[Verse 1]

Times are changin’

The young are getting tough

They taste the knowledge and now they just can’t get enough

The trends intelligence

And rhymes irrelevance

If you’re coming irrelevant

Ya never do well against

The poet with inner sight

You give off a dimmer light

Somebody get him a light

Cause money ain't too bright

Or maybe he's too white-collar conservative

In a corporate position but the action was affirmative

You’re falling out of touch

And running out of time

You’re chasing a dime

But you’re wasting your mind

Get encased in the rhyme

And the bass and the line

I give off so much light

That the blind see it shine

I flip styles like styles are going out of style

I give you a head start

Here, here's about a mile

But I breeze past speed fast

With the quickness

With the power of God

And force of habit, I kick this

Verse with backbone

The beat is the background

The lyrics are prone

To make you get up for the get down

Although I don’t preach

I’m never a political

Cause I’m too spiritual

And times are too critical

[Chorus]

My only weapon is my pen

When I shoot my lyrics

You’re gonna wanna hear it again

(Get up 4 the get down)

My only weapon is my pen

I’m a soul writer

(There's only one answer)

[Verse 2]

We need power

Now or never

Together forever and never sever

Make an endeavor to enlighten your brethren

I recommend we extend a hand

Expand and then

With strength defend

Black women and men from the white power structure

That sucked ya in, stole ya culture, and fucked ya

And you gave birth to a nation

Your free labor laid America’s economic foundation

Blood sweat and tears and fears for years

But now here's what appears to be the shift in the gears

The turning of tables

Knowledge enables

Us to escape from stereotypical labels

And here's a clash from fables, fictions, fallacies, forces, and fabrication

Facades

Even fronts

Star spangled stories, stigmas, and stunts

Once and for all

It’s time to put an end to

The evil that men do

The stroke continues

When the weight gets too heavy to carry it

I’m a chariot

Swinging low so you can grab the lariat

Take your mind to a new height

Shed true light

All these religions but only one god

C’mon let's unite

Like a fist

Cause I’m tired of gettin’ dissed

Having my government name come up last on the list

Mr. President

I get pissed–a resident

In this country

And I get no response from the letter I sent

That’s why I’m militant

Rhymes raise our consciousness

Cause I’m armed and intellectually dangerous

[Chorus]

My only weapon is my pen

When I shoot my lyrics

You’re gonna wanna hear it again

(Get up for the get down)

My only weapon is my pen

I'm a soul writer

(Get up for the get down)

My only weapon

My only weapon

My only weapon

Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo

My only weapon is my pen

I’m a soul writer

My only weapon is my pen

When I shoot my lyrics

You’re gonna wanna hear it again

[Outro]

My only weapon is my pen

And and and

I’m a soul writer