Artist: Ras Ceylon Album: Scientific Non-Fiction Song: Time Not Wasted Typed by: Ras Ceylon at Gmail CHORUS- Times not to be wasted / each and every move that we making steady yet patient/ open up the cages/ for all our relations keep the fiyah blazing / signs of revelation / got no time for hesitation get right or be taken to this higher meditation its a fight for liberation worldwide waging Time is of the essence the present is a blessing and its known we in the west where my people stressing the evil presence of fear keeps em second guessing from adolescence to manhood my progression has taken time not no overnight flight do the math to the path that created the I motivated the grind inspirated the rhyme gave you the fist lesson the year was 99 and it was right on time a strong mind unblind young and wise brung the element of surprise Sellasie guidance made I graduate despite any obstacles in the path of my life it just took time Times not to be wasted / each and every move that we making steady yet patient/ open up the cages/ for all our relations keep the fiyah blazing / signs of revelation / got no time for hesitation get right or be taken to this higher meditation its a fight for liberation worldwide waging The whole time I've been alive Mumia's been inside trapped on death row behind enemy lines remember the crime convicted aint always been committed evidence gets hidden judge and jury stay trippin paid by the government to keep the public ignorant in a babylon law its guilty til ya innocent and whos an immigrant we livin in an indian burial ground and right now its like the truth is stereo sound and what goes up must come down and what goes out comes back around thats why we bound to make a change still breakin them chains from way back in the day to right now we say Times not to be wasted / each and every move that we making steady yet patient/ open up the cages/ for all our relations keep the fiyah blazing / signs of revelation / got no time for hesitation get right or be taken to this higher meditation its a fight for liberation worldwide waging Whats the fastest growing business in this whole country it be that private prison industry and aint nothing funny money gets generated by the system segregated racism celebrated the hatred is blatant we facin discrimination criminalization 2 million locked down with incarceration all poor brown and black its war we under attack so recognize the fact that slavery aint back it never really left reread the 13th amendment they legalized it as punishment with no pretending giving mandatory sentences for minimum offenses non violent drug offenders in the same cage as killers once i been caught slippin had to spend sum time sitting never ever considered snitching gathered evidence to get acquitted listen the mission is to stay up out the system way up out the system free em all thats the bizness its time Times not to be wasted / each and every move that we making steady yet patient/ open up the cages/ for all our relations keep the fiyah blazing / signs of revelation / got no time for hesitation get right or be taken to this higher meditation its a fight for liberation worldwide waging