Perseverance Video (MV)

So long as we're made to think of death as a bad thing, we can be ruled

In the battle of good and evil the war is over
Before the soldiers even deployed leavin' them boys
Beaten, destroyed I'm pleased to enjoy stickin' my head inside
The devil's mouth and right there is where I'll settle down
So shoot me - you can't harm me with slugs
I'm a soldier for peace in the army of love - my grave already dug
The slain Lamb who remains standin'
Though I may die a thousand deaths, I ain't panickin'
Standin' in on the front lines ready to die I can feel the
Death stares of enemy spies if I return healthy, alive
Then I failed in my mission - rather be dead than
Stale and indifferent I won't worry what gets me by
To die at twenty five and be buried at sixty five
I'll offer a hundred otherwise let my mother cry tell my
Daughters I love 'em let wifey know they slaughtered her husband
I won't bother with nothin' 'less I'm a martyr for somethin'

(Victory) Through the blood, through the sweat, through the tears
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Triumph) Through the pain, through the fights, through the fear
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Overcome) Through the days, through the months, through the years
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Conquer) Through the blood, through the sweat, through the tears
I know for this glory my suffering don't compare

Put me in the mortuary prepare my corpse to bury
I'll forfeit everything to overcome the ordinary
I'm better in pain shackled by these fetters and chains
Anything left to say's for the letters engraved
On my tomb stone my platoon knows my dyin' wishes if I
Decide to risk it I'm goin' in unhindered the rest of ya'll
Can run timid and pray for ya kingdom to come
Hither - me? I'll be buildin' a movement with militants
Troopin' - willin' to prove it without the killin' and shootin'
Not concerned about who's the illest to do it
We all one transcendin' fall from our original blessin'
Meaning wherever there's limits you stretch 'em
Until you reach the pinnacle press in and keep forward
Monks on the hunt fastin' and meditatin' on street corners
The Ghetto Abbot losing only to win's the weapon
Through the calm silence of nonviolent insurrection

(Victory) Through the blood, through the sweat, through the tears
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Triumph) Through the pain, through the fights, through the fear
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Overcome) Through the days, through the months, through the years
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Conquer) Through the blood, through the sweat, through the tears
I know for this glory my suffering don't compare

Through patient endurance we orchestrate
A different course to take triumphing over the force of hate
So let 'em have all the money, power, respect
We'll shrivel to nothingness and won't cower or fret without a regret
The louder it gets the softer I speak
Offer a cheek to the butcher as he slaughters the sheep
To give away your life's a virtue of only the freed
They figured they would bury us but didn't know we were seeds
So we will bleed with the love of a father as they dug us in farther
The soil's fertile by the blood of the martyrs
We facin' a wretched death so the world can taste life
Cuz we've already unearthed that pearl of great price
Expanded consciousness can accomplish this higher the self
But to reach heaven gotta endure the fires of hell
I'm inspired to fail that's how we go farther
I will resurrect three days after my ego's martyred I'm ready

(Victory) Through the blood, through the sweat, through the tears
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Triumph) Through the pain, through the fights, through the fear
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Overcome) Through the days, through the months, through the years
I know through it all that I'ma persevere
(Conquer) Through the blood, through the sweat, through the tears
I know for this glory my suffering don't compare

Death is as positive as birth, and as such, should be a matter for rejoicing
Because death is the symbol of the liberation
"I pray that death will not come and fine me unannihilated"
In other words, that man dies happy, if there is no one to die
The ego has disappeared before death caught up with it