I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past Away from slavery times, and misery times Also police brutality times Brutality crimes never do no felony time But they’ll come after you for a mentality crime We want equality, in every opportunity We need more unity in every community We need no more immunity for governmental foolery We can’t afford to wait for what the future brings I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past Away from hatred pasted in every single place It’s the two-faced United Disgrace It’s a wasted potential, demented and mental Replace it with anything less fundamentalist Don’t need religions or old superstitions They’re fictions that lead to suspicions and schisms A vision of peace if you learn how to listen And ditch phobias and racism I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past From the economy, where the rich are getting richer, there’s still poverty The beneficiaries of dichotomy are funneling the funds up to the top I see It’s gotta stop or every tower will be toppling, you're gonna find us in the streets No economic justice, there will never be no peace The wealthiest among us, they will never get no sleep Till the value of our labor will be ever ours to keep I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past I don’t wanna wait, I don’t wanna wait for the future We gotta run away, we gotta run away from the past THE TIME IS NOW.

I'd better see you I'd better see you on the front line I'd better see you I'd better see you stand up and fight Fight for the people Who are more disadvantaged than you Fight for the people Who feel the weight of what you did choose And so you made your choice You think you're being punished Cuz you raised your voice - oh, no! You made yourself a bed In which the rest of must lie And you will say it's justified But I'll never know why You weighed your options And you made your deal You picked your priorities Regardless how we feel And I would like to believe you When you say it wasn't hate But since you bought the total package Well, you must compensate I'd better see you I'd better see you on the front line I'd better see you I'd better see you stand up and fight Fight for the people Who are more disadvantaged than you Fight for the people Who feel the weight of what you did choose So if you don't hate black people And you don't hate brown You can prove it by chanting The police state down He's saying "crime and punishment" But punishment for who? The drug war never targets anyone Who looks like you Immigration's not a problem That's a lie that you believe You can stop destroying families When you stop making them leave And you can stop the cataloging You can stop the Muslim ban You can stand up for the liberty Of every human I'd better see you I'd better see you on the front line I'd better see you I'd better see you stand up and fight Fight for the people Who are more disadvantaged than you Fight for the people Who feel the weight of what you did choose I know that queer lives Were never on your mind You maybe didn't hate them But you didn't empathize So you've got this friend, that friend That's how you rationalize Now your friends need your support To defend their rights When the supreme leader Picks a supreme court judge Save the rights of queers and women We can never budge So you had your way And you got your say Now you have to show up For the rest along the way I'd better see you I'd better see you on the front line I'd better see you I'd better see you stand up and fight Fight for the people Who are more disadvantaged than you Fight for the people Who feel the weight of what you did choose