Intro: traditional Lakota Sioux song Verse 1 Imagine the Word of God without religious groupies Imagine a savior born in a Mexican hooptie Persecuted single mother in a modern manger You'd crucify him again like a ******' stranger Tears of the anger are worth more than diamonds or rubies Imagine bein' locked up since juvie Imagine changin' your life and still goin' out like Tookie Imagine ****** talkin' **** when they never knew me Imagine a movie that depicted the pain in your life Like them kids in Afghanistan chasin' a kite For most of the world, that's what it's like Imagine if the woman you suppose to love for the rest of your life Is set to marry someone else at the end of the night They say you fight the greatest jihad in your heart and your mind And fight the hardest when you start from behind So I dream the impossible all the time **** a Masonic design — America's future is mine Repeat that to yourself, 'cause if culture's a crime Them numbers tatted on your arm aren't too far behind They can only conquer you after they've murdered your mind So rise up, ************, like the sign of the times I feel my body weakenin', but my spirit is fine Ready to go to war with devils at the drop of a dime And fight with my rebel army until the stars are aligned Break: Lakota Verse 2 Nostradamus was a white man's prophet Who predicated European supremacist logic Because the pilgrims and Conquistador columns Killed more innocent people than Hitler and Stalin I guess the fortune-tellers skipped an antichrist or two Brother, give this to the OG's doin' life with you And pray for the problems with the Pope psychology So the Vatican will offer an apology (for what?) For destroyin' the people's liberation theology Snatchin' the spirit of Jesus from people in poverty Business decisions like keepin' people in prisons But had the opposite effect: incarceratin' religion That type of crooked politics imposed on a populous Is obvious if you read the Northwood documents Forget the compliments for what I recorded And live for revolution instead of always dyin' for it Remember a bullet can never stop me My legions are led by the spirit Haile Selassie, watch me Even if I'm shot in the chakra, I will prosper Doppler effect, bumpin' music out a helicopter Tellin' the Persians, "Dig up Zoroaster!" And tell them I came back as the son of the Ahura Mazda Fish out the Philistine Dagon from the shores of Gaza And call Quetzalcoatl flyin' over La Raza This is my message to the older gods I'll sacrifice you all to the revolution, like the Romanovs Lost in the desert like the Hebrews of Israel The blood clot system tried to kill me like sickle-cell But I survived, and I'm alive to fight another day Cocooned in a coma, I can still hear my mother pray Sister cryin' out to God, "Please let my brother stay!" Walkin' towards the light, but somethin' is pullin' me the other way Outro: Cornel West Immortal Technique Rise up, young brother! It is not your time to die
[00:00.61]Intro: traditional Lakota Sioux song [00:56.26]Verse 1 [01:02.45]Imagine the Word of God without religious groupies [01:05.39]Imagine a savior born in a Mexican hooptie [01:08.18]Persecuted single mother in a modern manger [01:10.96]You'd crucify him again like a ******' stranger [01:13.71]Tears of the anger are worth more than diamonds or rubies [01:16.56]Imagine bein' locked up since juvie [01:18.70]Imagine changin' your life and still goin' out like Tookie [01:21.88]Imagine ****** talkin' **** when they never knew me [01:24.72]Imagine a movie that depicted the pain in your life [01:27.61]Like them kids in Afghanistan chasin' a kite [01:30.20]For most of the world, that's what it's like [01:32.29]Imagine if the woman you suppose to love for the rest of your life [01:35.54]Is set to marry someone else at the end of the night [01:38.27]They say you fight the greatest jihad in your heart and your mind [01:41.22]And fight the hardest when you start from behind [01:43.37]So I dream the impossible all the time [01:46.16]**** a Masonic design — America's future is mine [01:49.05]Repeat that to yourself, 'cause if culture's a crime [01:51.64]Them numbers tatted on your arm aren't too far behind [01:54.44]They can only conquer you after they've murdered your mind [01:57.18]So rise up, ************, like the sign of the times [01:59.92]I feel my body weakenin', but my spirit is fine [02:02.61]Ready to go to war with devils at the drop of a dime [02:05.41]And fight with my rebel army until the stars are aligned [02:08.84]Break: Lakota [02:20.00]Verse 2 [02:20.02]Nostradamus was a white man's prophet [02:22.24]Who predicated European supremacist logic [02:24.64]Because the pilgrims and Conquistador columns [02:27.57]Killed more innocent people than Hitler and Stalin [02:30.27]I guess the fortune-tellers skipped an antichrist or two [02:33.50]Brother, give this to the OG's doin' life with you [02:36.25]And pray for the problems with the Pope psychology [02:38.69]So the Vatican will offer an apology (for what?) [02:41.48]For destroyin' the people's liberation theology [02:44.12]Snatchin' the spirit of Jesus from people in poverty [02:46.87]Business decisions like keepin' people in prisons [02:49.60]But had the opposite effect: incarceratin' religion [02:52.39]That type of crooked politics imposed on a populous [02:55.53]Is obvious if you read the Northwood documents [02:58.32]Forget the compliments for what I recorded [03:00.52]And live for revolution instead of always dyin' for it [03:03.96]Remember a bullet can never stop me [03:06.15]My legions are led by the spirit Haile Selassie, watch me [03:09.38]Even if I'm shot in the chakra, I will prosper [03:12.07]Doppler effect, bumpin' music out a helicopter [03:14.97]Tellin' the Persians, "Dig up Zoroaster!" [03:18.09]And tell them I came back as the son of the Ahura Mazda [03:21.27]Fish out the Philistine Dagon from the shores of Gaza [03:24.42]And call Quetzalcoatl flyin' over La Raza [03:27.26]This is my message to the older gods [03:29.26]I'll sacrifice you all to the revolution, like the Romanovs [03:32.43]Lost in the desert like the Hebrews of Israel [03:35.13]The blood clot system tried to kill me like sickle-cell [03:38.02]But I survived, and I'm alive to fight another day [03:40.61]Cocooned in a coma, I can still hear my mother pray [03:43.35]Sister cryin' out to God, "Please let my brother stay!" [03:46.15]Walkin' towards the light, but somethin' is pullin' me the other way [04:06.47]Outro: Cornel West [04:07.97]Immortal Technique [04:10.01]Rise up, young brother! [04:12.00]It is not your time to die
