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