(Intro: 2Pac) Check the strategy. We’re merging the mind of a scholar with the heart of a killer. A 3-piece suit and a tactical vest. Welcome to the revolution. (Verse 1) Manifest destiny through a cracked rearview mirror, The philosophy of poverty making the vision clearer. I’m a Machiavellian mind in a camouflage vest, Putting social theories and hollow points to the test. While you’re reciting Shakespeare, I’m dodging the feds, With a library of thoughts and a floor full of lead. The duality of man: a scholar and a thug, Finding peace in the poems and war in the drug. We study the art of war just to survive the night, Turning a dark cell into a fountain of light. (Chorus) Intellectual violence, a refined kind of riot, The clip stays loud so the truth stays quiet. Thug Life in the ivory tower, Reclaiming the truth and seizing the power. (Verse 2) Storming the mansion where the politicians play, Turning their white-picket dreams into shades of gray. We kick the doors down, intelligence meeting the chrome, Bringing the struggle of the streets to your ivory home. It’s class warfare fueled by a double-drum mag, Wrapping the elite in a blood-stained flag. You call it a crime, I call it poetic justice, For the ones who built the house but you never would trust us. The ink on the page meets the heat in the palm, The chaos of the street in a world that’s too calm. (Bridge) They want us uneducated so we stay in the dirt, But the mind is a weapon that can truly exert. Load the brain, then load the steel, Making the oppressors finally feel what is real. (Verse 3) Penthouse suites filled with the smell of the smoke, Liberation for my people is never a joke. I’m reading Sun Tzu while I’m cleaning the piece, Praying for the day that the violence will cease. But until then, we keep the fire in the soul, Taking back everything they ever stole. Bitches in the lobby, brothers at the gate, The intellectual outlaw deciding his fate. Final chapter written in a golden ink, Before the ship of the state starts to sink. (Chorus) Intellectual violence, a refined kind of riot, The clip stays loud so the truth stays quiet. Thug Life in the ivory tower, Reclaiming the truth and seizing the power. (Outro) Evolution through revolution. The pen and the Glock. Class is in session. Never surrender.