Blue Scholars - Opening Salvo lyrics

Now, it's the opening salvo
Where poet's scope the people
Like Mohammad and Malvo
A sample of the battle we
Wagered against an animal
Made to snuff us out like
The wick of a candle
And all the youth dressed in camo
We're ready to handle
And no this war was not scripted
Can't change the channel
We canceling all subscriptions
This is the last issue
When the casket closed can't take
The cash with you no post-mortem residuals
We individuals who
Indivisible become the most invincible
But that is not the issue at hand
We demand the simple right
To question y'all people
Where the fuck is freedom at?
It's all we ask but instead we get our asses
Assassinated fast
If they catch you talking trash
Then the first shall be last
It's time to prepare
Black clouds, sky falling
Put a hand in the air

And my people building monuments
To weather the flood i'm a leave how I came
Screaming covered in blood
Died once born twice both
Times we knuckled up
Along side our people we
Gon' struggle with love
And my people building monuments
To weather the flood i'm a leave how I came
Screaming covered in blood
Died once born twice both
Times we knuckled up
Along side our people we
Gon' struggle with love
So struggle with love, struggle with love
Struggle with love

Now this here's for those who
Choose fights whose fruit's might
Never not ripen until after they life
It's not right how they martyr our
Leaders and target our children
Disrespect the sisters and wonder
Why we militant
Peace to my third world equivalent
Even if I can't fight beside you
I write what I can to get our fam in other
Lands to understand your pain
Cause your beef is mine and
We one and the same
And I know about this privilege
But, if you're from where I'm from
Then you know a bigger burden comes with it
And that's what I carry when you
See me on a hustle i talking as a walking
Document of our struggle
Kasamas hold me down and remember
That I love you
And Johnny hold your head up if
They ever take me from you
And please, tell him that I tried, don't cry
Cause no matter where you are
A struggle's near by

And my people building monuments
To weather the flood i'm a leave how I came
Screaming covered in blood
Died once born twice both
Times we knuckled up
Along side our people we
Gon' struggle with love
And my people building monuments
To weather the flood i'm a leave how I came
Screaming covered in blood
Died once born twice both
Times we knuckled up
Along side our people we
Gon' struggle with love
So struggle with love, struggle with love
Struggle with love

Right now I want to thank God for being me
My soul won't rest until the colony is free
1896 revolution incomplete
Silence is defeat my solution is to speak
Resurrect a legacy of martyrs I beseech
Time to choose a side it's
The might vs the meek
My big brother Free brought the
Word from the East
Where the bullet in the middle of
The belly of the beast, hey