[Verse 1: Ursula Rucker]

Time waits for no one

Use it wisely, not wastefully

Live not dangerously or aimlessly

For if you do, you'll disgrace your chi

Living your life with distaste

In the guise of being carefree

In the name of being... free

Better call on that god you believe

To free you from the clutches

Of those that would have you perpetuate

Millenium slavery

Of those that would have you perpetuate

Millenium slavery

[Pre-Chorus: Ursula Rucker]

Hold on, slow... down

Hold... on, slow down

Hold on, slow... down

Before you let them dumb you down now

[Verse 2: Ursula Rucker]

I'll be the Crouching Tiger, you be the Hidden Dragon, and

While you're busy getting your swag on, 

I'll find you, sneak up behind you

Fuck you up with my nimble knowledge nunchakus

Make you sit down and learn life's lessons

Make you work hard to receive your blessings

And then I'll try to save you

From the media's campaign to massacre your brain

(Make you insane in the membrane)

Feed you armageddon-sized portions

Of disaster and pain

So your strength, past, and soul

Are easier to claim

For perilous gain

There's no one to blame

But yourself

For believing their treacherous messages

We all know how rough it is

We all know how tough it gets

Especially when you resist

You resist

Resist

Resist

[Chorus: Ursula Rucker]

Hold on, slow... down

Hold... on, slow down

Hold on, slow... down

Before you shut down, before you melt down

[Verse 3: Ursula Rucker]

I realize sometimes violence is necessary

Particularly when predatory enemies

Seek to dictate your destiny

Teach you watered-down history

Make you blindly leap, in false faith

Into their cesspool for fools and governing ghouls

Use your gift of choice, listen to your own voice

[Verse 4: Hawkeye Phanatic]

I'm proud to MC, so allow me to speak

As you can see, I'm in too deep, so I need to reach

These beats depend on moods set by inner means

And I have a tendency to hold a mic so tenderly

And every time it enters me, it's Heaven, I see

It's got me hoping I'll be the next to speak it

I'm keeping it real, with that much needed action

It's such an attraction and it makes me feel so relaxed, and

When I'm on stage I feel I have a better grasp, and

I'm quick to holler back, because I got a lot of pep, and energy

Mentally, do you remember me?

Once on tempest, now a long-lasting memory

I always demonstrate – wait, it's only a second away

Pressing forth with a force, just to ventilate

So let it play –

The day I met the way I sway to a DJ, I knew I'd stay

It's in my veins, so my heart's completely engulfed

As long as the world revolves, I'll set it off

So here's my life – what more could it cost?

I find my way around, even if I'm lost

I'm leaving the lines crossed, divine styles by the shine's gloss

My mind's thoughts come and go in a blind toss

I climb to the top of what I know and rhyme off

I'm off, about to sign off

Thank God for the arrival, the survival is too vital to loosen grips

I use my lips and tighten the links between music, mics and inks

I'm on the brink of sickness, I think... (I think...)

Or something... (something...)

[Sample]

"Keep..."

"Yeah..."

"Keep falling..."

[Interlude: Ursula Rucker]

Da-da-da-da-da, da

Da-da-da-da-da, da, da-da

Da-da-da-da-da, da

Da-da-da-da, da-da, da-da-da...

[Verse 4: Ursula Rucker (sample)]

Make your own choice

Listen to your own voice

("Keep falling...")

Proverbs say fear of man causeth snares

So I beware and take care

("Keep falling...")

I'm not preaching, but like you, I'm seeking

Trying to defeat this thing

("Keep falling...")

I hear Marley speaking

So I help him to sing

These songs of freedom, of redemption

("Keep falling...")

Hold on, slow down

Hold... on, slow down

Don't let them fuck you around

Hold on, slow... down (down...)

Hold on, slow down, slow down, slow down

Slow down (down... down... down...)