Yeah… we in there — let’s go.
It’s hard to dig in your thoughts
and find the thoughts you were thinking
when there’s interruptions.
Hard to take action
when you’re faced with distraction.
Do I turn left?
Do I turn right?
War on my left,
dogfight on the right.
Or do I just make my own time
and keep moving forward…
I was about to drop some jewels on you…
but that might’ve been too much.
When you get caught up in this,
it’s hard for you to know when to go.
It’s hard for you to know when to throw fire.
I must be careful how I speak,
’cause I don’t want you to miss what I’m saying.
But you don’t need to waste your time watching me.
Look in the mirror — watch yourself.
Where was I going?
What was I doing?
How did I get comfortable being stuck?
Do I go left, or do I go right?
Do I go left, or do I go right?
And for what?
And for who am I moving?
See… words come back to me.
Let me speak my mind.
Let me find my kind.
Those who understand the dialect of respect,
those who understand when to win —
When we win, we win —
but we can’t be stuck on the when,
’cause the when is gone.
We are now.
The question ain’t what was done —
it’s what we gonna do now.
Are we gonna keep killing each other?
Keep fighting each other?
Blaming somebody else
for what we doing right now?
We gotta wake ourselves up.
There will be no alarm clocks.
It’s time for revolution.
Revolution begins in the mind.
Revolution against what?
Revolution against poverty.
Revolution against pain.
Revolution against the thinking
that keeps me there.
Revolution against what?
Revolution against poverty,
against pain,
against the mindset
that keeps me in chains.
Revolution against what?
Against poverty,
against pain,
against the mindset
that keeps me the same.
…so what you waiting for?
Thinking I’m looking at gain —
there is no gain
when we are the game.
There is no game
when we playing ourselves.
I had to look in the mirror and say —
“You can’t play yourself.”
Look what you would do
just to get some gas money…
You used to be self-sufficient.
Look in the mirror and shake yourself.
We can no longer continue
to kill each other
and blame somebody else.
We gotta speak words
that make men move
on the proper path.
We must speak sounds
that vibrate truth.
Only love
understands its frequency.
Wake up — we are now.
Wake up — we are now.
When we win, we win —
ain’t no waiting now.
Wake up — we are now.
Wake up — we are now.
Revolution in the mind —
bring it out right now.
Tilla Sonrise — peace.
TillaSonrise
