In Boston 2005, 75 people died of murder
75 mothers cried and further
If all you get from that is a statistic
The point of this,
You missed it
I don’t claim to be a mystic
But I do have faith
That we as a people are great and it is not our fate that
Dorchester 2006 looks like Greenwood Tulsa 1921
And asking each other ‘What’s Going On?’ Is not enough
We must ask the mayor 'What’s Going On?'
Ask the Governer 'What’s Going On?'
Ask the President’s puppeteers 'What’s Going On? '
Cos Marvin wrote that song in the 70’s and this shit is STILL GOING ON
We need to speak truth to power
And fighting for justice is not easy
But believe me when I say that change is coming
The masses are restless
And I dare you to test this
Cos in this chest beats the heart of a warrior
It isn't coincidence we can’t see another way out
Because the Government and big business have more than clout
They have money
And when your mother and baby are at home hungry
You will do what needs to be done
Even if it involves picking up a gun
I as one who cares know that it is not fair
Choices limited by systems we livin in.
This country cant even take care of it’s own
11 dead at the Super Dome
And a pregnant mother left alone on a rooftop for 6 days
Not enough relief workers to save the day
Because they are 15,000 miles away spreading democracy
Spreading hypocrisy
It’s odd to me that more of us are not rebelling against what we've been taught to be.
Holes in the ozone the size of ten football fields
Eleven year old suburban kids talkin bout "Keep it real"
Thousands dying in Palestine and Lebanon
And we are still asking what's going on?
75 mothers cried and further
If all you get from that is a statistic
The point of this,
You missed it
I don’t claim to be a mystic
But I do have faith
That we as a people are great and it is not our fate that
Dorchester 2006 looks like Greenwood Tulsa 1921
And asking each other ‘What’s Going On?’ Is not enough
We must ask the mayor 'What’s Going On?'
Ask the Governer 'What’s Going On?'
Ask the President’s puppeteers 'What’s Going On? '
Cos Marvin wrote that song in the 70’s and this shit is STILL GOING ON
We need to speak truth to power
And fighting for justice is not easy
But believe me when I say that change is coming
The masses are restless
And I dare you to test this
Cos in this chest beats the heart of a warrior
It isn't coincidence we can’t see another way out
Because the Government and big business have more than clout
They have money
And when your mother and baby are at home hungry
You will do what needs to be done
Even if it involves picking up a gun
I as one who cares know that it is not fair
Choices limited by systems we livin in.
This country cant even take care of it’s own
11 dead at the Super Dome
And a pregnant mother left alone on a rooftop for 6 days
Not enough relief workers to save the day
Because they are 15,000 miles away spreading democracy
Spreading hypocrisy
It’s odd to me that more of us are not rebelling against what we've been taught to be.
Holes in the ozone the size of ten football fields
Eleven year old suburban kids talkin bout "Keep it real"
Thousands dying in Palestine and Lebanon
And we are still asking what's going on?
