No truer words have ever been said
      Well are you prepared for your very last breath?
      Don't you dare start what you cannot finish
      So when we face, face the adversary
      No longer are we the minority

      And when history repeats her hour
      The pendulum will swing, swing into power
      Though not in vain like our forefathers
      Freedom, never had no room for cowards

      For in the end, there will be equality
      By any means necessary

      The ballot or the bullet
      The choice is up to you
      The ballot or the bullet
      Tell me what you gonna do
      The sword or the pen
      Can be held by the same hand

      What's it gonna take to liberate?
      An emancipation, a false proclamation?
      All these token words that you legislate
      Sound a little bit absurd. Hey! And a little too late

      When a house is divided, it just will not stand
      Once it's decided, a line drawn in the sand

      Ah! The ballot or the bullet
      The choice is up to you
      The ballot or the bullet
      Tell me what you gonna do
      The sword or the pen
      Can be held by the same hand

      (Guitar Solo)

      The ballot or the bullet
      The choice is up to you
      The ballot or the bullet
      Tell me what you gonna do

      The ballot or the bullet
      The choice is up to you
      The ballot or the bullet
      Tell me what you gonna do
      The sword or the pen can be
      The sword or the pen can be
      The sword or the pen can be
      The sword or the pen can be
      The sword or the pen can be
      held, held by the same hand