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[00:07.20] Recognize your right to push back...
[00:10.83] Suffocated by the pressure to perform
[00:12.66] And the pressure to produce and the pressure to conform to the norms
[00:15.46] Animated by the pressure to succeed
[00:18.19] And the pressure to succumb and the pressure to believe in a cause
[00:20.82] Predicated on the pressure to accept
[00:23.58] And the pressure to explain and the pressure to perfect
[00:26.38] What is inherently flawless, in all this
[00:28.16] Recognize your right to push back...
[00:32.63] I already told you – I am not deterred by fear
[00:35.33] See accountability to me is a whole 'nother theory
[00:38.14] So my obedience is not to ever be mistaken
[00:40.87] For faith in the creation, but in the fact I am conscious
[00:44.45] Of my reliance on the inability of science
[00:47.19] To justify sound on the grounds of profound silence
[00:49.88] Why then is the molecular configuration labeled 'secular'
[00:53.53] When it's relegated to a genre?
[00:55.36] That which is from the mortal order's not built to last
[00:58.00] Irrespective of the measure of skilled craft
[01:00.77] So what Jah bless let no one curse
[01:03.58] I coerce the clergy, showin' no mercy to the pontiff
[01:07.11] Yes – and the muezzin's understandably upset by the clamor
[01:09.88] I climbed and tied the banner to the minaret
[01:11.60] Don't forget the pact, and
[01:13.45] Recognize your right to push back...
[01:18.04] Overwhelmed by the pressure to defer
[01:19.85] And the pressure to concede and the pressure to concur with the words
[01:22.57] Illustrated by the pressure to comply
[01:25.27] And the pressure to appease and the pressure to apply more pressure to your
[01:28.84] Peers 'til the pressure puts them
[01:30.67] Under pressure to defend why they choose not to amend
[01:33.67] What is inherently gorgeous, in all this
[01:35.48] Recognize your right to push back...
[01:39.93] Lest ye judge and deem the position extremely biased
[01:42.83] Identify me as 'self righteous' and 'pious'
[01:45.68] I assail even the stale efforts of the Baha'is
[01:47.56] Endeavors have failed to make available Hiphop
[01:49.52] To the youth at large, when in truth it's hard to refute God
[01:54.77] Music is conducive to producin' art
[01:56.52] Between you and me, I'm through with stringin' beads
[01:59.26] And singin' of flowers and waves and leaves – it's not
[02:01.00] That I'm a separatist, my suggestion is: we address the risk
[02:05.67] Of giving the impression we missed the point
[02:08.33] To progress with the kids – not in spite of 'em
[02:11.06] By request, invited 'em to bless this spot
[02:12.96] So when it must be justice, we clutch this (mic)
[02:15.61] Clingin' to the cord – they cannot afford to ignore the value
[02:19.29] And when they doubt you
[02:21.03] Recognize your right to push back...
[02:24.62] Aggravated by the pressure to mature
[02:26.47] And the pressure to endow and the pressure to endure criticism
[02:29.12] Generated by the pressure to be numb
[02:31.93] To the pressure of the thumb of the one holdin' you down not allowin' you to
[02:35.54] Run from the pressure to be fine
[02:37.33] With the pressure to align with the pressure to abide by the rules
[02:40.09] Of the lawless, in all this
[02:42.79] Recognize your right to push back...
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