[ti:Malcolm Said It]
[ar:Akala]
[al:10 Years of Akala]
[00:02.24]Malcolm said it
[00:02.90]Martin said it
[00:03.87]Marley said it
[00:04.82]Ali said it
[00:05.74]Garvey said it
[00:06.56]Toussaint said it
[00:07.58]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it
[00:09.24]Malcolm said it
[00:10.36]Martin said it
[00:11.43]Marley said it
[00:12.34]Ali said it
[00:13.39]Garvey said it
[00:14.41]Lumumba said it
[00:15.31]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it
[00:16.99]If you ain't found something to die for
[00:19.00]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live
[00:24.80]If you ain't found something to die for you'll never live
[00:26.86]We might feed and breathe but we never did
[00:28.88]Accept those with peace and equality
[00:30.75]They don't see what we call authority
[00:32.63]Live, speak truth and kill them for
[00:34.39]We love them dead when they speak no more
[00:35.92]But they will endure, ideas are bulletproof
[00:37.94]Tooth of truth it's impossible to pull it loose
[00:40.41]We smother any mouth, they utter it
[00:42.22]Folly Fathers fear, we Mother it
[00:43.99]We're lovin they're corrupt government
[00:45.90]So we look the other way when in our name they're strugglin'
[00:47.78]We idolize 'em and we despise 'em
[00:49.83]Cos we're reminded we're the ones who are silent
[00:51.56]So, give a moment for the times we were blinded
[00:53.60]Scream at the top of your lungs like a siren
[00:55.62]If you ain't found something to die for
[00:59.54]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live
[01:02.58]If you ain't found something to die for
[01:07.02]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live
[01:11.15]Maybe the wise man has nothin' to prove
[01:12.61]But the one who has nothing has nothing to lose
[01:14.53]More things we don't need will make more thieves
[01:16.45]More laws we don't heed it's all Siamese
[01:18.37]Who leads? It don't matter, they can't make change
[01:20.29]New driver but we got no brakes
[01:22.07]Whatever the place, whatever the face
[01:23.93]The master never ever frees his slave
[01:25.65]They always knew it
[01:27.47]So they pursue it
[01:28.43]But we've been too divided to ever be guided through it
[01:29.99]Gotta stop 'em because they're rotton from the days of picking cotton
[01:31.76]To sell us a love song and we're so besotted
[01:33.54]So confused, we believe their promise
[01:35.47]But there are some that lead more honest
[01:37.38]They are not forgotten, though they shot'em
[01:39.51]So scream to the top of your lungs right from the bottom!
[01:41.37]Malcolm said it
[01:42.33]Martin said it
[01:43.29]Marley said it
[01:44.30]Ali said it
[01:45.16]Garvey said it
[01:46.07]Toussaint said it
[01:47.10]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it
[01:48.86]Malcolm said it
[01:49.91]Martin said it
[01:50.88]Marley said it
[01:51.79]Ali said it
[01:52.71]Garvey said it
[01:53.83]Lumumba said it
[01:54.68]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it
[01:57.01]If you ain't found something to die for
[01:59.01]If you ain't found something to die for
[02:03.54]If you ain't found something to die for
[02:07.62]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live
[02:11.09]People don't rebel, the rebels are the tyrants
[02:14.12]You are not God, so we are not defying
[02:16.03]No human nature, just our behavior
[02:17.88]The oppressed wanting their oppressor as their saviour
[02:20.10]Around the globe killin', made to be religion
[02:21.81]But the book said they're sinnin'
[02:22.91]And that is just the beginnin'
[02:23.91]Now spread democracy by dropping a bomb
[02:25.58]On a terrorist with no shoes or socks
[02:27.56]I reckon, history teaches us a lesson
[02:29.31]The bigger terrorist is the one with the bigger weapons
[02:31.50]They talked but we didn't listen
[02:33.67]They spoke and then went missin'
[02:35.63]We can't see all the things that imprison us
[02:37.34]Cos we don't appreciate the freedoms that they have given us
[02:39.76]I wouldn't bet it, that we ever get it
[02:41.12]Run, tell your friends that Akala said it
[02:42.88]If you ain't found something to die for
[02:44.97]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live
[02:50.56]If you ain't found something to die for
[02:53.53]If you ain't found something to die for, you'll never live
[02:58.48]Malcolm said it
[02:59.39]Martin said it
[03:00.05]Marley said it
[03:01.10]Ali said it
[03:02.01]Garvey said it
[03:02.98]Toussaint said it
[03:03.93]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it
[03:05.90]Malcolm said it
[03:06.76]Martin said it
[03:07.72]Marley said it
[03:08.64]Ali said it
[03:09.61]Garvey said it
[03:10.62]Lumumba said it
[03:11.93]I weren't there but I'm sure Dessalines said it