Rakim
The Time Is Now
[Intro]
Come on!

[Hook: Shontelle]
When it's all said and done
Who will fight and who will run
It’s up to you to show us how
The choice is yours, the time is now

[Verse 1: Rakim]
Listen, this is for my peeps in the belly of the beast
Ain't nothing nice 'cause life is deadly on the streets
With money flow, funny, this ain’t where we wanna be
Everybody where he is, where we gonna eat
Even the young stressed out, no one gets left out
The slum, the blessed child, the strongest stressed out
Rounds and metals, sounds echoes around ghettos
The call of war heroes so we call it ground zero
We [?] live alone, kin and friends and foes
When the cold wind blows, it's so visible
No chips to close and no whips to roll
Smoke just to cope, it's so difficult
Oh! This ain't the place for no kid to grow
Bitch, no way to go, so yo this is home
If they don't get dope, both [?]
As the bullshit goes it's so miserable, come on
[Hook: Shontelle]
When it's all said and done
Who will fight and who will run
It's up to you to show us how
The choice is yours (legends), the time is now

[Verse 2: R.A. the Rugged Man]
Yo, put your head in the pollution, is there a better solution
Not televising the revolution, I’m looking for a resolution
They reportin’ death and executions
Firing squads, lethal injections, electrocutions, keep us negative [?]
They tryna create hate, they ain't tryna peacemake
Repressing the people and the population, puttin’ the police state
Secret nuclear launch codes launched from the briefcase
Retinal scan system, authorization, it keeps [?]
Knockin' heavy hard rock runnin', when the guitars strummin'
I’m swinging the sword like Errol Flynn, swords buckling
I ain't running when the police car coming
I ain't hiding when defeated, the beast start dumping
I'm the hardest, there's bar nothin'
That you [?] the cowardice
Helping empowerin' the powerless
Countless hours opposing, [?] with police power trips
B-Boy, that's my stance, my flow make the angels in the sky dance
Rugged Man with the God from Wyandanch
Come on!
[Hook: Shontelle]
When it's all said and done
Who will fight and who will run
It's up to you to show us how
The choice is yours, the time is now

Time is up, time is up right now

[Hook: Shontelle]
When it's all said and done
Who will fight and who will run
It's up to you to show us how
The choice is yours, the time is now
When it's all said and done
Who will fight and who will run
It's up to you to show us how
The choice is yours, the time is now