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