Press On

Sho Baraka: I'm just trying to find my place I think I found it right here Martin Luther King Jr.: I just wanna do God's will [Verse 1] Sho Baraka: Yeah, me too I write for the rich, I write for the poor The disabled child and that precious unborn The high aristocrat and those kicking down the doors Those who voted for change, and those begging for more Those who spend hours in front of the liquor store The many men out there who's addicted to porn Those who bear fruit and those rotten to the core The sisters selling their bodies and the ones living pure I do this for the Bush's, Obama's and Al Gore's The X's, DuBois', the Kings, 2Pac Shakurs I do this for the Shalom in the eye of the storm Those who's piecing back together a life once torn Where's that Jupiter Hammon, I knew Langston Hughes Our Whitneys, and Wilberforces, our Corrie Ten Booms? I got a tragic word, our culture's headed for doom But a revolution's coming in light of that bad news [Hook] J.R.: A voice from above saying "walk with me" When nobody listens you can talk to me Please be still I can hear a sound Saying "my dear child are you here with me now?" Keep on pressing for a little bit (3x) Hold on [Verse 2] Sho Baraka: Deep personal voids, empty personal joys Little boys treating sisters like their personal toys You search a lot of places but you still can't find that, love Hurt cause you thought sexual contact Was everything but the climax I apologize the Apple Bottoms that I macked I tried to eat but I dare not cleave Exploring Eve's garden knowing that I would leave We call you a dime, but that's too cheap You drowning in your sorrows, but that's too deep I'm done being a player, we some new coaches When Pharaoh opposes, then we play Moses No fear to succeed, no fear to achieve When we can't breathe from fear, we speak on our knees Like "Lord, thank you for the path now You make straight the street we walk now" [Hook] Sho Baraka: Keep on pressing for a little bit (3x) For a little bit Cause he ain't done with you now Martin Luther King Jr.: And he's allowed me to go up to the mountain And I've looked over and I've seen the promised land And I may not get there with you But I want you to know tonight That we as a people will get to the promised land So I'm happy tonight I'm not worried about anything I'm not fearing any man Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord Sho Baraka: Keep on pressing for a little bit (3x) For a little bit Cause he ain't done with you now