It's been a while since we've sat down to think about it,
You've been through a mile, now come down and have a treat
This shit seems attractive, appealing, appalling isn't it
Baits to these fish, one by one, we con and feed it, then we eat it
Or keep them safe in aquariums, sold like meat, transmitted
They are meat- and what's worse is they can't stand on their feet
So they feed off the feeder; it seems so safe to swallow and eat
Be self-reliant - that's what they say, so they ask us to pay
For our whole lives we've been asked to work every single day
This is how they treat us, and ask us to shut our fucking mouth
Improvements? Yea we'll improve, but keep comments to yourself
Democracy they call it, earn respect by proving yourself
Meritocracy they call it, yearn protection, well FUCK THEMSELVES
They used to ban protection fees didn't they? Underground at bay
They banned caches, took all your income catches, and bribed to sway
The voters, and it seemed to them this society's democractic
It's a propriety that's erratic, notoriety that's pragmatic
So they collected taxes that was supposed to be for the good of the nation
And distributed food in rations, 'hey what year is this!?'
In those days when history was present, of course you would miss
Those disgraceful acts, done behind your back, secret attacks
The genocides of blacks, coincides with the sacred tracks,
It's funny, we have the same lifespan, but they lived more than us
Not in terms of how long they live, but how much shit they've been through
Never been to school, that's the trait, they weren't educated,
But they've seen, witnessed, listened to true stories of desecration
Of their pride, culture, history, the right they had the right to have
They were bereth of hope, but at least now they all know the truth
Maybe we all haven't been through shit, that's why you
Claim you live shitty lives, but to them, your stories ain't new
'God damn my life's original!' , truth is, that's a late debut
So you're pitying yourself while they're mocking at you fools
I admit, I've never been through shit in my life, growing up pampered
I was a pampered boy, dependent and my life was unhampered
I lived off my parents and the government, never endangered
Never seen an eclipse, 'what's the dark side of the world?'
Until age fourteen, lived out of this mentality as a teen
Met this man by the name kinetik, gave me a 'stillmatic'
And that technique speaks the truth, and while he was still at it
Introduced me those shady antiques, styles that were unique
To show me, 'hey, we're all safe on the surface!'
Face it, you guys disgrace, y'all are just off the pace off the race,
Feedin your blood as nutrients to the root of all evil,
When they're not even facing an upheaval, maybe you should pop some pill
I'm sure you will, if the establishment tells you to, you'd get thrilled
But what if I tell you that's poison, even worse than poisonous lead
Like what're you gonna do, just stone there, prepare to be fed
It's just sad, see kids take two-fifth of their lives to be 'grad's
And be mad, when they becomin' mums and dads, you forsee that
But you dun say no shit, the average people keep words to themselves
Because we're all scared to lose our freedom, our assets, our wealth
So they think they can stealth right there, and take on this world themselves
These intellectuals think the same, but they don't assert themselves
Wisdom and maturity comes with age, now let me tell you this
That's BULLSHIT! If you just pretend you know no shit about this
So I devout this, let's spout the truth in the form of hip-hop
'Cause we all know the truth, but we're no eager to equip these mobs
With what they deem as the 'matrix', but they know these words transfix
These problems' a must-fix, now let's give these corrupts the deep six
In those days when history was present, of course you would miss
Those disgraceful acts, done behind your back, secret attacks
The genocides of blacks, coincides with the sacred tracks,
It's funny, we have the same lifespan, but they lived more than us
Not in terms of how long they live, but how much shit they've been through
Never been to school, that's the trait, they weren't educated,
But they've seen, witnessed, listened to true stories of desecration
Of their pride, culture, history, the right they had the right to have
They were bereth of hope, but at least now they all know the truth
Maybe we all haven't been through shit, that's why you
Claim you live shitty lives, but to them, your stories ain't new
'God damn my life's original!' , truth is, that's a late debut
So you're pitying yourself while they're mocking at you fools
I admit, I've never been through shit in my life, growing up pampered
I was a pampered boy, dependent and my life was unhampered
I lived off my parents and the government, never endangered
Never seen an eclipse, 'what's the dark side of the world?'
Until age fourteen, lived out of this mentality as a teen
Met this man by the name kinetik, gave me a 'stillmatic'
And that technique speaks the truth, and while he was still at it
Introduced me those shady antiques, styles that were unique
To show me, 'hey, we're all safe on the surface!'
Face it, you guys disgrace, y'all are just off the pace off the race,
Feedin your blood as nutrients to the root of all evil,
When they're not even facing an upheaval, maybe you should pop some pill
I'm sure you will, if the establishment tells you to, you'd get thrilled
But what if I tell you that's poison, even worse than poisonous lead
Like what're you gonna do, just stone there, prepare to be fed
It's just sad, see kids take two-fifth of their lives to be 'grad's
And be mad, when they becomin' mums and dads, you forsee that
But you dun say no shit, the average people keep words to themselves
Because we're all scared to lose our freedom, our assets, our wealth
So they think they can stealth right there, and take on this world themselves
These intellectuals think the same, but they don't assert themselves
Wisdom and maturity comes with age, now let me tell you this
That's BULLSHIT! If you just pretend you know no shit about this
So I devout this, let's spout the truth in the form of hip-hop
'Cause we all know the truth, but we're no eager to equip these mobs
With what they deem as the 'matrix', but they know these words transfix
These problems' a must-fix, now let's give these corrupts the deep six
Double-law regime, for now talk is cheap, so is cheap the talk..
Sometimes I feel like a dog bein' walked, see there's this lock
That I wanna unlock, for this time I wanna be the jock
I wanna getta hold of this job, not another share in the stocks
Or a bird in the flocks, just the man everyone listens when he talks
Be shocked, when you see this man does no crock, R-I-P. Steve,
We know you gave it a mighty heave, now the audiences grieve,
Wishing you were back doing your documentaries, your obituary
Was something big here in your sequel, there, that's why woe betides
See that's why when i see everyone commiting suicide, worldwide
I sit back and watch these kids behave and witness how they die
And when they die, I see tears of people who actually pay the price
So everyone just tries and tries, but they can't reach out for the prize
Then they decide to play the game of chance, but no time suffice
And no one's surprised, coz' we all know what's holding us back
Off the surface they're the true hijackers, our houses they ransack,
Real brainers, it's our brains they rack, 'heck these political hacks'
Stop your sissy acts, signing these illusionary ingrained pacts
Feigning, make BELIEVE what we perceive, kids fail to comprehend
Pain, under this reign we abstain, now adrenaline rushes veins
Of the hated, for fear that our brain may one day maturate
But we live on to stand by every statement we ever stated
It's an understatement, to say we can't make our payment because
We work, live and breathe low-profilely, never to be the claimant
Never to be the famed one, to be the same homosapiens
Only to be the tamed ones, lame, let us be the ones aimed-
-At, let us be the fuel, you be the flame, and take our credit
History of mankind.. Read it, so maybe, effort, you can discredit
But I would never allow this to be gone undetected
And I would never allow defectants go unrejected
Respected, life.. Don't trust me to repeat like you expected
Fucking truth and lies, myths and legends, safe and protected
Drugging proofs and evidences, civilians strafed during the war
Millions of people wounded, dying from shots of the 'fo-fo'
Now it's still no different, deep into the society we explore
See people hitting rock-bottom, jobless, part-time jobs in stores
This ain't no movie.. But why does this world misunderstand me
Trapped in this system like a vortex, rage against.. Nobody..
It's just me.. A fight against myself, just a plan to fight the law
I'm not doing so just to be an outlaw, but to find the flaw
In the system we're living in.. To ply open this surface
That's superficial, so that we can implant one that's artificial
But I would never allow this to be gone undetected
And I would never allow defectants go unrejected
Respected, life.. Don't trust me to repeat like you expected
Fucking truth and lies, myths and legends, safe and protected
Drugging proofs and evidences, civilians strafed during the war
Millions of people wounded, dying from shots of the 'fo-fo'
Now it's still no different, deep into the society we explore
See people hitting rock-bottom, jobless, part-time jobs in stores
This ain't no movie.. But why does this world misunderstand me
Trapped in this system like a vortex, rage against.. Nobody..
It's just me.. A fight against myself, just a plan to fight the law
I'm not doing so just to be an outlaw, but to find the flaw
In the system we're living in.. To ply open this surface
That's superficial, so that we can implant one that's artificial
'Cause man.. I believe in destroying this system, that's safe on the surface.. If we can see the subtext, beyond what we see on the appearance of all things..
