The Time Is Now Rakim, Richard Kruspe, R.A. the Rugged Man, Shontelle & Aleks De Carvalho (Ft. Aleks D., Rakim, R.A. The Rugged Man, Richard Z. Kruspe & Shontelle)

[Intro]
Come on!

[Hook: Shontelle]
When it's all said and done
Who will fight and who will run
It’s up to you to show us how
The choice is yours, the time is now

[Verse 1: Rakim]
Listen, this is for my peeps in the belly of the beast
Ain't nothing nice 'cause life is deadly on the streets
With money flow, funny, this ain’t where we wanna be
Everybody where he is, where we gonna eat
Even the young stressed out, no one gets left out
The slum, the blessed child, the strongest stressed out
Rounds and metals, sounds echoes around ghettos
The call of war heroes so we call it ground zero
We [?] live alone, kin and friends and foes
When the cold wind blows, it's so visible
No chips to close and no whips to roll
Smoke just to cope, it's so difficult
Oh! This ain't the place for no kid to grow
Bitch, no way to go, so yo this is home
If they don't get dope, both [?]
As the bullshit goes it's so miserable, come on