Bishop The Overseer - Battle Cry - Civil Disobedience Lyrics

CHORUS:
1_ This is the battle cry
The sound of civil disobedience ...
2_ It don't matter if you agree with it
3_ Even if I fail, I tried leaving it
4_ This is my truth, I'm speaking it
(Repeat 4 bar chorus - start with "The Battle Cry")

Intro (16 bar count)

Slave Rebellion Verse 1:

1 They say the meek
Shall inherit the earth,
So what we waiting for
2 Pivotal moment in time
This battle's one of a kind
3 Bottom to the top
Top to the bottom
4 Seeking freedom through violence
They say we consented through silence
5 Breaking the bondage ain't EZ
Free labor for years,
6 in the house, cooking the meals
Outside, in the field
7 The desire to live, is larger than
Cotton fields
8 That we workin' for meals and a shack to live ...
Why you beating my back, for the thrill? ...
9 So it's a wonder that I'm out for the kill
Vengeance is mine,
10 beheading's the style
Evening killing the kids, cause you taught em'
11 to live and think has you did
Forbidden fruit from
12 a poisonous tree
C casualty of war, face down on the floor
13 Or look in my eyes, before die, by the sword
14 c wife, who was mine, but you took her for your whore
15 cnd shared her with your guests,
Who arrived, at your door
16 The debt on this note, has come due,
So pay the boy

CHORUS (8 bar count)

Cmerican Civil War Verse 2:

1 c Declaration of War, now they invading the South
2 Being recruited to kill or you can die in the house
3 Contribute to the cause ... or you can die for the thought ...
4 You can't savor the taste ... if you won't Sample The Sauce
5 Freedom, it comes at a cost, ... and lives will be lost ...
6 With blood on ya hands, you kneel, and pray to the cross
7 Crucifying ya faith, and the basic principles taught ...
8 With a pistol in hand, cocked, and ready to march, and
9 We ain't taking no shorts ... but we depositing gains
10 I can get him up close, or I target from range
11 The crt of War is complex, but the result is the same
12 Playing espionage, counterintelligence games
13 Flying the flag for the cause, but I got to kill to be free
14 For all the rights, and protections, and what it means to be free ...
15 Before you throw stones, know how it feels to be me
16 Flying a flag for a cause, never intended for me

CHORUS

Convict Leasing Verse 3:

1 Pop ... Pop ... The Civil War is complete
2 Maggots devour died bodies, while blood flows through the street
3 Some souls resting in peace, there's still civil unrest
4 The 13th was amended, now I'm under arrest
5 Cause I don't have an address, and plus I'm lacking ID
6 I'm penitentiary bound, trespassing is a felony
7 Now I'm on the chain gang, this is the same game
8 They played before Declaration of War was made

Beat Change Up

9 Fighting the War was in vain, we still kill to be free
10 Freedom died in the Middle Passage as we sunk in the Sea
11 But in fact, I would argue that, it died with our tribe
12 Judas Leaders, traded and sold indentured servants from their own tribe ...
13 The brainchild to the Transctlantic Slave Trade
14 No rights conveyed, from this Nation we made
15 Triangular conversion from a servant to a slave
16 indefinite indebtedness instead of getting paid
17 branded at this auction, while galloping across this stage
18 auction to the highest bidder, depending on what he paid
19 The founding of this country is different from what they claim
20 We want the record perfected, they say we are the blame
21 Oppressors continue to shame Descendants of Slaves ...
22 The Prison Complex, it is a game to keep homies enslaved
23 Paying less than the minimum wage, Corporation's engaged
24 We are blinded by prices we pay, it costs nothing to make ...