Shit is wild crazy i'm in LA Cops cars on fire like a mountain of sage People mad at the law cops inflicting the rage Like minimum wage you hear sirens and pain All the voices all of the names bet i say it again I'm on a mission why this evil mind state Got my people in a way they just say you be acting cliche Let me in show em the way educate and relate Show em the good what's better These cops never let up they just murder in broad day Play like a broadway they win on the parlay The body lay cold man that shit kinda bold Get couple bullet holes Ima need garcetti to allocate for the city 1 Billi fa the budget we need no fucking pitty Cuz the rise real gritty in the jungle of the city Ima witness to the revolution living legend evolution Yo lets go Ayo we be the change (Ay we the change) This is the moment Time to break those chains (Ay break those chains) Awake yo brains put freedom on your mind (Freedom on our mind) Everyday in the struggle gotta seize the time (Seize the time) Ayo we be the change (Ay we the change) This is the moment Time to break those chains (Ay break those chains) Awake yo brains put freedom on your mind (Freedom on your mind) Everyday in the struggle gotta seize the time (Time) I stay in Oakland California where the police was killin' So much in the 60s Huey Newton was willing To reveal the real villain and this rotten ass system Of neocolonialism wit a vision Of ending capitalism and slave masters whippins Modern day lynchin' But the pigs weren't diggin The Black Panthers mission So they made a plot to get em Assassinated leaders and threw the rest in prison 55 Years later we still heighten contradictions Justice for George Floyd and every single victim Of police terrorism we salute the uprising Cali to colombo we still decolonizing Yo lets go Ayo we be the change (Ay we the change) This is the moment Time to break those chains (Ay break those chains) Awake yo brains put freedom on your mind (Freedom on our mind) Everyday in the struggle gotta seize the time (Seize the time) Ayo we be the change (Ay we the change) This is the moment Time to break those chains (Ay break those chains) Awake yo brains put freedom on your mind (Freedom on your mind) Everyday in the struggle gotta seize the time (Time)