Enemy of the State

[Intro] Yeah... they watching, but they can't see the vision.

They call me the enemy of the state—

I call it truth with a microphone.

[Verse 1] They put my name on a list, said I'm dangerous,

'Cause I speak on the streets and the pain that they made for us.

Cameras on every corner, but they blind to the cause,

They count the bodies in the reports, never count the flaws.

I came from the bottom where the system don't reach,

Where they teach you to obey but never teach you to speak.

Now I'm loud in the booth with the bass in the chest,

Every bar is a protest, every hook is a test.

They say, "Know your place, boy, don't rock the boat,"

But the boat been leaking since it left the coast.

I ain't anti-country, I'm anti the lies,

Anti the chains dressed up in a flag and disguise.

[Hook] Enemy of the state? Call it what you want,

I'm a voice for the voiceless when the silence is blunt.

Enemy of the state? Nah, I'm the people's defender,

Truth hit harder when the system pretends it.

Enemy of the state—yeah, I wear the crown,

'Cause the ones that fear the truth try to shut it down.

[Verse 2] They want a quiet generation, heads down, no questions,

Scroll, consume, repeat—no real connections.

But I see the young ones with fire in their eyes,

Turning pain into purpose, turning tears into drive.

I don't need permission to tell it how it is,

They built the maze, then blamed us for the fizz.

From the estate to the boardroom, same game, new suit,

They move the goalposts, then call our struggle "dispute."

So I spit for the mothers working double for rent,

For the kids with big dreams and a government bent.

If loving your people makes me public enemy,

Then history will remember who set the truth free.

[Hook] Enemy of the state? Call it what you want,

I'm a voice for the voiceless when the silence is blunt.

Enemy of the state? Nah, I'm the people's defender,

Truth hit harder when the system pretends it.

Enemy of the state—yeah, I wear the crown,

'Cause the ones that fear the truth try to shut it down.

[Outro] They can label me, trace me, try to erase me—

But you can't jail an idea once the people can see.

Enemy of the state?

Nah... I'm the state of mind they can't control.

[Interlude] (Turn it up)

(One time for the people)

(Yeah)

Let the strings talk

[Verse 3] They drew a line in the sand and dared me to cross,

I was raised on the corner where the lost get lost.

Every officer's oath and every senator's smile,

Same hand on the wheel, different lane, same mile.

I read the fine print hidden under the anthem,

Freedom for some, and a cage for the ransom.

They sell us the dream on a layaway plan,

Then charge us the interest for the life we began.

I ain't here for the cameras, I ain't here for the fame,

I'm here for the kid who got a number, not a name.

Every scar on my block is a chapter they banned,

So I flip it to a verse, put the pen in my hand.

[Bridge] (Can you hear me now?)

(Can you hear me now?)

When the violins rise and the sirens fall,

(Can you hear me now?)

(Can you hear me now?)

There's a truth in the noise that outlives us all.

[Chorus] So let the record spin, let the needle cut deep,

I'm the story that the powerful bury in their sleep.

Let the record spin, let the bassline confess,

I'm the ghost in the machine that they never could suppress.

Let the record spin, let it scratch, let it scream,

I'm the people's reply to a manufactured dream.

Let the record spin till the silence gives in—

The state can't hold what the people begin.

[Drop] Cut it

Cut it

Bring it back

Cut it

Cut it

Bring it back

[Verse 4] I been through the fire, been through the freeze,

Been the name on the flyer that they tried to police.

I done seen grown men bow to a badge and a check,

Seen the same men fold when it's time to stand erect.

So I stand like a monument carved out of doubt,

Every bar is a brick, every hook is a shout.

They can redact the paper, they can't redact the soul,

You can burn down the house, but you can't burn the goal.

I'm the echo in the precinct, the hum in the wire,

The kid in the back row who refuses to retire.

From the east to the west, from the block to the booth,

I'm the inconvenient, undeniable truth.

[Verse 5] They want me quiet and humble and grateful and small,

But the mic in my palm don't know how to crawl.

I was born in the margins, I was raised in the static,

Now I turn every setback into something cinematic.

Let the scholars debate, let the pundits explain,

I'll be out on the corner where the real ones remain.

I don't rap for the charts, I don't rap for the throne,

I rap for the ones who ain't never been shown.

So when they ask who I am, when they ask what I mean,

Tell 'em I'm the crack in the empire's sheen.

Tell 'em I'm the reason they double the locks,

Tell 'em I'm the kid that they couldn't outfox.

[Bridge 2] (Who they scared of?)

(Who they scared of?)

A microphone and a movement, that's all.

(Who they scared of?)

(Who they scared of?)

A violin crying through a broken wall.

[Chorus] So let the record spin, let the needle cut deep,

I'm the story that the powerful bury in their sleep.

Let the record spin, let the bassline confess,

I'm the ghost in the machine that they never could suppress.

Let the record spin, let it scratch, let it scream,

I'm the people's reply to a manufactured dream.

Let the record spin till the silence gives in—

The state can't hold what the people begin.

[Post-Chorus] Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

We ain't going home

[Verse 6] Now the tempo shift, watch the pulse of the city,

Every block got a voice, every voice got a committee.

They can gerrymander maps, they can silence a feed,

But they can't gerrymander hunger, can't legislate need.

I seen empires crumble on a rumor and a rumor,

Seen a nation go deaf to the sound of its humor.

So I laugh in the face of the men in the suits,

I'm the branch that grows back, I'm the untamed roots.

They can call me a radical, call me a threat,

Call me whatever helps 'em sleep through the debt.

But the debt is