Malcolm Said It-Akala

[00:02.24]Malcolm said it [00:02.90]Martin said it [00:03.87]Marley said it [00:04.82]Ali said it [00:05.74]Garvey said it [00:06.56]Toussaint said it [00:07.58]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it [00:09.24]Malcolm said it [00:10.36]Martin said it [00:11.43]Marley said it [00:12.34]Ali said it [00:13.39]Garvey said it [00:14.41]Lumumba said it [00:15.31]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it [00:16.99]If you ain't found something to die for [00:19.00]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live [00:24.80]If you ain't found something to die for you'll never live [00:26.86]We might feed and breathe but we never did [00:28.88]Accept those with peace and equality [00:30.75]They don't see what we call authority [00:32.63]Live, speak truth and kill them for [00:34.39]We love them dead when they speak no more [00:35.92]But they will endure, ideas are bulletproof [00:37.94]Tooth of truth it's impossible to pull it loose [00:40.41]We smother any mouth, they utter it [00:42.22]Folly Fathers fear, we Mother it [00:43.99]We're lovin they're corrupt government [00:45.90]So we look the other way when in our name they're strugglin' [00:47.78]We idolize 'em and we despise 'em [00:49.83]Cos we're reminded we're the ones who are silent [00:51.56]So, give a moment for the times we were blinded [00:53.60]Scream at the top of your lungs like a siren [00:55.62]If you ain't found something to die for [00:59.54]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live [01:02.58]If you ain't found something to die for [01:07.02]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live [01:11.15]Maybe the wise man has nothin' to prove [01:12.61]But the one who has nothing has nothing to lose [01:14.53]More things we don't need will make more thieves [01:16.45]More laws we don't heed it's all Siamese [01:18.37]Who leads? It don't matter, they can't make change [01:20.29]New driver but we got no brakes [01:22.07]Whatever the place, whatever the face [01:23.93]The master never ever frees his slave [01:25.65]They always knew it [01:27.47]So they pursue it [01:28.43]But we've been too divided to ever be guided through it [01:29.99]Gotta stop 'em because they're rotton from the days of picking cotton [01:31.76]To sell us a love song and we're so besotted [01:33.54]So confused, we believe their promise [01:35.47]But there are some that lead more honest [01:37.38]They are not forgotten, though they shot'em [01:39.51]So scream to the top of your lungs right from the bottom! [01:41.37]Malcolm said it [01:42.33]Martin said it [01:43.29]Marley said it [01:44.30]Ali said it [01:45.16]Garvey said it [01:46.07]Toussaint said it [01:47.10]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it [01:48.86]Malcolm said it [01:49.91]Martin said it [01:50.88]Marley said it [01:51.79]Ali said it [01:52.71]Garvey said it [01:53.83]Lumumba said it [01:54.68]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it [01:57.01]If you ain't found something to die for [01:59.01]If you ain't found something to die for [02:03.54]If you ain't found something to die for [02:07.62]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live [02:11.09]People don't rebel, the rebels are the tyrants [02:14.12]You are not God, so we are not defying [02:16.03]No human nature, just our behavior [02:17.88]The oppressed wanting their oppressor as their saviour [02:20.10]Around the globe killin', made to be religion [02:21.81]But the book said they're sinnin' [02:22.91]And that is just the beginnin' [02:23.91]Now spread democracy by dropping a bomb [02:25.58]On a terrorist with no shoes or socks [02:27.56]I reckon, history teaches us a lesson [02:29.31]The bigger terrorist is the one with the bigger weapons [02:31.50]They talked but we didn't listen [02:33.67]They spoke and then went missin' [02:35.63]We can't see all the things that imprison us [02:37.34]Cos we don't appreciate the freedoms that they have given us [02:39.76]I wouldn't bet it, that we ever get it [02:41.12]Run, tell your friends that Akala said it [02:42.88]If you ain't found something to die for [02:44.97]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live [02:50.56]If you ain't found something to die for [02:53.53]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live [02:58.48]Malcolm said it [02:59.39]Martin said it [03:00.05]Marley said it [03:01.10]Ali said it [03:02.01]Garvey said it [03:02.98]Toussaint said it [03:03.93]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it [03:05.90]Malcolm said it [03:06.76]Martin said it [03:07.72]Marley said it [03:08.64]Ali said it [03:09.61]Garvey said it [03:10.62]Lumumba said it [03:11.93]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it