How Long

[Intro: Flavor Flav, Chuck D & The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan]

Flavor (Uh)

How long are you gonna sit around begging these folks to do for us what we have for— (Uh, come on)

[Verse 1: Chuck D]

Now here's my question as I type this rhyme

How long before we cross that line?

Watching this empire under fire

Finger on the pulse, yet cutting that wire

Posted alone, even if erased

That digital syphilis replaced, uh

I’m a race man, not a racist

That's a cancer to the race and a fall from grace (Haha)

We ain't scared of no power or nerds of the herd

Roosevelt Strong Island, Exit 21, word

Let the world linger before they get denied

Brave new words where the truth applies

[Chorus: Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

How long before this gets taken down? (How long?)

How long before my words hit the ground? (How long?)

They build the walls and they call it free (Yo)

But freedom’s a ghost when they mute the plea, uh

How long before this gets taken down? (How long?)

How long before the truth gets drowned? (How long?)

I'm speaking my peace, but the system is tight (Yo)

How long before they erase my fight? (Yo, Chuck)

[Verse 2: Chuck D, Chuck D & Flavor Flav]

Algorithms can't silence the beat of the brave

Let the people unite away from being a slave

Voices of culture, of future they fear

Rise from the underground screaming, "Yeah"

Understand every post of man

When they see social media taking a stand

Let the protest roll, can't ban my soul

Find a new platform, worm a new hole

Scrolls ain't reading, texting ain't writing

Voices of changes are yelling and fighting

[Chorus: Chuck D]

How long before this gets taken down? (Right, how long?)

How long before my words hit the ground? (How long?)

They build the walls and they call it free (Yo)

But freedom's a ghost when they mute the plea, uh

How long before this gets taken down? (How long?)

How long before the truth gets drowned? (How long?)

I'm speaking my peace, but the system is tight (Yo)

How long before they erase my fight or get down?

[Outro: Chuck D]

Big out Erick Sermon

Also, big out, the partner, Parrish Smith

Longtime brothers from another mother

And you don’t stop

Suffolk County

Roosevelt