How I Resist

I don't march in the streets, but I pump my fist, and then Assess my opportunity to assist 'Cause where two or three are gathered, God is in the midst, and that's How I resist I don't get a lot of retweets, I get results, and show Respect to opponents as well as my folks Kinda broke in my wallet but my spirit is rich And that's how I resist November 8, 2016 was a dark day And in the Resistance, we circled the start date And starting trackin' 45's every remark made And fact checking all the shady ways that he got paid And we was marching, protestin' Black Twitter was everybody's new best friend Every invite to turn up, we answered the call, but yo When I say "we" I really mean y'all 'Cause I'm always busy with thangs to do Too many projects to finish, or continue, sometimes i'm Feelin' too diffident to become a true dissident, tragedy Is imminent when I'm feelin' cognitive dissonance From all the militant progressives to date When we pigeonhole, we become the people we hate Who radiate the same disdain for Barack Hussein That motivated them to fall for a fraudulent fake, and make No mistake, that won't make America great All it's gonna do is seal America's fate To make our conversations hopelessly partisan And frustrate the effort to turn the country back to God again But yo a heart of sin is something I can guard against And building bridges, it takes more than common sense It takes intentionality as a habit So when somebody does a mic drop, I get up and grab it I don't march in the streets, but I pump my fist, and then Assess my opportunity to assist 'Where two or three are gathered, God is in the midst, and that's How I resist I don't get a lot of retweets, I get results, and show Respect to opponents as well as my folks Showin' love to my spouse and preparing for kids, yo that's... And that's... How I resist If you wanna guard against losing Facebook arguments Every time you go online (Online) If you start to feel alone stop scrolling through your phone and just Pay attention to me one time (One time) If you're no longer enthralled banging your head against the wall in every Conversation that's about race (About race) If you're tired of the pollution then here's an easy solution, don't Argue with 'em in the first place Not sayin' do not speak up, but you ain't gotta keep up With every troll that's wants to engage (Engage) You ain't gotta block 'em but if the truth will not stop 'em Ain't no need to be no Luke Cage (Luke Cage) Conversation ain't gotta be a zero-sum game, if you're Patient, the monotony will drive 'em insane, and If you listen to what racist people gotta say, you ain't Gotta argue 'cause their ignorance is plain as day Open your head to what Malcolm said, or even better Luke 6:42, read the red letter Don't worry bout the dirty glass or the wooden beam Remove your own speck, make sure YOUR glass is clean Not trynna tone police, or be judgmental But for me this approach has been instrumental I try to show with my life a better way, don't Need a protest, 'cause I resist every day, I don't I don't march in the streets, but I pump my fist, and then Assess my opportunity to assist 'Where two or three are gathered, God is in the midst, and that's How I resist I don't get a lot of retweets, I get results, and show Respect to opponents as well as my folks Keep my faith, love my race, and be givin' them fits, yo that's How I resist I don't march in the streets, but I pump my fist, and then Assess my opportunity to assist 'Where two or three are gathered, God is in the midst, and that's How I resist I don't get a lot of retweets, I get results, and show Respect to opponents as well as my folks Loving God and my neighbor, it comes down to this, 'cause that's How I resist, so that's... How I resist, I'm sayin... It's how I resist