Song: Way Out
Artist: Rationale aka James Crawford
Album: Life As An M.C.
Year: 2005

(Chorus)
We don't, we don't/
Have a, way out/
We don't, we don't/
Have a, way out/

(Refrain)
I was always taught that/
you finish what others start, and so I mostly fought back/
That's how I came up/
But now that isn't the case/
People tryin to disgrace, and testin me and my face/
See what I'm made of/
I find myself at a cross/
Cause any way I choose to go's considered a loss/
But wait up/
If I'm gonna go out, then no doubt/
I'm makin sure I'm gonna show out/
And you'll get blazed up!

(Chorus)

(Malcolm X quote from "By Any Means Necessary")

(Verse One)

Yo, uhh, you think you're safe, you got peace of mind, security?/
Don't invest too much in that school of thought so hurriedly/
The air of decency's now polluted with impurities/
Ideas of neighborly trust fall into obscurity/
You wanna believe that not everyone's corrupted/
Believe certain people aren't just crabs in a bucket/
Believe there's equality in honesty and justice/
End up gettin flustered and wished ya never touched it/
I wanna be compassionate and free the human race/
Help the less fortunate grow and keep up with the pace/
I'm genuine about it, you can see it in my face/
But I still feel some people just need to be erased/
Who am I to judge?  I'm just one man with a vision/
Human in my thoughts and feelings, human in my opinions/
Human in my interests, human in my decisions/
Human in my goals, human but still I'm different/
And not everyone perceives like me, I understand this/
That fact alone is sometimes taken for granted/
Radical ideas could cause frenzy and panic/
So I, take the time to analyze and then expand it/
Consider this perspective, your child's been molested/
You know for sure who did it and where that fuckin wretch lives/
You could call the cops and then have his ass arrested/
Or you could grab your burner and go fulfill his death wish/
I don't usually jump to drastic measures quickly/
Not lookin before leapin tends to be more risky/
If time permits than I'll think it over briskly/
Or just react on instinct if its really sticky/
This rap life is real life, its more than simply lyrical/
I walk what I talk, it's deeply in my principle/
When shit hits the fan, that's when it turns critical/
I focus on a balance of righteous and individual/
I wish there was a panic button for a crisis check/
For times of action, easily take decisive steps/
Yeah it'd be much simpler if it was just right or left/
But come on man, we're talking about life or death/
I don't advocate violence, don't look upon this sordidly/
I just promote self-defense categorically/
That's something that I'll forever justify torridly/
'Specially when backed in a corner, not metaphorically!

(Chorus x2)