[00:00.00]Ayesha Says (Intro) - Lupe Fiasco
[00:02.47]Hijabs hoodies afros locks
[00:05.32]Teddy bear liquor bottle shrines rocks
[00:07.44]Tanks prayer rugs church pews
[00:09.56]Mexican corn stands
[00:11.19]Blood sweat and tears police batons
[00:13.19]Gas masks and bullets create graffiti on corners
[00:16.25]Murals that salute freedom
[00:17.82]Or death for liberty
[00:19.13]Be it Inglewood or Egypt
[00:20.69]Bedstuy or Baghdad
[00:22.19]Syria or Liberia the west bank
[00:23.78]Or the west side of Chicago
[00:25.60]Where food and liquor stores
[00:26.91]Still occupy the block
[00:28.29]While police and community watchmen justify why they shot
[00:31.22]Emmit Till and Malice Green
[00:32.60]Rekia Boyd and Trayvon Martin
[00:34.41]Better not wear that hoodie
[00:35.74]While shopping for a carton
[00:37.24]Or whatever they sellin in your food desert
[00:39.08]Cause your soul is dessert
[00:40.20]And will be dissected and consumed
[00:42.33]On the Fox evening news while we sing the blues
[00:44.99]The new Jim Crow caged bird sings
[00:47.36]Cause he's tired of occupying his misery
[00:49.42]And of our marching
[00:50.80]He wanna fly to a higher consciousness
[00:52.36]But his school on academic probation
[00:54.42]They gave him medicine
[00:55.42]Diagnosed him with a felony and mental retardation
[00:58.05]So he refuses to cease the firin nobody's hirin
[01:01.11]In Illinois 67 is the new age when you retirin
[01:04.49]Class lines have blurred
[01:06.05]Those who used to have have not
[01:07.86]Pensions bein snatched
[01:09.11]Those who never have keep their hands stretched
[01:11.92]Social services being cut
[01:13.74]Sterilization clinics giving out pills to numb the womb
[01:16.74]Young girls referring to their vaginas as tombs
[01:19.24]Thinkin protests are temporary and trendy
[01:21.78]Well rock a t-shirt and carry a poster
[01:23.41]And two weeks later it's back to normal
[01:25.60]But they say times are changin'
[01:27.60]The revolution is becoming second nature
[01:29.72]Causes are combining
[01:31.10]People carrying torches
[01:32.47]Hope burning from their hands
[01:33.97]Attaching explosive devices
[01:35.54]Cause they keep stealing their lands
[01:37.35]In the name of freedom
[01:38.78]Hijabs hoodies afros locks
[01:42.16]Teddy bear liquor bottle shrines rocks
[01:44.24]Tanks prayer rugs church pews
[01:46.78]Mexican corn stands
[01:48.27]Blood sweat and tears police batons
[01:50.08]Gas masks and bullets create graffiti on corners
[01:55.35]-End-