[G Rate | Male Rap Lead | Militant Testifier | Controlled Aggression | Percussive Triplet Delivery, Clipped Consonants] [Smooth | Male Melodic Voice | Rising Witness | Warm Affirmation Building into Aggressive Urgency | Sustained Vowels Escalating to Full-Voiced Belting] [Intro | G Rate | Smooth] [Distorted News-Broadcast Sample, Siren Wail Building, Horn Hit on the Peak] "...unemployment rising in the inner city... schools underfunded... crime up, trust down... we'll have more after this..." [G Rate] Turn it up! [Smooth] THEY DON'T WANT THE TRUTH, SO WE'RE BRINGING IT! [Verse 1 | G Rate] [Controlled Aggression | Percussive Delivery] Wake up in the morning, TV tell me lies Channel changin' fast but the story never dies Same script, different actors, same old alibis Meanwhile the schoolyard fence keep gettin' higher up in size They cut the music program, cut the after-school Then they wonder why the corner got more kids than the school I ain't preachin' hate, I'm preachin' pay attention Every empty promise follow the same convention [Instrumental Break 1 - short, 2 bars, siren pulse and horn hit, no vocals] [Hook | G Rate | Smooth] [Dual Militant Chant | Siren Wailing Throughout, Horns Punching Every Line] [G Rate] STATE OF THE UNION! [Smooth] AIN'T WHAT THEY CLAIM! [G Rate] STATE OF THE UNION! [Smooth] KNOW THE REAL NAME! [Both] We the people, we the power, we the sound Concrete testament, we ain't goin' down! [Instrumental Break 2 - short, 2 bars, siren pulse and horn hit, no vocals] [Verse 2 | Smooth] [Warm Affirmation Rising | Building Toward Aggression] Momma workin' double, daddy workin' triple Bills stackin' up faster than a book fulla scripture Politician on the screen with a promise and a pin Comes around every few years, disappears again Line on the map they drew it with a pencil Now the block got no bank, just a check-cash rental I ain't askin' for a handout, I'm askin' for a hand GIVE THE KIDS A FAIR SHOT, LET 'EM UNDERSTAND! [Instrumental Break 3 - short, 2 bars, siren pulse and horn hit, no vocals] [Hook | G Rate | Smooth] repeat [Siren & Horn Break | G Rate | Smooth] [Instrumental Showcase | Siren Trading Against Horn Line, Both Voices Ad-Libbing] [G Rate] Turn it up! [Smooth] LISTEN! [Bridge | G Rate | Smooth] [Rhetorical Exchange | Controlled Aggression Answered by Rising Urgency] [G Rate] You hear that siren? That's the sound of the system. [Smooth] You hear that silence? That's the sound when nobody's listening. [Both] So we speak. Loud. Together. Now. [Instrumental Break 4 - short, 2 bars, siren pulse and horn hit, no vocals] [Verse 3 | G Rate | Smooth] [Trading Bars | Building Intensity] [G Rate] They tell the story, I tell the truth [Smooth] THEY GOT THE MIC BUT WE GOT THE PROOF [G Rate] Every generation gotta fight the same fight [Smooth] SO WE BRING IT TO THE DAYLIGHT, BRING IT TO THE LIGHT [Both] Concrete testament, written in the grain Every crack in the sidewalk got a story, got a name [Instrumental Break 5 - short, 2 bars, siren pulse and horn hit, no vocals] [Hook | G Rate | Smooth] repeat [Instrumental Break 6 - short, 2 bars, siren pulse and horn hit, no vocals] [Verse 4 | G Rate | Smooth] [Building Energy | Trading Bars Toward Climax] [G Rate] Rent goes up but the wages stay the same [Smooth] THEY LOCK THE DOORS BUT THEY OPEN UP THE PRISONS [G Rate] Fund the top before they ever fund the children [Smooth] I AIN'T HERE TO COMPLAIN, I'M HERE TO DEMAND [Both] Better systems, better chances, that's the whole plan Concrete testament, we said it once, we'll say it again Every voice a siren, every siren gonna win [Instrumental Break 7 - short, 2 bars, siren pulse and horn hit, no vocals] [Hook | G Rate | Smooth, biggest, doubled] repeat twice [Outro | G Rate | Smooth] [Siren Holds, Horn Final Stab] [G Rate] Pay attention. [Smooth] Stay awake.
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