One Day As A Lion - One Day As A Lion lyrics

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Blood soaked earth that you call home <br>close your eyes but don't sleep <br>we comin' like peoples army <br>for the people who can't eat <br>who work with no sleep <br>for the child <br>with no shoes on their feet <br>a generation who flash heat <br>who role up on the banks <br>for their cash see <br>you're the criminal? <br>you got the nerve to ask me <br>tear mics till my voice get raspy <br>faced flame for five centuries <br>and if LA were Baghdad we'd be Iraqi <br>with our straps in the backseat <br>next to a general tied up <br>with shit in his khakis <br>best leave my mic alone I'm full grown <br>and I'm off to the green zone <br> <br>after dark my city's a fuse <br>after dark my city's a fuse <br>one day I say today we live as a lion <br> <br>blood soaked earth that you call home <br> <br>I heard this cat got life in the pen <br>crossing sand in the back of a truck bed <br>twelve deep heard sirens and lights red <br>was smacked on his dome with the club of <br>a white fed <br>no food no water no rights read <br>he came north to keep his seeds <br>and his wife fed <br>in the middle of the darkest night bled <br>stepped to the law and said <br>you a minuteman wait a minute man <br>talk like that might limit your life span <br> <br>after dark my city's a fuse <br>one day i say today we live as a lion <br>and when our cubs grow <br>we'll show you what war is good for