2PAC:
I’m not saying I’m gonna rule the world,
or I’m gonna change the world.
But I guarantee that I will spark the brain
that will change the world.
I don’t know how to change it.
But I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here
Somebody’s gonna clean it up.

HOPUDOSHI:
Yeah, the return of the Rebel!
I wrote this one before the more recent election,
So now it’s taken on a whole new meaning.
I feel like we got a little spoiled with Obama.
You know, somebody who inspired us
around election time.
Forgot this is usually about the lesser of two evils.
Got lulled to sleep and let the unthinkable happen.
But never again y’all.
2Pac sparked my brain,
I might spark your brain right now.
You could spark another one tomorrow.
We can change this world one brain at time.
But only together y’all.
Let’s get it!

VERSE 1:
Hopudoshi’s back
Got a little sidetracked please forgive me for that
It seems, young love had me blind to the facts
But my vision’s clear now and my mind is intact
It’s time to finish what I started with AoA
Honor the dear departed and our martyrs won’t fade away
2012 came and went without a hitch
Obama reelected but the rich are still rich
Poor stay poor, there’s more and more
This poverty’s gotta be false dichotomy
Rebelling there’s no stopping me
So I’ll either be the brain that Pac sparked
Or a link in the chain, lead my people from out the dark

2PAC:
It’s like you’re hungry. You reached your level.
You don’t want anymore…
We asked ten years ago.
We was asking with the Panthers.
We was asking with them,
You know, with Civil Rights movement.
We was asking.
You know, now those people that were asking
They’re all dead or in jail.
So now what do you think we’re gonna do?
And we shouldn’t be angry?
And my raps that I’m rapping to my
community shouldn’t be filled with rage?
You know what I’m saying?
They shouldn’t be filled with the same
atrocities that they gave to me?
In the media they don’t talk about it.
So in my raps I have to talk about it.

VERSE 2:
Man, that was back in ’94
20 years or more, now we’re kicking down the door
And my first instinct is blame the president
But all of us are linked because the people set the precedent
No longer resident, escaped from the States
Had a wife and kid, as of late feeling safe
Took a break from the cause, I’ll admit my mistake
Rebel without a pause, just can’t wait to Awake
The many people sleepwalking today
Seemed we Awoke from the slumber back in 2008
But right after the election it was back to our ways
Like, “Barrack’ll handle that,” back to something that pays
Democracy’s responsibility is play your part
Raise your voice, speak your mind, let em know what’s in your heart
So we’ll either be the brains that 2Pac sparked
Or the links in the chain, lead our people out the dark

2PAC:
And even if I get in trouble,
You know what I’m saying?
Ain’t that what we’re supposed to do?
I’m not saying I’m gonna rule the world,
or I’m gonna change the world.
But I guarantee that I will spark the brain
that will change the world.
And that’s our job.
Is to spark somebody else watching us.
We might not be the ones.
But let’s not be selfish,
And because we’re not gonna change the world
Let’s not talk about how we should change it.
I don’t know how to change it.
But I know if I keep talking about how dirty it is out here
Somebody’s gonna clean it up.

VERSE 3:
Yeah, that “somebody’s” us
I know you had it tough and rarely had enough
But, the main way they make us stay in check
Is making sure we can’t see passed our next paycheck
How are we to fight for abstract ideals
For the future generations when we can’t even deal
With the current situation, still I make my appeals
For these massive demonstrations, cause our people won’t yield
I’m trying to shield my son from this mess
Make a better society, he deserves nothing less
So he’ll only see poverty on a history test
Can’t conceive the dichotomy of the rich and the rest
Erasing inequality is justice to me
Can we achieve the dream, guess we must wait and see
So we’ll either be the brains that 2Pac sparked
Or the links in the chain, lead ourselves from out the dark