Lyrics
I've been waiting, investigating
Taking note of things that I heard
Day breaking, lay low waking
Siren fading, put on my shirt
From the high rise, playing I Spy
Saying bye bye to the rich outskirts
I got no ties, as the crow flies
Just wonder why I still ain't heard
What's the word?
Little bird, what you seen? What you observe?
Maybe you can spread some sense 'round the world
And now you're free, your tongue won't be curbed
I take strength from the word I heard
Coming from a man of over seventy years
Moving mountains with fountains of wisdom
A voice of reason going out to the millions
To keep up the pressure, no time to relax
Hold tight the grasp on the throat of the ash
When the venom is felt, time to tell it in felon
Starve the disease before it starts spreading 'cause
I know we can make it
I know 'cause I'm sure
I ain't taking a dive
I ain't saying white lies
Just asking, what's the word?
I'm on a mission, here's my transmission
And now you see what your wind messing
Just listen, the level has risen
Come hell or high water, my rhyme will get written
Start ticking, the countdown's clicking
You know the saying that goes, "What's been will"
To a big cap, come to fight back
With a tranquil mind and a rational hat
As the news gets blurred and slurred and obscured
That's why I'm asking you, have you heard
What's the word?
Well little bird, where you going looking so perturbed?
Blowin' from the south, looking down in the mouth
Can't find no place to build your house
Grown out in the rain by invaders that came
Yet the seed of the soil is still blood in your veins
We need to change (Change)
Now it's imperative
But all the red tape is more like a sedative
They give me the blues and they won't go away
The race of death spilled every day
In the street, life come cheap
When legal tender is way out of reach
Spend, spend, spend, where's it gonna end?
Down the tubes going 'round the bend
This destination may well disturb you
Because this vision lacks every virtue
Where do we go from here? Just disappear?
Or reappear with a world much freer 'cause
I know we can make it
I know 'cause I'm sure
I ain't taking a dive
Ain't saying white lies
Just asking, what's the word?
Civilians don't wear government shoes
But those who do follow books of rules
With lack of logic, they're prehistoric
Highly toxic, what's it all gonna prove?
Wasting all the fish in the sea, ain't you scared?
For this tragedy, we just ain't prepared
Aquamarine was a dream that was faded
Illegal poison, yeah, government related
The whole episode is real X-rated
As you're going in the dark even though you start naked so
(Wait, wait, wait)
And then radiate
What's the word?
What's the word?
Tell me
Tell me
Taking note of things that I heard
Day breaking, lay low waking
Siren fading, put on my shirt
From the high rise, playing I Spy
Saying bye bye to the rich outskirts
I got no ties, as the crow flies
Just wonder why I still ain't heard
What's the word?
Little bird, what you seen? What you observe?
Maybe you can spread some sense 'round the world
And now you're free, your tongue won't be curbed
I take strength from the word I heard
Coming from a man of over seventy years
Moving mountains with fountains of wisdom
A voice of reason going out to the millions
To keep up the pressure, no time to relax
Hold tight the grasp on the throat of the ash
When the venom is felt, time to tell it in felon
Starve the disease before it starts spreading 'cause
I know we can make it
I know 'cause I'm sure
I ain't taking a dive
I ain't saying white lies
Just asking, what's the word?
I'm on a mission, here's my transmission
And now you see what your wind messing
Just listen, the level has risen
Come hell or high water, my rhyme will get written
Start ticking, the countdown's clicking
You know the saying that goes, "What's been will"
To a big cap, come to fight back
With a tranquil mind and a rational hat
As the news gets blurred and slurred and obscured
That's why I'm asking you, have you heard
What's the word?
Well little bird, where you going looking so perturbed?
Blowin' from the south, looking down in the mouth
Can't find no place to build your house
Grown out in the rain by invaders that came
Yet the seed of the soil is still blood in your veins
We need to change (Change)
Now it's imperative
But all the red tape is more like a sedative
They give me the blues and they won't go away
The race of death spilled every day
In the street, life come cheap
When legal tender is way out of reach
Spend, spend, spend, where's it gonna end?
Down the tubes going 'round the bend
This destination may well disturb you
Because this vision lacks every virtue
Where do we go from here? Just disappear?
Or reappear with a world much freer 'cause
I know we can make it
I know 'cause I'm sure
I ain't taking a dive
Ain't saying white lies
Just asking, what's the word?
Civilians don't wear government shoes
But those who do follow books of rules
With lack of logic, they're prehistoric
Highly toxic, what's it all gonna prove?
Wasting all the fish in the sea, ain't you scared?
For this tragedy, we just ain't prepared
Aquamarine was a dream that was faded
Illegal poison, yeah, government related
The whole episode is real X-rated
As you're going in the dark even though you start naked so
(Wait, wait, wait)
And then radiate
What's the word?
What's the word?
Tell me
Tell me