Malcolm Said It

Malcolm said it Martin said it Marley said it Ali said it Garvey said it Toussaint said it I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it Malcolm said it Martin said it Marley said it Ali said it Garvey said it Lumumba said it I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it [Hook] If you ain't found something to die for If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live [Verse 1: Akala] If you ain't found something to die for you'll never live We might feed and breathe but we never did Except those with peace and equality That don't see what we call authority Live and speak truth and kill them for We love them dead when they speak no more But they will endure, ideas are bulletproof Tooth of truth it's impossible to pull it loose We smother any mouth, they utter it Folly Fathers fear, we Mother it We're lovin they're corrupt government So we look the other way when in our name they're strugglin' We idolize 'em and we despise 'em Cos we're reminded we're the ones who are silent So, give a moment for the times we were blinded Scream at the top of your lungs like a siren [Hook] [Verse 2: Akala] Maybe the wise man has nothin' to prove But the one who has nothing has nothing to lose More things we don't need will make more thieves More laws we don't heed it's all Siamese Who leads? It don't matter, they can't make change New driver but we got no brakes Whatever the place, whatever the face The master never ever frees his slave They always knew it So they pursue it But we've been too divided to ever be guided through it Gotta stop 'em because they're rotton from the days of picking cotton To sell us a love song and we're so besotted So confused, we believe their promise But there are some that lead more honest They are not forgotten, though they shot'em So scream to the top of your lungs right from the bottom! Malcolm said it Martin said it Marley said it Ali said it Garvey said it Toussaint said it I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it Malcolm said it Martin said it Marley said it Ali said it Garvey said it Lumumba said it I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it [Hook] [Verse 3: Akala] People don't rebel, the rebels are the tyrants You are not God, so we are not defying No human nature, just our behavior The oppressed wanting their oppressor as their saviour Around the globe killin', made to be religion But the book said they're sinnin' And that is just the beginnin' Now spread democracy by dropping a bomb On a terrorist with no shoes or socks I reckon, history teaches us a lesson The bigger terrorist is the one with the bigger weapons They talked but we didn't listen They spoke and then went missin' We can't see all the things that imprison us Cos we don't appreciate the freedoms that they have given us I wouldn't bet it, that we ever get it Run, tell your friends that Akala said it [Hook] Malcolm said it Martin said it Marley said it Ali said it Garvey said it Toussaint said it I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it Malcolm said it Martin said it Marley said it Ali said it Garvey said it Lumumba said it I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it