Ain't no stopping the calling I'm a warrior scholar With the pad and the pen or with the sword and the chopper Look at how far I got if you lost I could guide you In between two extremes like Safa and Marwa In the desert like Bedouins in search of water Except we're thirsting for power up in this urban drama Every day our sons and daughters are led to the slaughter Indoctrinated by a complacent social order Decapitated they're trying to cut our jugular vain That's the sacred lifeline from heart to the brain Make us blind to mankind's suffering pain Ugliness worldwide that's done in our name So the only thing we're seeing is what we can gain Precious blood shed in vain and nothing is changed Drugged up in daze in a comfortable maze Upscale slaves in luxury cages But the weak keep crying and the innocent dying And these are the times when the real freedom fighters gather 'round I said the cities catch fire and the flames grow higher And the poor and the pious get inspired and decide to gather 'Round When the times get dire and the mighty are liars And the righteous fighting for their life get organized and gather 'Round When the prophets are silenced and the tyrants are giants And David sets his sights on Goliath and we finally gather 'Round