T. Ngo - Peace of the Mind lyrics

[Verse 1] Spacely…I'm out of my mind sometimes Just need to rewind Take a second, Grab my breath And exhale all the resentment That's presented When I think about the world and the earth… See…I…Hate it when I see the light outshined By evil in this life and I try different methods But the next one fails and now I question If I'm destined To prevent anything from getting worse… They say that…Evil thrives when good men stand by And close their eyes, watch as if their hand's tied Priorities to minorities take a back seat Authorities want conformity and I'm a black sheep ‘Cause I will…Idle no more The revolution has begun, they can't silence our roars Our freedom won't be ransomed…by no greedy men Yeah, we see ‘em and please believe this the anthem!…Now put your damn hands up… [Chorus]x2 I said, put you damn hands up…fists to the sky Two fingers sign…high, give ‘em a peace of your mind Peace of the mind with a piece of your mind Two fingers sign…high…that's peace of the mind [Verse 2] Hate will not be tolerated…rape needs more apologies The safety of our daughters must be placed above a dollars sake I mean…the future of two boys Were ruined by their choice to uproot and then destroy A defenseless flower for some false sense of power As the media showers sympathy every hour And I'm thinking, if only…the parents could've raised ‘em Teachers could've maimed them, society could've shaped ‘em Into better human beings, not doing things deemed intolerable… Between you and me, this movement we dream is possible… I'm calling out an audible, we need to be responsible And own up to our mistakes, it's illogical to keep Blaming the victims for what they should and what they shouldn't ‘Cause it is always the perpetrator who could but no, they wouldn't Keep they hands off…So we must stand up And once we stand off…keep our hands up! [Chorus]x2 [Verse 3] Ignorance is Bliss…Knowledge is King They lead toward comfort so we don't follow our dreams We just a bunch of Robots…stuck to our programs With no chance to grow up to be our own when Those who have a voice speak nothing that's of volume And my people who wanna do something don't know how to It's wild; you would think that we could be civil But the riddle is how big are you really when you try to belittle? The privilege is blatant…they don't wanna say it Cover up the lies but the truth stands naked Our laws are outdated, drastic changes must be made Acting color blind on your time is conveniently racist …But my people stay strong Despite the verdict, see, what hurt is how they word it Like we all the same, wrong…we can't stand our ground If it was the other way round, there would be no Trayvon [Chorus]x2