Maybe Both (dstl Remix) Lyrics - Sho Baraka

It was hard to hear over the gunshots 

Running round back and forth 

And then he said 

He said 

I'm looking for a happy ending 

I said, "We never had happy beginnings" 

I'm on my knees, I'm praying, I'm on my knees 

But, now I'm an easy target for them to attack me 

Liberals and intellectuals justifying my anger 

But when the cameras ain't here, they ain't no where near 

Oh, so eloquent, watch them pontificate 

When the smoke clears, the blogs re-build real estate 

You sitting in your academic tower 

Tweeting around the hour while the poor fights the power 

Oh stop it, oh stop it, you and your non-profit 

With a heart full of promise based on bad economics 

Put your ballot in the air, pull out a lighter, then burn it 

We just giveaway votes, make them Democrats earn it 

Politicians don't care cuz' they don't see a need 

They won't care till we bleed on the same concrete 

We burning down the neighborhoods where we live at 

If we don't own it, well let's do something to change that 

It didn't change Watts, it ain't doing much now 

Watch the philosophers argue while Rome burns down 

Bang, bang, bang 

Bang, bang, bang 

Reload the gun, they gon' do the same thing 

Bang, bang, bang 

Bang, bang, bang 

Reload the gun, they gon do the same thing 

Is it a ballot or a bullet? Let me know 

Should I fight or should I pray? Who's my foe? 

Are they killing with a pistol or a vote? 

Or, maybe, it is both? 

Or, maybe, it is both? 

Or, maybe, it is both? 

Maybe, both 

Why stop now? 

I haven't caught the holy ghost yet 

Sing a little louder, we can drown out the protests 

We build an antebellum, they too busy to listen 

I hear disturbing things come from so-called "Christians" 

Quick to justify your man's death 

Because of a criminal record or how a man dressed 

Thugs I guess, only perfect people get grace 

If that was the Lord's way, there'll be no one in the faith 

True flaw, America kills and hides behind the law 

They purchase this land with violence, but never count the cost 

Put a dollar to your ear, you can hear the moaning of a slave 

America the great was built off the labor that they gave 

Jefferson and Washington were great peace pursuers 

But, John Brown was a terrorist and an evil doer 

Oh yes, God bless the American Revolution 

But, God ain't for all the riots and the looting 

Bang, bang, bang 

Bang, bang, bang 

Reload the gun, they gon' do the same thing 

Bang, bang, bang 

Bang, bang, bang 

Reload the gun, they gon do the same thing 

Is it a ballot or a bullet? Let me know 

Should I fight or should I pray? Who's my foe? 

Are they killing with a pistol or a vote? 

Or, maybe, it is both? 

Or, maybe, it is both? 

Or, maybe, it is both? 

Maybe, both 

Before another man dies 

And another mom cries 

The people ask why? 

Keep yo' head to the sky 

Another man dies and another man cries 

Lord, hear em' cry 

He said, "Stop, don't pull it" 

Wait a minute, a ballot or a bullet? 

What's your standard? Where you stand? 

What's your views? 

What gives you the right to the think the way that you do? 

Is it school? Is it news? 

Is it man's wisdom? Is it religion? 

Why listen when you can make your own decisions? 

It's funny how some people see the Lord 

Some see him as a pacifist 

Some see him with a sword 

The Lord who hated sin showed grace to the thief 

Saved the lonely prostitute from being stoned in the street 

He was holy, but he hung with the sinful 

Drove out the wicked by flipping over tables in the temple 

He took a wrongful death, yet he remained silent 

But, he said he coming back, and he is bringing violence 

Many people isolate him just to make him fit their cause 

Never too involved in a greater context at all 

So, are there two christs totally unrelated 

Or, maybe there's one Christ, and he's pretty complicated 

Huh? Pretty complicated 

Or, maybe it is both 

Maybe, it is both 

Maybe, both 

Yo, it's Travis 

Hey man, it's Friday morning 

I've been meaning to call you 

I'd love to get your take on some of these things 

I've been thinking more and more about the issues 

And I think it would be good to hear what you think 

I'm trying to make sense of some things 

And, I wanna make sure I have a better picture of what's going on 

So, let's meet 

Call me back and we'll make it happen in the schedule 

Take care man 

Bye 

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