yeah now uh turn off your radio turn up your stereo northwest rock rock on whats the scenario four years ago two students skipped a class went and crafted an album some called it a classic but we ve grown past it was good while it lasted now it s time to put the education into practice beats rhymes rice be the breakfast of champions we hold the whole town down together with the plan to hold the mic with compassion like yuri did malcolm traveled down the coast since we dropped the last album that plus one is how long we ve been war torn it s the return of the hard knock and hardcore from hard rock to hip hop the migration of flocks who once mocked what we ride for it s a psy war from sidewalks to billboards and stores telling all poor people that the world is yours but this money is ours you can get a little back you start putting in hours you can widen the gap but you can see it in the towers standing next to the squatters who be wandering the city in search of a job offer the first generation in the u s of a to get paid less wage then the ones who came before the wicked waged war in the dessert terrain 24 short bars couldn t measure the pain so now i greet the neighbor daily he s on his porch smoking overhead thunderclouds move in slow motion came across an ocean in hope of some better days expatriated citizens of third world decay where children translate for their parents sake in a landscape where the working class can t escape these languages twisted tongues get unraveled can t understand each other in this modern day babel now we trying to get a piece of what the city broke down barely claiming families but quick to claim the town recognize its serious but ain t afraid to clown trained for confrontation there s no other way around these sacred ground desecrators they tried to decimate us they hit the ballot like the mayor s gonna save us and it pains me to say this but pain is what made this it s gonna take more than just rain to change this just some rain to change this 2