Talib Kweli, 9th Wonder, Kendra Ross, Tef Poe - Which Side are You On lyrics

Which side are you on
Friend? Which side are you on?
Which side are you on
Friend? Which side are you on?
Justice for Mike Brown, justice for us all
Justice for Mike Brown, justice for us all
(He was a thug)

Which side are you on
Boy? The silence is unappreciated
Which side are you on
My lord? I'mma go ahead and
Take that as disrespect
Which side are you on, boy? Silence is death
Yes which side are you on
My lord? Get off the fence son
Get off the bench son which side are you on
Boy? Who will stand to defend us?
Which side are you on, my lord?
If you ain't with us, you against us

We drawing a line in the sand
You with us or against us?
Gotta decide where you stand
There's an angel and a demon
Inside of every man
It's completely up to you
Who getting the upper hand?
I make my music for the people
Survival guide the ruthless
Be confusing it with evil
When I say "the people" I don't just
Mean the ones that agree with me
I'm on the side of the people regardless
Of who they seem to be following

Which side are you on
Boy? Get off the fence son
Which side are you on
My lord Get off the bench son
Which side are you on
Boy? Who will stand to defend us?
Which side are you on, my lord
If you ain't with us, you against us
Which side are you on
Boy? Get off the fence son
Which side are you on
My lord Get off the bench son
Which side are you on
Boy? Who will stand to defend us?
Which side are you on, my lord
If you ain't with us, you against us

Ain't none of these deaths making sense
Nothing is sacred when you suffering
To pay your rent
Celebrities be making money off the powerless
They silence in the face of
Injustice is just cowardice
I roll with a crew that ain't
Never scared of the challenges
We don't wait for the tragedies
Freedom is the catalyst
We don't call in the cavalry
We the leaders we waiting on
You standing up for justice, then trust us
This is your favorite song
They want us caught up in more
Legal drama than Law & Order
In the streets police is on trial
And rappers is the court reporters
You won't be more then one of the
Lambs they fattening up for the slaughter
If you don't pull your weight and
Draw your water for our daughters
How a kid without a gun
Become a threat to cops
When they let off shots
Hoping that his head will pop and
That his breath will stop?
Gotta be satisfied with waiting until
We get the verdict it's just perverted
No justice for the family of
The kid they murdered

Today, today, who you gonna be?
Who you rollin' with?
Quit your stalling, all or nothing
Which side are you on?
Today, today, who you gonna be?
Who you rollin' with? Pick your poison
Which side are you on?

Gold choppers
Match my eyes if they road block us
Martin on my arm
But the struggle made me more Malcolm
Demon in the smoke
Kush burnin' like Ferguson
Fuck Obama and Don Lemon, nigga
The nerve of them
CNN, CNN but they ain't seein' him
Tears of the tear gas, tears of the Elohim
P-O-E the priest
Hit a pig with a prison shank god got me
Copy? I ain't scared of a fuckin' tank
Glorious struggle
Shout out my brother Tory Russell

Don't put a bullet hole in my spleen
New millennium, and no Zionists in my dreams
Don't kill me for that line
Conceal me or flat lines
I don't believe in no laws
I don't believe in your God
It's your block for my black freedom
Put a car bomb in your heart
Black child, ain't no love in this bitch
Feed your seed and get your
Chopper like the government did p-O-E

Which side are you on
Boy? Get off the fence son
Which side are you on
My lord Get off the bench son
Which side are you on
Boy? Who will stand to defend us?
Which side are you on, my lord
If you ain't with us, you against us
Which side are you on
Boy? Get off the fence son
Which side are you on
My lord Get off the bench son
Which side are you on
Boy? Who will stand to defend us?
Which side are you on, my lord
If you ain't with us, you against us

Mike Brown eric Garner
Tamir Rice john Crawford
Kajieme Powell antonio Martin
And that's just last year son