Knock - SHAD

When opportunity knocked

I had to stand up and come forward

And run towards it

From jump I didn’t want more than

Just to make it through that front door without fronting

Just one tour, maybe one more

Then suddenly

The next opportunity knocked and said ‘open up'

One show

If you’re dope enough they’ll know what’s up

And someone in the front row will notice ya and go home

And download some stuff and then show it to the

Next opportunity

Soon you might have a platform

Fans to rap for, stamps in your passport

Some bank — some backboard

Amped up — patch cord — I’m plugged in

Eyes focused on that door

The opportunity to give something, see it clear

You need to be aware

To seize it, to see it’s there

It might not reappear

No need to fear, just one thing you need to hear

That knock

Now let it drop…

I still hear that knock in my dreams (X3)

That’s why there’s no stopping my dreams

Sundays I read the times on my iPhone

Then sit down and read the times with my eyes closed

I feel the winds chilling my bones

Change is in the air and it’s blowing like cyclones

See was raised in the era where Jay said

If you wanna feed the poor, you gotta make bread

We forgot how to break bread

And give thanks — Never give up giving, we’ll stay fed

Now that that day’s dead, it’s all team biz

We need kings that serve and queens to lead this

Less tuition, more each one teaches

Chuuuch — less preachers, more Jesus

Trust, I hear justice at the door knocking

Saying the people need more options

And I don’t mean more coke cans or more soap brands

‘Cause more often than not

The word «choice» just means more shopping

And less for the boys on the floor stocking

We got a lot less voice though there’s more talking

The door’s open on that lie now, we see through it

Eyes closed — I read the times and I see music

It’s time for regrouping

For less people trying to be somebody, more people trying to be human

Before I leave the room I’m trying to keep doing

Keep the door open so we can move in

Let’s go…

I still hear that knock in my dreams (X3)

That’s why there’s no stopping my dreams