Lyrics
I need a good friend who goes on more than instinct
You follow the river to greet the eyes the sphinx
As chairman of the board try and sell me the drink
With talking heads on my phone telling me what to think
I know I move slow, I'm only trying not to blink
Ask yourself who profits off the nation's divide
Ask where they'll be should their great war arrive
Though they always insist that they're just true to the time
Don't expect to find them serving on the front line
Don't expect to find them even lingering behind
Though you know what I'm saying, have we known it all along?
Does it take some great brain to see right and see wrong?
Friends, lovers, sisters and brothers, each of us a pawn
Turned against one another in a continuous con
In an ongoing game of "Which Side Are You On?"
Like many years before so long as you're poor
Whether white or black, you'll be the first out the door
To the sounds of the drum, ramming speed at the oars
They're gonna start with the young and shove their face to floor
And from the highest rung, guess who keeps score
Look up and you'll see 'em, in their penthouse they hide
Like an eye in the sky, while we make enemy of ally
Though they'll always insist they remain on your side
Oh my friend, look to who profits off of the nations divide
Look to who profits off of the nations divide
follow the river tonight
in darkness and light
like the ocean tide
now is the time
one heart unite
got my brother at my side
we are the 99
and my sister at my side
now is the time
one love unite
now is the time
tell, me are we alive?
now is the time
are we ghosts in the light?
now is the time
got my brother at my side
now is the time
we got the numbers on our side
now is the time
by the ocean side
now is the time
are we alive?
in darkness and light?
follow the river in the night
One heart unite
by the ocean tide
we are the 99
got my brother at my side
one love unite
Now is the time
Are we alive?
Are we ghosts in the light?
Are we ghosts in the light?
Or are we the light?