Ah, this is war with no weapons Marchin' with no steppin' Murder with no killin' Ailin' every direction First, no sequel Do the math, no equal John with no yoke Or more power, less people And no, I'm not afraid of that Printed in your paperback Every rap is made of fact To act is a delayed attack Every phrase a razor blade Is saved until they play it back Slay em, leave em layin' on the pavement Bang, fade to black In the wastelands of today Where there's nothing left to lose And there's nothing more to take But you forced yourself to choose In the wastelands of today Where tomorrow disappears While the future slips away And your hope doesn't differ In the wastelands of today Roll credits, you get it The show's done They're talkin' for just talkin' But meanin' they got none None of em come proper They talk like a shotgun But how many got bred with integrity? Not one So no, I'm not afraid to see You suckers hold a blade to me Ain't no way to shake the ground I built before you came to be Take it how you take it I'm the opposite of vacancy And this is not negotiation Y'all can hate and wait and see In the wastelands of today Where there's nothing left to lose And there's nothing more to take But you forced yourself to choose In the wastelands of today Where tomorrow disappears While the future slips away And your hope doesn't differ And your hope doesn't differ In the wastelands of today In the wastelands of today Where there's nothing left to lose And there's nothing more to take But you forced yourself to choose In the wastelands of today Where tomorrow disappears While the future slips away And your hope doesn't differ And your hope doesn't differ In the wastelands of today In the wastelands of today In the wastelands of today