Gunpowder

[Verse 1]

I asked my mother, "Why do you cry?"

She said, "Your brother, he just died"

Well, I told him not to go outside

He said he had to fight for his country's rights

But don't you know that mo-mother

[Chorus]

Don't you know that we can't stop the violence? No

Because the war is not over

Until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence

But I smell gunpowder (Pow)

[Verse 2]

My brother's been dead ever since

I didn't believe it, but when I saw him I was convinced

Two shots to the head, he was already dead, Lord

I headed for revenge in the city of Port-au-Prince

Screaming bro-brother

[Chorus]

Don't you know that we can't stop the violence? No

Because the war is not over

Until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence

But I smell gunpowder (Pow)

[Verse 3]

Zion's gunpowder (Pow)

L.A.'s gunpowder (Pow)

I wanna know why Christians pray for a new day

We don't need no, we don't need no, we don't need no

But it's still the same way

I wanna know why ghetto people pray for a new day, hey, hey, hey

And it's still the same way

But the preacher man told me

Good things come to those who wait

Do good things come to those who wait?

I wanna know, tell me

Good things come to those who wait

Do good things come to those who wait?

We wanna know, we wanna know, we wanna know

Pe-people

[Chorus]

Don't you know that we can't stop the violence? No

Because the war is not over

Until you can feel love, peace, and hear silence

But I smell gunpowder (Gunpowder)

[Outro]

Brooklyn's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

Shaolin's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

Uptown's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

Jersey's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

Even New Zealand's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

Australia's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

Brixton's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

Even New Haven's gunpowder (Gunpowder)

The Carnival, anything can happen

Rest in peace, rest in peace