Lift Your Fist
Guru's Jazzmatazz, The Roots"Lift Your Fist" is a song by Guru's Jazzmatazz, The Roots, released in 2000 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:27 long and contains 81 lines and 717 words.
0:01Yeah guru huh the roots yeah ome on y'all uh lift your fist
0:10Uhh yeah lift your fist ome on
0:12Uhh
0:12To all my people just lift your fist
0:14Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
0:17How you want it the bullet or the microchip
0:20Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this
0:23To all my people ball up your first
0:25Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
0:27How you want it the bullet or the microchip
0:30Either way you got to lift your fist
0:32We livin life close to the edge don't push
0:35But this ain't eighty three and it's not the cold crush
0:37It's kids on the street strapped huffin that kush
0:40They eyein the next cat livin all plush
0:42I guess frustration make a brother do what he must
0:45What's the combination that can make a human erupt
0:47Team leaders gettin mutinied up who couldn't read
0:50The signs thinkin the day and times is
0:52Indeed we blast refuse to kiss a*s
0:55Quick fast ready to mash cause of a bugged out past
0:58Swallow the pain follow the mental terrain
1:00It takes a hell of a man nowadays to maintain
1:02Garments bloodstained face bruised and battered
1:05Our eyes reflect the agony of dreams that were shattered
1:07And they love it when we wild out and kill our own
1:10But the greater responsibility yes is still our own
1:13To all my people just lift your fist
1:15Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
1:17How you want it the bullet or the microchip
1:20Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this
1:23To all my people ball up your first
1:25Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
1:28How you want it the bullet or the microchip
1:30Either way you got to lift your fist
1:32Uhh worldwide famine ghetto people demand
1:35That somebody do somethin soon and let's examine
1:38The facts behind the violent attacks
1:40Behind the daily gunplay the c*****e and the crack
1:43Thug season what's the reason for the treason
1:45Everybody's gotta eat some gotta resort to thievin
1:48Take money money make money money money
1:51To all my people just lift your fist
1:53Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
1:55How you want it the bullet or the microchip
1:58Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this
2:01To all my people ball up your first
2:03Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
2:05How you want it the bullet or the microchip
2:08Either way you got to lift your fist
2:10Yo from the time they eyes open 'til the clock strike death
2:13Brothers is stressed walkin around holdin they chest
2:15They got the government surveyin they steps and can't breathe
2:18They dynamitin them projects to smithereens
2:21Money comin but them days too few and far between
2:23You tryin to taste just what the world's offering ya'mean
2:26I seen enough to make a grown man scream
2:28Brothers thirsty and hongry to get that thing
2:31Too many tears of pain too many years of struggle
2:33Too many drops of blood too many problems to juggle
2:36Too few jobs available too few schools equipped
2:38Too few role models just gangsters and pimps
2:41Will you succumb will your heart grow numb
2:43Or will you save the world and use your mind like a gun
2:46I'm the one I turn a stick up kid to a soldier
2:49Me and the roots word up we takin over
2:51To all my people just lift your fist
2:53Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
2:56How you want it the bullet or the microchip
2:58Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this
3:01To all my people ball up your first
3:03Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
3:06How you want it the bullet or the microchip
3:08Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh
3:09To all my people just lift your fist
3:13Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
3:16How you want it the bullet or the microchip
3:19Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this
3:22To all my people ball up your first
3:23Seem like it ain't no peace no justice
3:27Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh
Yeah guru huh the roots yeah ome on y'all uh lift your fist Uhh yeah lift your fist ome on Uhh To all my people just lift your fist Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this To all my people ball up your first Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist We livin life close to the edge don't push But this ain't eighty three and it's not the cold crush It's kids on the street strapped huffin that kush They eyein the next cat livin all plush I guess frustration make a brother do what he must What's the combination that can make a human erupt Team leaders gettin mutinied up who couldn't read The signs thinkin the day and times is Indeed we blast refuse to kiss a*s Quick fast ready to mash cause of a bugged out past Swallow the pain follow the mental terrain It takes a hell of a man nowadays to maintain Garments bloodstained face bruised and battered Our eyes reflect the agony of dreams that were shattered And they love it when we wild out and kill our own But the greater responsibility yes is still our own To all my people just lift your fist Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this To all my people ball up your first Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist Uhh worldwide famine ghetto people demand That somebody do somethin soon and let's examine The facts behind the violent attacks Behind the daily gunplay the c*****e and the crack Thug season what's the reason for the treason Everybody's gotta eat some gotta resort to thievin Take money money make money money money To all my people just lift your fist Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this To all my people ball up your first Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist Yo from the time they eyes open 'til the clock strike death Brothers is stressed walkin around holdin they chest They got the government surveyin they steps and can't breathe They dynamitin them projects to smithereens Money comin but them days too few and far between You tryin to taste just what the world's offering ya'mean I seen enough to make a grown man scream Brothers thirsty and hongry to get that thing Too many tears of pain too many years of struggle Too many drops of blood too many problems to juggle Too few jobs available too few schools equipped Too few role models just gangsters and pimps Will you succumb will your heart grow numb Or will you save the world and use your mind like a gun I'm the one I turn a stick up kid to a soldier Me and the roots word up we takin over To all my people just lift your fist Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this To all my people ball up your first Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh To all my people just lift your fist Seem like it ain't no peace no justice How you want it the bullet or the microchip Either way you got to lift your fist we get it down like this To all my people ball up your first Seem like it ain't no peace no justice Eh eh eh eh eh eh eh
Translation
Select a language to see the translated lyrics.