[Fireheart]
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Ay yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot!
Ima get a scholarship to King's College
I probably shouldn't brag, but dag, I amaze and astonish
The problem is I got a lot of brains but no polish
I gotta holler just to be heard, with every word, I drop knowledge
I'm a diamond in the rough, a shiny piece of coal
Tryin' to reach my goal
My power of speech: unimpeachable
Only 19 but my mind is older
These New York City streets get colder, I shoulder
Every word and every disadvantage I've learned to manage
I don't have a gun to brandish
I walk these streets famished
The plan is to fan this spark into a flame
But damn, its getting dark, so let me spell out my name
I am the
(Skipping out this part cuz it sounds so awkward)
[Fireheart]
A colony that runs independently
Meanwhile, ShadowClan shits on us endlessly
Essentially, they tax us relentlessly
Then Brokenstar turns around, runs a spending spree
He ain't never gonna set their decendants free
So there will be a revolution in this century
Enter me!
[Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
He says in parentheses
[Fireheart]
Don't be shocked when your history books mention me
I will lay down my life if it sets us free
Eventually, you'll see my ascendancy
And I am not throwing away my shot! (My shot!)
I am not throwing away my shot! (My shot!)
Ay yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot! (My shot!)
[Fireheart, Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Ay yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot!
[Ravenpaw]
I dream of life without the monarchy
The unrest in the Clans will lead to 'onarchy
Onarchy? How you say? Oh, anarchy!
I will make the other side panicky with my shot!
[Dustpelt]
Yo, I'm a tailors apprentice
And I got y'all knuckleheads in loco parentis
I'm joining the rebellion cuz I know it's my chance
To socially advance, instead of sewing some pants I'm gonna take a shot!
[Graystripe]
But we'll never be truly free
Until those in bondage have the same rights as you and me
You and I, do or die
Wait till I sally in on a stallion with the first black battalion
Have another shot!
[Onewhisker]
Geniuses, lower your voices
You keep out of trouble and you double your choices
I'm with you, but the situation is fraught
You've got to be carefully taught
If you talk, you're gonna get shot
[Fireheart]
Onewhisker, check what we got
Mr. Ravenpaw, hard rock like Lancelot
I think your pants look hot
Graystripe, I like you a lot
Let's hatch a plot blacker than the kettle callin the pot
What are the odds the gods would put us all in one spot?
Poppin a squat on conventional wisdom, like it or not
A bunch of revolutionary manumission abolitionists?
Give me a position, show me where the ammunition is!
Oh, am I talking to loud?
Sometimes I get overexcited
Shoot off with my mouth
I've never had a group of friends before
I promise that I'll make y'all proud
[Graystripe]
Let's get this guy in front of a crowd!
[Background Cats]
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Ay yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Ay yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot!
[Graystripe]
Everybody sing!
[Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
Woah, woah, woah!
[Graystripe]
Hey!
[Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
Woah!
[Graystripe]
Woo!
[Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
Woah!
Yea!
[Graystripe]
Ay, let em hear ya!
Let's go!
[Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
Woah!
[Graystripe]
I said shout it to the rooftops! (Woah!)
Shout it to the rooftops! (Woah!)
Come on! (Yea!)
Come on, let's go!
Rise up!
When you're living on your knees, you rise up!
Tell your brother that he's gotta rise up!
Tell your sister that she's gotta rise up!
[Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up?
When are these colonies gonna rise up, rise up?
[Fireheart]
I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory
When's it gonna get me?
In my sleep? Seven feet ahead of me?
If I see it coming, do I run, or do I let it be?
Is it like a beat without a melody?
See, I thought I'd never live past 20
Where I come from, some get half as many
Ask anybody why we livin fast, and we laugh, reach for a flask
We have to make this moment last, thats plenty
Scratch that
This is not a moment, it's the movement
Where all the hungriest brothers with something to prove went?
Foes oppose us, we take an honest stand
We roll like Moses, claiming our promised land
And? If we win our independence?
Is that a guarantee of freedom for our decendants?
Or will the blood be shed, beginning an endless cycle of vengeance of death with no defendants?
I know the action in the street is exciting
But Jesus, between all the bleeding and fighting, Ive been reading and writing
We need to handle our financial situation
Are we a nation of states? What's the state of our nation?
I'm past patiently waiting
I'm passionally smashin every expectation
Every acts an act of creation
I'm laughing in the face of casualties and sorrow
For the first time, I'm thinking past tomorrow!
[Fireheart & Background Cats]
I am not throwing away my shot!
I am not throwing away my shot!
Ay yo, I'm just like my country
I'm young, scrappy, and hungry,
And I am not throwing away my shot!
[Graystripe]
We gonna rise up! (Time to take a shot!)
We gonna rise up! (Time to take a shot!)
[Background Cats]
Rise up!
Rise up!
[Fireheart]
Its time to take a shot!
[Background Cats]
Rise up!
Rise up!
[Fireheart, Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw]
Take a shot!
Shot! Shot!
Ay yo, it's time to take a shot!
Time to take a shot!
And I am not throwing away my-
Not throwing away my-
[Fireheart, Graystripe, Dustpelt, Ravenpaw, Background Cats]
Not throwing away my shot!
