbing the ladder quick   Trapped by politics to the point that I'm sick   It's been a while since we initiated this   Whole scenario, activate mechanism   Make them listen, demoralize yes men   With brain cells missing, demolish opposition      There's a war going on right here, right now   And you know it but you're lacking the power   Back in the tower, soldiers are waiting for orders   With mics and batteries and tapes and tape recorders