[Intro]

…Recognize your right to Push back…

[Hook:]

Suffocated by the pressure to perform

And the pressure to produce

And the pressure to conform to the norms

Animated by the pressure to succeed

And the pressure to succumb

And the pressure to believe in a cause

Predicated on the pressure to accept

And the pressure to explain and the pressure to perfect

What is inherently flawless, in all this

Recognize your right to push back…

[Verse 1: RA Scion]

I already told you – I am not deterred by fear

See accountability to me is a whole ‘nother theory

So my obedience is not to ever be mistaken

For faith in the creation, but in the fact I am conscious

Of my reliance on the inability of science

To justify sound on the grounds of profound silence

Why then is the molecular configuration labeled ‘secular’

When it’s relegated to a genre?

That which is from the mortal order’s not built to last

Irrespective of the measure of skilled craft

So what Jah bless let no one curse

I coerce the clergy, showin’ no mercy to the pontiff

Yes – and the muezzin’s understandably upset by the clamor

I climbed and tied the banner to the minaret

Don’t forget the pact, and

Recognize your right to push back…

[Hook:]

Overwhelmed by the pressure to defer

And the pressure to concede

And the pressure to concur with the words

Illustrated by the pressure to comply

And the pressure to appease

And the pressure to apply

More pressure to your peers

‘til the pressure puts them under pressure

To defend why they choose not to amend

What is inherently gorgeous, in all this

Recognize your right to push back…

[Verse 2:]

Lest ye judge and deem the position extremely biased

Identify me as ‘self righteous’ and ‘pious’

I assail even the stale efforts of the Baha’is

Endeavors have failed to make available Hiphop

To the youth at large, when in truth it’s hard to refute God

Music is conducive to producin’ art

Between you and me, I’m through with stringin’ beads

And singin’ of flowers and waves and leaves – it’s not

That I’m a separatist, my suggestion is: we address the risk

Of giving the impression we missed the point

To progress with the kids – not in spite of ‘em

By request, invited ‘em to bless this spot

So when it must be justice, we clutch this

Clingin’ to the cord – they cannot afford to ignore the value

And when they doubt you

Recognize your right to push back…

[Hook:]

Aggravated by the pressure to mature

And the pressure to endow

And the pressure to endure criticism

Generated by the pressure to be numb

To the pressure of the thumb of

The one holdin’ you down, not allowin’ you to

Run from the pressure to be fine

With the pressure to align with

The pressure to abide by the rules

Of the lawless, in all this

Recognize your right to push back…