Sa-Roc — Red Dawn

[Verse 1] The dawn breaks, sun beam like a sign of God Hope your conscience clear, hope you're clean of heart I've had hands in dirt since I've ever learned to walk And all those years I've kept my growing anger camouflaged And these revelations won't do more than help them see How's it feel to be a prisoner in the land of free? My black skin got me backed in against the wall So I keep swinging at the cracks till the plaster fall You call me a terrorist when I resort to war? When I ain't seen my daddy since the tender age of four Hired hands slash a [?] for simple sport And all I get for my services is more debt to support I don seen some strange f.. on the southern trees And I've seen some others weep over the bloody leaves Black bodies a commodity, price on our heads So we don't even get a moment to swallow our grief Now its judgment day, how does your republic plead? Resounding guilty from the members of the justice league [Hook] It's the moment of truth It's the dawn of a new day Now we stand on our own two It's the moment of truth It's the dawn of a new day Now we stand on our own two [Verse 2] This is prophecy fulfilled I'm a saved man From Virginia cattle fields to the stage man I got heaven on my side, righteousness behind me And we gon' bring the light of God to this depraved land We gon' get free or die tryin, word is bond And that's on every day president in Babylon When the scales are just as tipped but you half of my resilience Cuz I'm smashing every surface I get this gavel on I ain't never been 3/5ths a human My intelligence and strength is more than eclipse your demand We leveling the playing field, any means necessary Every time you hear Sa-Roc, you think legendary fam And I am just but one of many, an example to be sampled from A humble woman who chose the value in path of martyrdom I'd rather die on my own two than live on my knees Please believe I ain't ask for battle till they started some So I'll be damned if you watch me fight to take goliath down The rise of history is another of gods honored ones [Hook] It's the moment of truth It's the dawn of a new day Now we stand on our own On our own two On our own two x 7 Our own two It's the moment of truth It's the moment of truth It's the dawn of a new day It's the dawn of a new day