Positions Of Strength

At school the teacher always stands up

We all sit down, positions of strength

Listen at length, see the desire for change of placement

Write fight poems in the basement.

There's no place like home. There's no place like home

There's no place like anywhere else let me roam

If I find myself between a hard place and a rock

That rock better move, it'll have to mace me to stop.

I walk my block like a decorated general,

Talk my talk like I have big genitals

Is there any other way for me to do my thing?

Yes, but other ways always make stress

Examine your position- see where you stand

Most want power and never take a hand

Land worth money, money worth work

Works worth blood sweat and tears on your shirt.

Pursue it like a police man chasing a cop killer

We do it all together make life iller

Aspiring to politics, lie and serve.

Let the bipartisan cart roll in and strike a nerve.

It's funding, finding ways of unbinding.

Power, money, headaches, (resources)

It's people, people in unfortunate places wan to lash out.

But don't know where the fucking recourse is

In the system, our system, any other system

There's leaders followers and victims

Shift 'em around like pieces from a game

It all stays the same

Position of strength.

The actor on the stage

The teacher at the desk

Celebrity paparazzi stalker bum

The soldier with the gun

The robber with the mask

Leader follower

Go ahead and join the army what a selfless act.

To put yourself at the bottom of the chain like that

Wait selfish, want to climb the chain of command

What's it matter? At the top you WILL understand

Protect the peace,

Protect my piece.

I've been working on defying my leash

At least you're free to join up

I'm free to go and play

We're both free to work our asses off any day.

So you work against the normal. Boring

Find alternative ventures, and start your exploring.

Morals imposed,

Don't let 'em stop you. From doing what you've gotta do

To get new clothes.

Al Capone thought like that, it worked for a while

Enjoyed his fifteen minutes with a gun and a smile

Should have been a Coke, times were too wild

Powers pretty dope any means anyhow

There's always the small ones

Lead to road rage

Mad cause my cage is uglier than yo' cage

Pave the way for balance and equality

Everybody else follow me

Position of strength.

Sometimes its clear like a pimp to a whore

And sometimes its effect don't know the cause anymore.

Big fist little fist, red fish blue.

Power and resentment, nothing's really new.

O'er the land of the free, and home of the slaves

Many brave souls have changed the old ways (old ways)

There's still the pride in my step, the hype in my rep.

Which is all you really got these days (these days)

Hustler make your money

Mayor run your towns

Winners make your speech and don't ever fall off (down)

Losers make your peace and don't ever get clowned

The teacher always stands in a position of strength.