Who's Your Hero?

[Verse 1]

Chuck D and I'm a keep on spreadin'

Them names of livin' and dead legends 'til Armageddon

I save and support those makin a livin' against those makin' a killing

Uh, I crush the villain

Diametrically opposed, my mind's able to leap and beat down

All the clowns in a single bound

I'm fit for some comic strip, save the silenced

From punks drunk off the threat of violence

My secret identity is hated for what I am

Instead of loved for what I'm not, goddamn, I'm a man

Not judged by what I got

If rap games like a sport, who the hell cares what I bought?

This is Chuck, here to snatch up and bag up

Ignorance no matter where it is, no matter where you are

"Bulls on Parade," I rain on that charade

Played in the shame, this hero's a deeper shade

Now why wouldn't I be cantankerous?

At this stage and age, I be spinnin' like a 45

Video chicks the reason they peep them flicks

Villain seed implanted so they take it for granted

In order to lead the people, you gotta love the people

To save the people, you must serve the people

To teach the people, you better reach the people

But only if you care, yo, who's your hero?

[Verse 2]

Evil suits and ties attemptin' to try

To flip the impressionable scripts of masterminds

Feels like a jungle sometimes, makes me wonder

If rap is the new COINTELPRO makin' us all go under

Sounds of criminal thunder, call it my hate thats stoppin' ya

I'm too old to be popular

I ain't faster than no speeding bullet, I can't fly

And I damn sure ain't high

You wanna know why? Here's a page from '69

"Peace!" And that don't mean no crooked police

Avoid that pork at all costs and them old beefs

Cause is fuel for the motor, foolin' you to fill the quota

That's why I hate that Scarface flick

Not Brad Jordan, but that Al Pacino shirt you sportin'

Yeah I said it, perhaps you ain't read it if you was black or brown

Your ass damn sure wouldn't be down

Too many clowns promoting criminal backgrounds

Using crime like sugar to get them kids hyper

These new pied pipers is the new COINTELPRO

That's right, who's your hero?

[Pre-Hook]

Try for the money, even die for the money

Cry for the money 'cause they try for the money

Even die for the money, cry for the money

[Verse 3]

I paid attention way back when

KRS-ONE said "Love's Gonna Getcha" so it gets stuck in my kitchen

So many cats switchin' to get on that old road to riches

Stupid, talkin bout snitchin'

Whole lotta killin' with the so called bling

Hides the villain, twisted thuggin into lovin just to get her

Supported by mixtape DJ's who supposed to know better

Time for some action

Against the whippings of mass distraction

Who's your hero?