May I Exist? - Intellectual

[Intro]

Self destruction, were headed for self destruction

Self destruction, the only path left unless we decide to:

[Verse 1]

Wake up! Wake up!

Life's on the move

It's never gonna wait for you to shake the blues

You hesitate you lose

Never choose to be immobile

I feel like I 'm working with half and not the total

Cause these dreams, dreams

Are splatting on my forehead

And seem to take the shape of leaders lost to blood shed

What does it cost to trade places with your idol?

And could you take the weight without becoming suicidal?

It's just a title

Keeping us all bitter rivals

In this rats nest of competition

Capitalism twisted

Am i witness or have I become complicit in this

Perpetuation of a blood pact

An ancient fiction

So whats a brother to do

Without a choice to pursue?

Gather my strength from a few

History wants to pursue

And take the first step to fixing what was broke

Its a joke if you think you're woke

Without attempting to provoke:

[Chorus]

Yourself

Nobody else

Attack the ego, put it on the shelf

You gotta understand the freedom of worth

And get that TRUE liberation

Make moves and stop waiting

No faking

Persist

It's self defense

Against the tyrants in our midst

They want us limp

Don't need permission to resist

I'll take the hit

Simply for raising up my fist

May I exist?

Without protection, ohh..

Without your bullshit perceptions, ohh..

Not tryna be your reflection, ohh..

Just want to carve new directions, and go

And go

[Halie's Verse]