Times Like These

Chorus
Verse 1
When I say hip you say hop
HIP....hop..Hip...hop
But so many say it I believed before they rocked
many talk a lot instead of proving.. focus on whachu doing
believe in a movement ... where natural disasters ..
happen nobody cares about the rapping
tsunami cut the power to the turntables captain
when did a political MC ever take action in a
fraction of a second thats when reality sets in
for some its a cruel world and hope can be a weapon..
an overseer stepped in to police a community
they humiliated the brother .....who spoke fluently
the news tried to fool you and me but with insight I trust
the populous can too reach a new degree
history had many massacres during Katrina
time magazine portrayed minorities as savages
Chorus
People join forces to fight a disease in sm'all con' tries
across the seven sees in times like these shine bright with
ease sky light illuminate the trees that we polluted
the air we breath in times like these
troublesome kids artists with a bubble gum steeze
doing dumb deeds dont feed into times like these
heed blind seek and find reach a new design you can achieve
arts a lost creed in times like these
Verse 3
In a critical situation it took teamwork
More than two heads together planned a pyramid first
prepare and disperse food through a network.
Seek to gain benefits, you need respect first ... next
remove the dilution that you can lie to the top...
improve a solution to acquire a spot.
admire the the present the futures a blessing
untangle depression....to polish off a golden lesson
absorb the core of a purer essence with musical effervescence,
... thats exuberant and ever pleasant
insight ... i use life as a reference... and try to
learn a lesson from those more experienced
not taken to serious... i keep it in mind
that history repeats so i can travel in time
but you can too so lets travel overseas boston
berlin paris to tokyo in times like these
People join forces to fight a disease in sm'all con' tries
across the seven sees in times like these shine bright with
ease sky light illuminate the trees that we polluted
the air we breath in times like these
troublesome kids artists with a bubble gum steeze
doing dumb deeds dont feed into times like these
heed blind seek and find reach a new design you can achieve
arts a lost creed in times like these
In closing, i leave your spiritual energy frozen
brain stimulated creativity your open
planets rotate around the speakers wave patterns
wont comment on you called upon turn off and on saturn
with a third of the mind we havent used yet to solve problems
like world hunger, we create new threats it's
economics so many cant unwrap the logic
tap into the positive with proper diagnostics
if you cant relax I'm watching for the best time to strike
in the dark cant find the light ... exercise the third eyesight
hurricane tornado, violent crime, wars fights
all things which distract from living a better life
in tough times mad problems can stifle ya
some will sell a kidney just to make it this far
theres more to living life kid than trying to be a star
sometimes life aint a breeze in times like these