This is a response, this is a reply, this is for every
law-abiding tax-paying guy
Who saw his back yard on fire for the first time and
suddenly felt like things changed
Like he can't tell where it's coming from next, like the
very earth beneath his feet is shaking
Like he's a soldier, along with everyone he knows
Up here in the holy land- we're used to it

i

Gettin' recruited at 18, cuz government's asking
When you live in this country, that ain't what is happenin'
What happens instead is, you get yo ass drafted
Like it or not cuz, it's the fuckin' law here
And Shady's protesting, 'gainst how the US is
Give Israel a visit, see every kid
In a uniform: green, beige, gray or in white
Give it a go three years and see what it's like
Just remember you might get yo fuckin' ass sniped
By somebody who's tryin' to get back some of his pride
And he don't care if he die, as long as you dyin' too
Cuz your fuckin' government's left him with nothin'
(better?) to do than pray
And live for the day that he gets you, 'til a piece of
shrapnel or a bullet hits you
And all the medics can do, is motherfuckin' pick you off the
ground limb by limb
Rest in peace Slim

Chorus

Baby
Wanna find you alive tomorrow
Don't wanna see your face on TV
If I could I would chain you to me
(that's what it's like, livin' in this country)

ii

This ain't no MC battle cuz I know I'd lose,
I'm just tryin' to make a point, hopin' these words'll get
it through to people like you
Who live in the states and got no clue, there's a million
dudes
Like the one who went BOOM last verse
And every single day this shit just gets worse
Cuz it's about who gets whom first
Wounds that you thought were healed just burst, this land's
forever cursed
It's got itself immersed in it's own plasma, asthma, chokin'
on it's own vomit
Problem that you see- don't stop just bomb it
Senior terrorist you kill- five dawgs on it
You'll have fifteen kids dead by dawn
It's like this vicious cycle, your enemies holdin' rifles
That you gave 'em to fight crime when there were times of
illusion this shit would
Come to a conclusion but it's just refusin' to die, cry baby
cry baby cry

Ch

(speech)

And that's it
I'ma stop man, I'ma quit
And time passes, and it's the same
Everything comes and goes but the pain
And people ain't receptive
Cuz this ain't politically correct shit
And I'm done, even if I go nuts
But you know me- I just can't shut up!

iii

You thought I was done and you felt relieved and you sighed
Like talkin' 'bout it's the menace, like danger is rhymes
Like if I shut up there'll be no more anger inside
These fuckin' people who send kids to go commit suicide
Look at these skies, they're motherfuckin' smokin'
It's not because I speak and not because you busy chokin'
It's just because of one truth that is brutal and is coarse
All we motherfuckin' humans ever understand is force, this
is war
And I am givin' it to you straight up, the way it really is
It's tough to understand but you ain't safe from it and
neither are your kids
And we used to believe, now what was up with that?
We grew ourselves a bitch and we expect not to get smacked?
Maybe it'll be over in twenty years
If were still walkin' this earth we'll be older and growin'
weird
And I won't blame my baby if she decides to leave
After all I don't know what will be left of me...

Closing chorus

I am still here, and I will always stay
But bein' here is so hard and it's harder with each day
And you just act so tough, but tell me if I'm wrong
With each phone call you get you scared they'll tell you
that I'm gone....