Guns Are Drawn (Album Version)
The Roots"Guns Are Drawn (Album Version)" is a song by The Roots, released in 2004 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:07 long and contains 60 lines and 493 words.
0:11Tell me how you feel when you sing a song oh
0:16Tell me what you do when the guns are drawn
0:21Hey little one you can't knock us all all
0:26Tell me what you do when the guns are drawn
0:32Yeah it would be cool it could be too
0:35Stop running round in circles off of what we fuel
0:37Living a lie eventually believing it's true
0:40A lot of people here for us one could be you
0:42It's outrageous and they just ain't nothing but save us
0:45An ocean of brown fists in various flavors
0:47A favor for a favor man this is the majors
0:50Tell me what you would do with no phone or pagers
0:53No kinko's no Fed Ex and no ATM's
0:55What you gon' do when the police state begins
0:57Well it already began but I guess it depends
1:00On what's really going on what's happening huh
1:03Military target practicing
1:04They finna write another Patriot Act again
1:07The days is short the nights is long the fight goes on
1:10The pistol and the pipes are drawn c'mon
1:13The middle of the night
1:14We fight like barbarians in sight
1:16Of the former might
1:20You might think that it's a waste of our time
1:24And I think you would be right
1:28Till he drop that rhyme
1:30The middle of the night
1:33We fight like barbarians in sight
1:37Of the former might
1:40You might think that it's a waste of our time
1:45And I think you would be right
1:48Till he drop that rhyme
1:51Uh and some might say that it's a waste of time
1:54Cause ain't no amount of dancing finna break the bondage
1:57We go to war and transcend space and time
1:59When every record ain't a record just to shake behinds
2:02You know the stakes is high we in the face of drama
2:05That's why we can't shake it or escape the problem
2:07It's like a game of roulette the barrel revolving
2:09They only want to see us occupying a coffin
2:12Mothers crying too often from they lost child leaving
2:14From trying to get over get under get even
2:17Get inside getting getting dumped getting greedy
2:18We got to get it right it's not about to be easy c'mon
2:22You best to pull your goggles up it's about to get greasy
2:25Believe it's on as long as we can still speak freely
2:28The pages of my life will make it hard to free me
2:30I know my people hearing me holler if y'all believe me word
2:33The middle of the night
2:35We fight like barbarians in sight
2:37Of the former might
2:39You might think that it's a waste of our time
2:44And I think you would be right
2:47Till he drop that rhyme
2:50The middle of the night
2:52We fight like barbarians in sight
2:57Of the former might
2:59You might think that it's a waste of our time
3:04And I think you would be right
3:07Till he drop that rhyme
Tell me how you feel when you sing a song oh Tell me what you do when the guns are drawn Hey little one you can't knock us all all Tell me what you do when the guns are drawn Yeah it would be cool it could be too Stop running round in circles off of what we fuel Living a lie eventually believing it's true A lot of people here for us one could be you It's outrageous and they just ain't nothing but save us An ocean of brown fists in various flavors A favor for a favor man this is the majors Tell me what you would do with no phone or pagers No kinko's no Fed Ex and no ATM's What you gon' do when the police state begins Well it already began but I guess it depends On what's really going on what's happening huh Military target practicing They finna write another Patriot Act again The days is short the nights is long the fight goes on The pistol and the pipes are drawn c'mon The middle of the night We fight like barbarians in sight Of the former might You might think that it's a waste of our time And I think you would be right Till he drop that rhyme The middle of the night We fight like barbarians in sight Of the former might You might think that it's a waste of our time And I think you would be right Till he drop that rhyme Uh and some might say that it's a waste of time Cause ain't no amount of dancing finna break the bondage We go to war and transcend space and time When every record ain't a record just to shake behinds You know the stakes is high we in the face of drama That's why we can't shake it or escape the problem It's like a game of roulette the barrel revolving They only want to see us occupying a coffin Mothers crying too often from they lost child leaving From trying to get over get under get even Get inside getting getting dumped getting greedy We got to get it right it's not about to be easy c'mon You best to pull your goggles up it's about to get greasy Believe it's on as long as we can still speak freely The pages of my life will make it hard to free me I know my people hearing me holler if y'all believe me word The middle of the night We fight like barbarians in sight Of the former might You might think that it's a waste of our time And I think you would be right Till he drop that rhyme The middle of the night We fight like barbarians in sight Of the former might You might think that it's a waste of our time And I think you would be right Till he drop that rhyme
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