Yeah
You wanna know who I am?
Listen
That's who I am
The guy who splits the jam
The average American man
Trying to fix a broken world with a broke-ass plan
Scrubbing off the rust on the cans I recycle
Fighting for a future that don't feel like it's vital
Raised on the dreams they sold on a bible
But every page I flip feels more like a trial
C'mon, brother, what the hell you mean?
What I mean is something cracked inside my bloodstream
A moment of clarity, violent, unseen
Turned me into a Sleuth with a war-machine sheen
I've seen you stealing me, yeah, that's what I mean
I've seen you bleeding me, yeah, that's what I mean
I've seen you choking every hope I believed
Till the voice in my head grew claws and teeth
You want obedience?
You want silence?
You want us kneeling in the name of keeping order and avoiding violence?
Well I'm done being quiet
Done being compliant
If freedom's dead, then I'm the riot
So who I am?
This is who I am
Just one motherfucker
Among a million motherfuckers
Standing up against the scam
The America we dreamed
Ain't the one we got
So this is our scream
And this is our shot
Who I am?
That's who I am
Built by us, stolen by them
The feds keep twisting every path in our face
There's a route to the truth, but they pave it out of place
Every right we were told was a pillar they erased
Till we're locked in a maze that we built in the first place
This nation wasn't made for us
But damn, it was made by us
Blood, sweat, tears in the dust
Now they want us to trust
Systems designed to rust
But while they were dancing in their celebration
I was silent, drowning in preparation
Masked my rage with meditation
Forged salvation through desperation
I broke the mirror just to see what breaks back
Stared at the shards till they formed a track
Turned every panic attack
Into a battle-cry stacked
On the spine of the life they tried to hijack
So who I am?
This is who I am
Just one motherfucker
Among a million motherfuckers
Standing up against the scam
The America we dreamed
Ain't the one we got
So this is our scream
And this is our shot
Who I am?
That's who I am
Built by us, stolen by them
Maybe I'm broken
But broken things cut deep
Maybe I'm hopeless
But hopeless men don't sleep
And if the system wants me silent
Then let it be known
My silence is violence
When I aim it at the throne
So carve my name in the asphalt
Let it echo through the streets
I'm the sweeter motherfucker
You will never defeat
That's who I am
That's who I've been
A product of a promise
That never kicked in
That's who I am
That's who I'll stay
'Cause freedom ain't theirs
Motherfucker, it's ours today