The Proud Talib Kweli

[Intro]
The proud
Stand tall or don't stand at all, come on, uh
Yeah
Break it down
What we do?

[Chorus]
We survive (Uh), it's more than pride (Word)
We stay alive (Word), ready to ride (Ride, one-two, one-two, yo)
We survive, it's more than pride (Yeah)
We stay alive, ready to ride (Put it down, yo)
We survive (June 11, 2001)
It's more than pride (Timothy McVeigh is executed)
We stay alive (And the country breathes a sigh of relief)
Ready to ride (Goodness prevails over evil, it seems)
We survive, it's more than pride (Somehow, with him gone)
We stay alive (We feel safer)
Ready to ride (Little do we know)

[Verse 1]
Today, the paper say Timothy McVeigh's in hell
So everything's okay and all must be well
I remember in Oklahoma when they put out the blaze
And put Islamic terrorist bombing on the front page
It's like saying only gays get AIDS, propaganda
Like saying the problem's over when they locked that man up
Wrong, it's just the beginning, the first inning
Battle for America's soul, the devil's winning
The president is Bush, the vice president's a Dick
So a whole lot of fucking is what we gon' get
They don't wanna raise the babies, so the election is fixed
That's why we don't be fucking with politics
They bet on that, parents fought and got wet for that
Hosed down, bit by dogs, and got Blacks into house arrest for that
It's all good except for that, we still poor
And money, power, respect is what we kill for, for real