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We The 99% Lyrics by Rebel Diaz

#OccupyTheAirwaves

2011

[Intro: Donny Hathaway]
Help me to inspire those, that need inspiration
Let my life be a sign of a coming generation
Help me
Help me
Help me
Help me
[Verse 1:]
I spit for those who have been silenced by the state
They tryna silence us like if the party is going late
My adversary is richer so I'm going for his dinner plate
He reachin' for my wrist to handcuff me and put me away
Ain't got a job so I got unemployment lines
Economic times, lack of dollar signs is by design
I came to set it straight like a salon in the heights
It's time to join the fight, fight
So fight for your life
I swear to Malcolm that I'll motivate and moving real fast
Building more relations my inspiration's never cash
My inspiration is the struggle of the past and present
I found my path and tryna make the present heaven
I do the math and the numbers never add up
Bank is sippin' champagne while we getting beat up
Time to beat the system up
This is abuse is too much
Like doubtful Troy Davis, I don't do this to be famous
I do it for the greatest real source of inspiration
Revolution, new tomorrow
So why the hell we waitin'?
No money, no commissary ever been behind these bars
It's just DJ Illanoiz, G1, and RodStarz
[Hook]
We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent
We here, we arrived, and we came to represent
We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent
We here, we arrived, and we came to represent
[Verse 2]
For the people, for the teachers
For the students, if we knew that
If we knew that just one percent of these dudes
Owned two-thirds of the U.S. of A
American way
They lock our youth away
Practice the same crimes
And tell the rest "let ’em eat cake"
In Francais, they burn cars
In London, they set it off
In Santiago, they march
Well, over here it’s time we start
Building a mass consensus
Yo daddy lost his pension
Yo daughter school need fixing
Your brother's back in prison
The lesson here ain't Kumbaya
Like overnight, that change won't come
Nah, but what they got?
We got 99 they got one
Problem and it's us
If we wake up from that slumber
Then that number make more sense to us all
Some small group of bankers
Whose wealth goes back ages
Stay tryna enslave us
Divide and contain us
And constrain us, more anger
Pit us against our neighbors
But in the face of hatred
We show love can change things
[Hook]
We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent
We here, we arrived, and we came to represent
We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent
We here, we arrived, and we came to represent
We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent
We here, we arrived, and we came to represent
We the 99, the 99, the 99 percent
We here, we arrived, and we came to represent
[Outro]
Occupy the Bronx!
Credits
Rebel Diaz

Rebel Diaz

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