Break it down/ Tear it up

When we break it down they go and tear it up
When we gather round they go and break it up

We’re the children of the children of an insecure god
Reclamation of our language slanging like a lighting rod

Wandering through worlds that ain’t really ours
The only thing we own is our battle scars
When they harden and they callous we return to our source
When we sing we fill the chalice redirecting the course
Of the battleship that’s headed toward our memories
With their alibis they barricade our simple pleas

When we break it down they go and tear it up
When we gather round they go and break it up

We’re the children of the children of an insecure god
Reclamation of our language slanging like a lighting rod

Dropping jokes like napalm on their propaganda
Working out our wit to KO their slander
They keep the libraries out of our neighborhood
Cause they know that if we read we’ll take another look
At our situation and we’ll cause a scene
Cause liberation is in our DNA its in our genes

When we break it down they go and tear it up
When we gather round they go and break it up

Break it up
Break it up