[Intro: Wyclef Jean]
There's a war going on outside
Yeah, I
[Bridge: Wyclef Jean]
There's a war going on outside
That nobody's safe from
But here in my arms
I'll keep you from harm
There's no guarantee tonight
That we will wake up (That we will wake up)
When night takes the morning
But if no alarm rings
You can count on one thing
[Chorus: Wyclef Jean & VIC MENSA]
I'll be your shelter
Emergency
Please count on me, yeah, I
I'll be your superhero
When danger arrives (Uh)
I'll be by your side
You're my lucky dime (Uh)
[Verse 1: VIC MENSA & Wyclef Jean]
Wyclef told me, "Call 9-1-1"
But who do you call when thе ambulances don't come?
Or watch as the onеs sworn by law to protect us
Wrongfully convict us, then call it corrections
Next, they bail the banks out when we in recession
And hang us in a jail cell so they can swing the elections
I walk Chicago streets where potholes is deep
And Tahoes creep like TLC
Hospital workers in scrubs with no PPE
But they got money for riot gear, my nigga, we dying here
Yet, you tell me not to move with my gun
But we got more funeral homes than schools where I'm from
And on the news, all you view is homicides
Tell me why it ain't no trauma units when everybody traumatized? (Yeah, I)
Trying to get on your feet, playing the hand they dealt you
If your house is not a home, let this song be your shelter, shelter, shelter
There's a war going on outside
Yeah, I
[Bridge: Wyclef Jean]
There's a war going on outside
That nobody's safe from
But here in my arms
I'll keep you from harm
There's no guarantee tonight
That we will wake up (That we will wake up)
When night takes the morning
But if no alarm rings
You can count on one thing
[Chorus: Wyclef Jean & VIC MENSA]
I'll be your shelter
Emergency
Please count on me, yeah, I
I'll be your superhero
When danger arrives (Uh)
I'll be by your side
You're my lucky dime (Uh)
[Verse 1: VIC MENSA & Wyclef Jean]
Wyclef told me, "Call 9-1-1"
But who do you call when thе ambulances don't come?
Or watch as the onеs sworn by law to protect us
Wrongfully convict us, then call it corrections
Next, they bail the banks out when we in recession
And hang us in a jail cell so they can swing the elections
I walk Chicago streets where potholes is deep
And Tahoes creep like TLC
Hospital workers in scrubs with no PPE
But they got money for riot gear, my nigga, we dying here
Yet, you tell me not to move with my gun
But we got more funeral homes than schools where I'm from
And on the news, all you view is homicides
Tell me why it ain't no trauma units when everybody traumatized? (Yeah, I)
Trying to get on your feet, playing the hand they dealt you
If your house is not a home, let this song be your shelter, shelter, shelter
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