Akala - Malcolm Said It lyrics

Malcolm said it, martin said it
Marley said it, Ali said it
Garvey said it, Toussaint said it
I weren't there but I'm
Sure Dessalines said it
Malcolm said it, Martin said it
Marley said it, Ali said it
Garvey said it, Lumumba said it
I weren't there but I'm
Sure Dessalines said it

If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
You'll never live

If you ain't found something to
Die for you'll never live
We might feed and breathe but we never did
Except those with peace and equality
That don't see what we call authority
Live and speak truth and kill them for
We love them dead when they speak no more
But they will endure, ideas are bulletproof
Tooth of truth it's impossible
To pull it loose
We smother any mouth, they utter it
Folly Fathers fear, we Mother it
We're lovin they're corrupt government
So we look the other way when
In our name they're strugglin'
We idolize 'em and we despise 'em
Cos we're reminded we're the
Ones who are silent
So, give a moment for the
Times we were blinded
Scream at the top of your lungs like a siren

If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
You'll never live

Maybe the wise man has nothin' to prove
But the one who has nothing
Has nothing to lose
More things we don't need
Will make more thieves
More laws we don't heed it's all Siamese
Who leads? It don't matter
They can't make change
New driver but we got no brakes
Whatever the place, whatever the face
The master never ever frees his slave
They always knew it, so they pursue it
But we've been too divided to
Ever be guided through it
Gotta stop 'em because they're rotten from
The days of picking cotton
To sell us a love song and we're so besotted
So confused, we believe their promise
But there are some that lead more honest
They are not forgotten, though they shot 'em
So scream to the top of your
Lungs right from the bottom!

Malcolm said it, Martin said it
Marley said it, Ali said it
Garvey said it, Toussaint said it
I weren't there but I'm
Sure Dessalines said it
Malcolm said it, Martin said it
Marley said it, Ali said it
Garvey said it, Lumumba said it
I weren't there but I'm
Sure Dessalines said it

If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
You'll never live

People don't rebel
The rebels are the tyrants
You are not God, so we are not defiant
No human nature, just our behavior
The oppressed wanting their oppressor
As their saviour
Around the globe killin', made to be religion
But the book said they're sinnin' and
That is just the beginnin'
Now spread democracy by dropping a bomb
On a terrorist with no shoes or socks
I reckon, history teaches us the lesson
The bigger terrorist is the one
With the bigger weapons
They talked but we didn't listen
They spoke and then went missin'
We can't see all the things that imprison us
'Cause we don't appreciate the freedoms
They have given us
I wouldn't bet it, that we ever get it
Run, tell your friends that Akala said it

If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
If you ain't found something to die for
You'll never live

Malcolm said it martin said it
Marley said it ali said it
Garvey said it toussaint said it
I weren't there but I'm
Sure Dessalines said it malcolm said it
Martin said it marley said it
Ali said it garvey said it
Lumumba said it i weren't there but I'm
Sure Dessalines said it