Common, Lenny Kravitz - A Riot in My Mind lyrics

Wa da da, wa da da da da
Cassius Clay and The Potter
Shape my mind, the shape of things, the trap
The grind escape the dream, shooting star
My aim supreme
Pops said, "If you gon' aim for king
Claim the king my brainstorm reign supreme
Black superhero with a cape and wings
Still I'm a G like a Mason ring
Build with gods and gangstas
Whose scars and faces
Traces of racist snakes that debased us
Tried to freebase us, mark of the beast
Erase us but we raised up from East Asia
Children of Mother Nature
The minority report said that we
Major and we made ya
I seek grеater 'til the fire nеxt time
It's burning down
There's a riot in my mind

It's a war outside
When it's quiet, it's a riot in my mind
It's a war outside
Won't be quiet, it's a riot in my mind
Gotta get ready, saddle up
If you really 'bout it, we gon' see
Oh yeah gotta get ready, time is up
If you been 'bout it, we gon' see, oh yeah
It's a war outside
Can't be quiet, it's a riot in my mind

Paraphernalia I wear like songs by Mahalia
Soldier, Buffalo, Griselda
Held the scroll that told us
Seven bowls and seven plagues
Babylon, dread the days when
The dead are raised
Escapades of the everlasting
Where the ghetto praise for compassion
No longer masking
Where Black men and Black women have been
Art, culture, fashion
The science and mad bling
Kemetic attraction, we live for action
Moral arc backbend, our spirit's attacking
To the, to the, tick-tick-tick top
You can lick shots, strange fruit get cropped
Get land, get stores, kick doors, ensure
Your fam' is good, plus the people next door
Some are tired about the times
Some inspired about the times
It's where power is refined
It's a riot in my mind

It's a war outside
When it's quiet, it's a riot in my mind
It's a war outside
Won't be quiet, it's a riot in my mind
Gotta get ready, saddle up
If you really 'bout it, we gon' see
Oh yeah gotta get ready, time is up
If you been 'bout it, we gon' see, oh yeah
It's a war outside
Can't be quiet, it's a riot in my mind

Nation against nation simulation, indication
Uh, yo nation against nation
Simulation, innovation
Generation, vindication
Vindication, vindication, ahh!