Expect Us - Intellectual

Skit 1

Hook

You will RESPECT US

Let the world NEGLECT US

But you will RESPECT US

At the very least you better expect us

Verse 1

When we ride out in silence

Watching all the violence

In a world where we'd rather face gangs than the cops and

It's a toxin invading the streets

We all watched the news unable to eat

Sinking (sinking) sinking (sinking)

Sinking (sinking), we might drown

Tryna pipe down till we saw Mike Brown filled with 5 rounds

Adjusting the mic sounds

Y'all tryna debate the amount of bullets

Instead of being pissed that he shot more than once

Mike Brown is Emit Till

And Darren Wilson can die slow, UH

From peace to pieces

We need allegiance

The dream I see it, it stays away

So we coming for the neck

PSA to the cops and the KKK

We gon ride today, sorry MLK

But you're the proof

We can pull our pants up & put our hands up, we'll still get sniped from the roof

Hype in the news till we find that a noose is around our neck

And that life that we lose is another casualty, it's so exciting

No more rights and, no indictment

What a life that we're forced to live

One less damn than the courts will give

Let em bust caps but we can't bust back, they don't want that

So we forced to give

Our lives to the people that see us as less

We want retribution but need our respect

Give em no mercy, put 3 in the chest

We're what you need to expect

You will respect us

Verse 2

Respect us now and I'll return the favor

Spark to the flame putting pen to the paper

Trust me, I ain't got no love for the system

They take what they want and we cannot resist em

So just wait, cause our vengeance will come

Show no respect and you will receive none

This isn't a matter of color of skin

The real enemy is the badge and the gun

Ooh, I can't leave it alone

Times getting hard turning ? into stone

Claiming they did it for guts and the glory

That's easy to say with one side of the story

According to them, they can give us a new fate

The same way Harvey Dent turned to TwoFace

Holding us down so we're forced to move weight

Got me twisted, walking on a hanging shoelace

Gotta use hate

But we can't do that if we're still walking blindly

This emptiness inside me

Won't go away till I put the past behind me

United we stand and divided we fall

Hands in the air and our backs on the wall

United we stand and divided we fall

Give us our freedom or nothing at all

Skit 1

Hook