Hot Night

"I was a member of the Communist Party I'm not a member of the Communist Party, anymore But I still consider myself very much a socialist So we'll get to that later" Let's go "One of the reasons why the war in Vietnam was able to happen as long as it did Was because this, 'cause this fear of Communism And people pointed to the Vietnamese as their enemy As if somehow or another If the country defeated the Communist enemy in Vietnam Things were gonna be okay at home" But it's a hot night Let's talk about the sign of the times Politics And the plight of a revolutionary soul singer It's a hot night Head down to the club For the piña coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world, y'all Can you pick me up? You know I hate driving in the evil city And, baby, read my mind, hit la caridad So I can get some coffee And we can get our talk on Seems I got caught up in this romanticized idea of revolution With saviors, prophets and heroes But in the silence of my prayers I had a vision of my hatred Dissolving into grains of sand Realized That to the universe That's all I really am Just a grain of sand I know I get caught up in all that spiritual shit But there ain't much to hold onto We all living in a world built upon Rape, starvation, greed, need, fascist regimes White man, rich man democracy Suffer in the world trade paradise Hear me now But it's a hot night Let's talk about the sign of the times Yeah Politics And the plight of s revolutionary soul singer Word up Come on It's a hot night Head down to the club for the piña coladas without the alcohol Let's go And let's talk about the world, y'all "And Nike has a factory in Ho Chi Minh City" Fuck the first bitch That ever asks me to buy her some dumb shit Come on Niggas be fighting For Jordan's they can't afford Bought in a store Costing more than a hundred, yeah Capitalism got 'em trapped in a vision That ya love to watch way more than a sunset Ah I feed my babies with music I tell the truth But now I'm a target in they market Ain't that a summabitch? It's an urgent emergency Courtesy of the counterinsurgency Trying to murder me Yeah And now it's on, and ah It's 'cause I verbally hurdle all their absurdities Accurate rhyme poem and I Survive the storm and I Certainly words can be weapons If people heard me they thinking they God Then they decide what's right and wrong They live in a bubble I live for the struggle After the fight We home on a hot night My woman is nice and warm but ah But it's a hot night Yeah Let's talk about the sign of the times Politics Ah And the plight of a revolutionary soul singer Come on It's a hot night Head down to the club for the piña coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all Let's do it, come on Join the party, fist in the air Everybody for the Revolutionary soul singer Side to side Third eye on the prize We'll take a ride with the Revolutionary soul singer Give the seeds what they need to breath and proceed It's the revolutionary Soul singer Word up, yeah y'all We prepared y'all, no fear y'all Come on It's a shame the way we all run around Blind to the facts, yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby Blind to the facts, ah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby Blind to the facts, yeah It's a shame the way we all run around 'Cause you blind, baby Blind to the facts of who you are Yeah But it's a hot night Ah Let's talk about the sign of the times Politics And the plight of a revolutionary soul singer Come on It's a hot night Head down to the club for the piña coladas without the alcohol And let's talk about the world y'all Let's do it "And now of course, that the welfare system has been disestablished (Soul singer) And there are no jobs, so to speak For, for women who are told, that if they don't work (Revolutionary soul singer) That they can only get welfare for a certain period of time And then they have to find a job Now they haven't had the opportunity to go to an institution like this They may not have the skills Where are they going to find a job? And if they have children, how are they going to pay for childcare In order to guarantee the conditions which will allow them to work?"