Dance or Die (feat. Saul Williams)

Lyrics

Cyborg,
 Android,
 D-boy,
 decoy,
 Water,
 Wisdom,
 Tightrope,
 Vision,
 Insight,
 Stronghold,
 Heartless,
 Ice cold,
 Mystery,
 Mastery,
 Solar,
 Battery
 Some will pull the gun because they want to be stars
 Snatching up your life into the blink of an eye
 And if you see your cloning on a street walking by
 Keep a running for your life cause only one will survive
 War is in the street and it's an eye for an eye
 Run on for your life or you can dance you can die
 She's praying in the sand like she's the last samurai
 It's a stick up stick up and a pick up pick up
 Telling lies and telling lies will put your face on fire
 Run and tell your friends to never dream, never win
 Ghettos keep a crying out to streets full of zombies
 Kids are killing kids and then the kids join the army
 Rising and a waking, yes sir here comes the sun
 March into the war and with the kick of the drum
 The wiser simians have got the bombs and the guns
 So you might as well keep dancing if you're not gonna run
 A long long way to find the one
 We'll keep on dancing till she comes
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 And if you wanna wake the sun
 Just keep on marching to the drums
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 Now I'm not saying it's better to bailar (Spanish for dance)
 You can pull the trigger or you can build you an ark
 My words are rather kind you keep them held in contempt
 Looking for a nine and then a droid you can tempt
 Zombie, zombie, zombie, where do dreams come from?
 A little bird is chirping and she's singing a song
 She's shaking em and waking em and giving em mas
 As the clock tick tocks and the bodies drop
 I'm gonna lay myself so far way down right in your chops
 Modern day example of the wolf vs flock
 Freedom necessary and it's by any means
 Frozen they were stolen all the kings and queens
 Sudanese and Congolese who put the roll in the rock
 From here to Sudan, Metropolis to Iraq
 It's a minute to the dawn and yet the sun ain't back
 It's still a war in all the streets and yes freaks will dance or die
 A long long way to find the one
 We'll keep on dancing till she comes
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 And if you wanna wake the sun
 Just keep on marching to the drums
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 Angel,
 Blossom,
 Gunshot,
 Dodging,
 Dream,
 Bright,
 Beat,
 Light,
 Breathe,
 Live,
 Help,
 Give,
 Focus,
 Trance,
 Wake up,
 Dance!
 I'm praying for the man sitting without much time
 May he understand the clock will never rewind
 Wisen him and sharpen him and give him a motto
 hate no more, said he must hate no more
 You see the daylight comes into the kingdom
 But the kingdom's full of ignorant men
 Just keep rebelling away, you gotta dream it away
 Because the weatherman on TV ain't creating the weather
 This man wants to see another jubilation
 And that man wants us in emancipation
 And then there is the man who wants a stronger nation
 You see we really got to and i think that we ought to
 Protect the mind from degradation
 Sow in the seeds of education
 They run from us, are we that dangerous?
 There's a war in all the streets and yes the freaks must dance or die!
 
 Cyborg,
 Android,
 D-boy,
 decoy,
 Water,
 Wisdom,
 Tightrope,
 Vision,
 Insight,
 Stronghold,
 Heartless,
 Ice cold,
 Mystery,
 Mastery,
 Solar,
 Battery
 Some will pull the gun because they want to be stars
 Snatching up your life into the blink of an eye
 And if you see your cloning on a street walking by
 Keep a running for your life cause only one will survive
 War is in the street and it's an eye for an eye
 Run on for your life or you can dance you can die
 She's praying in the sand like she's the last samurai
 It's a stick up stick up and a pick up pick up
 Telling lies and telling lies will put your face on fire
 Run and tell your friends to never dream, never win
 Ghettos keep a crying out to streets full of zombies
 Kids are killing kids and then the kids join the army
 Rising and a waking, yes sir here comes the sun
 March into the war and with the kick of the drum
 The wiser simians have got the bombs and the guns
 So you might as well keep dancing if you're not gonna run
 A long long way to find the one
 We'll keep on dancing till she comes
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 And if you wanna wake the sun
 Just keep on marching to the drums
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 Now I'm not saying it's better to bailar (Spanish for dance)
 You can pull the trigger or you can build you an ark
 My words are rather kind you keep them held in contempt
 Looking for a nine and then a droid you can tempt
 Zombie, zombie, zombie, where do dreams come from?
 A little bird is chirping and she's singing a song
 She's shaking em and waking em and giving em mas
 As the clock tick tocks and the bodies drop
 I'm gonna lay myself so far way down right in your chops
 Modern day example of the wolf vs flock
 Freedom necessary and it's by any means
 Frozen they were stolen all the kings and queens
 Sudanese and Congolese who put the roll in the rock
 From here to Sudan, Metropolis to Iraq
 It's a minute to the dawn and yet the sun ain't back
 It's still a war in all the streets and yes freaks will dance or die
 A long long way to find the one
 We'll keep on dancing till she comes
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 And if you wanna wake the sun
 Just keep on marching to the drums
 These dreams are forever
 Oh these dreams are forever
 Angel,
 Blossom,
 Gunshot,
 Dodging,
 Dream,
 Bright,
 Beat,
 Light,
 Breathe,
 Live,
 Help,
 Give,
 Focus,
 Trance,
 Wake up,
 Dance!
 I'm praying for the man sitting without much time
 May he understand the clock will never rewind
 Wisen him and sharpen him and give him a motto
 hate no more, said he must hate no more
 You see the daylight comes into the kingdom
 But the kingdom's full of ignorant men
 Just keep rebelling away, you gotta dream it away
 Because the weatherman on TV ain't creating the weather
 This man wants to see another jubilation
 And that man wants us in emancipation
 And then there is the man who wants a stronger nation
 You see we really got to and i think that we ought to
 Protect the mind from degradation
 Sow in the seeds of education
 They run from us, are we that dangerous?
 There's a war in all the streets and yes the freaks must dance or die!
 

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Song Details

Duration
03:12
Key
6
Tempo
120 BPM

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