RISE UP! J. Period (Ft. Black Thought, Joss Stone, Pharoahe Monch & Posdnuos)

[Intro: John F. Kennedy]
Only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility - I welcome it

[Chorus: Black Thought sample & harmonies by Joss Stone]
Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix
Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix
Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix
Rising up out of the flames like a phoenix

[Verse 1: Pharoahe Monch]
The bane of my own existence, strange
Our defeat is deranged
Add that, multiplied by my feelings
The pain still egregious, but strategic
I came to rise up out of the flames like a phoenix
My words'll reach a million or more when I tweet it
That's as many people as MLK and Jesus
In half the time, peep the rhymes of a genius
Who refuses to align with the elitist
Seeing Dr King's dreams were not for the squeamish
Children of a lesser god, oppression gets repeated unless
We slide up out of the chains and delete it
America's like black and white dice tumbling
Any day you could bite the dust, another one
So while our culture is crumbling I will enunciate every line
Clearly so you can hear what the fuck I'm saying, no mumbling