It's life vs. death

Ignorance vs. ego

A book vs. a gun

And our babies just tryna live

There's a war going on outside, no man is safe from

A drug being sold outside, no man is safe from

A gun going off outside, no man is safe from

Can I live? Can I live? Yeah

Love vs. hate outside, no man is safe from

Courthouse with the judge, no man is safe from

Three strikes (You're out), no man is safe from

Can I live? Can I live? Yeah

There's greed and envy, no man is safe from

Pride and jealousy, no man is safe from

Mental slavery, no man is safe from

And I'm wondering

Can I live?

There's a war going on (War)

There's a war going on (War - east and west)

So you better arm yourself (Internal and external)

We got to arm ourselves (I'm gon arm myself)

And they're out to bury me (They want to bury me six feet deep)

And they're out to bury you (They want to bury you)

And they're out to bury me

And they're out to bury you

And all you can do is arm yourself

And all you can do is arm yourself

Look to the sky, say

Can I live?

There are laws and diseases, no man is safe from

Trigger happy polices, no man is safe from

Racism, no man is safe from

Can I live? Can I live? Yeah

There's Republicans, no man is safe from

Democrats, no man is safe from

Government, no man is safe from

Can I live? Can I live? Yeah

There are murders, no man is safe from

Bloody murders, no man is safe from

There are even predators, no man is safe from (No man)

Let me live, let me live

There's a war going on (War)

There's a war going on (War - wars, and rumors of wars)

You better arm yourself (Check yourself)

We got to arm ourselves

And they want to bury me

And they're out to bury me

And they're out to bury you (It's a war going on)

And they're out to bury me (They want to bury me)

And they're out to bury you

And all

And all we can do is arm ourselves

Educate your mind

Educate your mind

Arm yourself

Look to the sky, and say

Well, it's the big 45 versus the high school diploma

Waking to the bitter truth versus living in a coma

The scriptures versus scholars

Morality versus dollars

It's the depths versus the shallows

Insurgents versus soldiers, it's

Minimum wage versus standing on the corner

Selling crack to your cousin vs. the shoes for your daughter

Escape versus depression

Staying clean versus addiction

Alcohol versus your blood equal one nasty hangover, it's

Your daily budget versus living in a dream

Your sacrifice that means your wants vs. your needs

It's giving thanks for what you got and still not care how small it seems versus the grass over the fence that always looks so green

Bling-bling versus diamonds w' bleed

A sweatshop versus designer jeans

Looking out for one another versus looking over shoulders

Remaining a mental slave vs. being free by any means

They want to bury me

And they're out to bury me (They want to bury me six feet deep)

And they're out to bury you (They want to bury you)

And they're out to bury me (They want to bury me)

And they're out to bury you

And all I can do is pray to the

Educate my mind

Cause they want me six feet deep

Think of penitentiaries

And they're out to bury me (They got 3 strike rules)

And they're out to bury you

And they're out to bury me

And they're out to bury you

So all you can do is protect yourself

Educate your mind

Stay prayed up

So all you can do is arm yourself

Look to the sky, say

Can I live?

Yeah

Well, greetings this is Damian Jr. Gong Marley alongside Brother Raheem

And I and I wants to say its one's responsibility to make sure one is properly armed for the Armageddon, you know what I mean?

Educate your mind

Exercise your brain