Riot Lyrics - Serj Tankian

[Intro: Wyclef Jean] 

Yo Serj, pass me that lighter 

Yeah... yeah, yeah! 

[Serj] Flowers, smiling through the battlefield! 

[Verse One: Wyclef Jean] 

The break is over man, I'm back with the ink pen 

Like Ali bomaye okay I'm on my second wind 

Used to roll dice when the luck was on my side man 

Four-five-six, walked away with a grand man 

Seen many blocks turn to the Twilight Zone 

D.A. on the case like Sherlock Holmes 

My old high school sweetheart started sniffin a bone 

For the right bag she deep throat, deeper than a baritone 

I caught you off guard, this verse is unexpected, check it 

Like when I rhymed on Big Pun's record, check it 

I got a swagger that cut any rapper mind over matter 

Lyrical dagger like alcohol I'm bad for your liver 

Quiver, shiver body temperature get found in Hudson River 

Deliver a message to your miss you won't be comin over 

And if you on the street tonight, see that ReFugee logo 

We beam around the world like satellite 

[Chorus One: Wyclef Jean] 

It's them hip-hop boys, turn your radio down 

It's the rock 'n roll boys, turn your radio down 

It's them reggae boys, turn your radio down 

Neighbors mind your business 

It's a riot again! The world is getting nervous 

So we travel again! Main journey's the unconscious 

It's a riot again! The world is getting nervous 

And so we travel again! Main journey's the unconscious 

[Verse Two: Sizzla (Wyclef)] 

Come rooooooooock with me~! 

I got the music on the block with me 

Come chill on the spoooooot with me 

And just laugh in spree 

Yeah you're right, we got enough for everyone 

So get all your friends and your families and come along 

Move to the beat that's all we do we got Jerusalem 

Everyday we offer praises like King Solomon 

Ain't gon' hurt ye, don't be nervous 

I'm your guardian angel, know you purpose 

And if I look at you low, if I should make it 

Believe me, I leave you, show you how to make it 

(Hung up high, in the M-I) 

(Double-S-I, S-S-I) 

(P-P-I, three-piece tie) 

(Wanna see me die so the heavens they cry) 

[Chorus Two: Wyclef Jean] 

It's them hip-hop boys, turn your radio down 

It's the rock 'n roll boys, turn your radio down 

It's them reggae boys, turn your radio down 

Neighbors mind your business 

It's a riot! Riot! Riot! Riot! 

From the train to the plane, security check 

From the bridge to the tunnel, security check 

It's a riot again! The world is getting nervous 

So we travel again! Main journey's the unconscious 

It's a riot again! The world is getting nervous 

And so we travel again! Main journey's the unconscious 

[Verse Three: Wyclef Jean] 

I was down in Texas; drivin wreckless 

Police stop me, axe me for my license (oh yeah) 

Registration so I played him some Elvis 

He let me go, then I lit off the chalice 

I said if things don't change, we headed for the Arma-ged-deon 

And the great dragon with seven head, ten horns, at the Arma-ged-deon 

Listen to the choir children 

[Verse Four: Serj Tankian] 

The matterings of all matter 

Masters and their extended batters 

Internet intelligence for investments for the natural world 

Their divestments; truth is knowledge 

Although bi-polar if it's attainment is equitable 

Man's mirrors face the flesh but hide the spirit 

in opposite worlds; vision can only be attained universally 

Lamps of varied sizes and shapes carrying different shades 

All having the propensity to illuminate 

Let's ruminate on realization that the means is the end 

The Earth's water is mirroring the stream-of-consciousness 

The dead being reborn as flowers smiling through the battlefields 

[Wyclef Jean (Serj)] 

It's them hip-hop boys, turn your radio down 

It's the rock 'n roll boys, turn your radio down 

(Flowers, smiling through the battlefield!) 

[repeat to 21 seconds before the end] 

It's a riot again! The world is getting nervous 

So we travel again! Main journey's the unconscious 

It's a riot again! The world is getting nervous 

And so we travel again! Main journey's the unconscious