Requiem

[Intro: Phonte]

For all the ones who lost too soon

One, two

One, two

[Verse 1: Phonte]

Got my hands high in the air

But this is not a concert, it's a sign of despair

No I'm not a monster, I'm just out of my head

It's like a jungle sometimes

Make me wonder how I keep from going under

With the lions and tigers and bears

Enough to make a cyborg break out into tears

It is not as it appears, they think we all crazy

Just unruly niggas and tar babies

But what if these fuck ass Officer Barbradys

Was killing y'all babies?

And the cost of your life was less than a dog's maybe

You'd probably call some of your boys that had an itch

To go out hunting for that something pop up out that bitch

Like, go ahead and drop it, nothing you do can stop it

Please don't knock it cause my pocket feeling that Doberman pinch

Anything from candy to cigarettes can get a nigga killed

But I'll be honest man I'm running out of shit to feel

I ain't tryna tell my biz

But I got the blues and I watch the news

Like nigga what the fuck I'm 'posed to tell my kids?

So fuck your city ordinance, this is for the flourishing

So hot in the air and that’s word to West Florissant

You seem to keep 'em shooting, bring the chorus in

For real

[Chorus: Tamisha Waden]

I just gotta find a better way (Oh)

I just gotta find a better way (Oooooh)

I just gotta find a better way (Ohh, yeah)

I just gotta find a better way (Gotta find a better way)

I just gotta find a better way (Oooh, ooh)

[Verse 2: Oddisee]

Religion's like a gang, I guess you judge me by the way I dress

My name and sex and think I'm on my way to display a vest

Since 9/11 I've been off the plane, detained at best

My name's Amir Muhammed, no officer I ain't change it yet

My father came in '76 not to get your job

But to get a job

See we ain't made the A-bomb

And we don't want yo' yard

Just a piece of heavenly bliss, they painting a rift

One-sided, I think they cheat the scorecard

I guess this is where I go hard or go home

Can't do that, cuz y'all done turn my courtyard to war zone

So let me grab this weapon, and load it with no discretion

Exploding on the poachers to prove a point that I ain't messing

I'm talking musical lessons, marching movements in messes

Stop the news from using shock as a weapon for suppressing diseases

Won't deplete us, can't compare the toe to the slaughter

To the soldiers who follow orders, kidnapping all the daughters

I'm here to drive your taxis, feed your families and your fears

And kick a little knowledge in your ear

If you ask me

So please go head get at me if my words loud as your actions

So we can get together and do something that's impacting

I think I found a better way

[Chorus: Tamisha Waden]

I just gotta find a better way (Oooooh, oooh)

I just gotta find a better way (Ohhh, yeahhh)

I just gotta find a better way (Gotta find a better way)

I just gotta find a better way (Oooh, ooh, ooh)

I just gotta find a better way

I just gotta find a better way

I just gotta find a better way

I just gotta find a better way