Marcus Orelias

Marcus Orelias - Exercise Control lyrics

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(Piano Intro)

(Verse 1: Marcus Orelias)

Let me start off bat, I’m not a conscious cat

I just want you to see where my conscious at

No justice and no peace, too many mamas in tears

Son’s deceased at seventeen; this prison’s a beast

And we gotta eat but government don’t give a shit

As long as police see, less and less niggas breathe

It seems like every single month there’s a tragedy

Somebody getting shot up or shot down, don’t faze me

Not that I don’t care, it’s the way the hood made me

But lately, I’ve been thinking of adapting a new plan

To grab the youth and take the world in my hands

I hope you understand, ten to four, I watched the tube

Same tube showing you a black life’s worthless

Shows us cuffed up, buck buck, hearses-the pain

I put in everything, if we could link up every gang

When will we fight back? They hitting kids

The story trends, media sweeps then we’re all fine

That’s why I, don’t watch news cause its full of lies

(Hook)

I think gangs can be positive

It just has to be organized

And it has to steer away from being self-destructive

To being self productive

I think this country was built on gangs

I think this country still is run on gangs

Republicans, Democrats

The police department, the FBI, the CI- those are gangs

360 myself then I exercise control

(Verse 2: Marcus Orelias)

Me and my homies mobbing down the block

I stop; ask myself, how many bodies gotta drop?

I hear, God don’t like ugly but isn’t fond of pretty either

So our hands embrace heat, incase the streets get cold

If I talk revolution, most wouldn’t know the code

If I make songs for club, it feels like my soul’s sold

Standing on a middle ground, with nowhere to go

Cause you know, these cops give a damn about a Negro

Pull a strap, say you shot back; he’s the hero

Doesn’t matter if you rap or not, have a wrap or not

Exercise control and keep those Glocks cocked

Scream out your rights; aight? I know, I bring it raw

Dodging the law, how do we avoid the pin?

When stand your ground, stop and frisk is the same shit

Used to target me, honesty’ll probably be the end of me

I’m hearing stop the violence but that can’t be

As long as we don’t look at ourselves, as a society

(Hook)

I think gangs can be positive

It just has to be organized

And it has to steer away from being self-destructive

To being self productive

I think this country was built on gangs

I think this country still is run on gangs

Republicans, Democrats

The police department, the FBI, the CI- those are gangs

360 myself then I exercise control

(Outro)

Where are we going? Where are we headed?

Because believe me, it isn’t always the police.

There’s two sides to every story, three if the truth’s told

In the backseat, headed somewhere unknown

All alone, my innocence will soon be seized

No permanent friends, no permanent enemies just permanent interest.

Its time to fight the powers that be; let em know

We can’t have peace until niggas get a piece too

We’re taught our only option’s to be deceased

Look, I’ll be what you need me to be just know

Where I’m headed could be a rocky road.

Shit, this old world is crumbling fast, a new one

Coming slow but fsho, you better exercise control

Before THEY take control, ya dig?

Rebel with a cause and THEY hate it…

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