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Higher State

by Higher State

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1.
Ghosts 02:20
--GHOSTS-- We're going to let the rhythm hit em like Rakim did it Better take your shot, them cops ain't kidding (oh no) Fuck your political party, I'll vote for Bacardi Try to make a dent in the system they guarding Smoking fences and hedges in a stolen Lexus and crash it into the mansion of some company president I am never ever hesitant to step into the madness Call suspect status on the entire apparatus Cause the baddest motherfuckers are Intelligent ones Who can pick up all the pieces and discard irrelevant ones Can't call an air strike on climate change Before the stock market crashes start bombing with planes And while the world falls apart the economy gains Cause all the fixing and rebuilding means the rich getting paid Imma rearrange the frames and call a sucka 'sucka' Sucker punch and uppercut for fucking with the culture The vultures are overfed and sponsoring the marathon I care enough to raise a fist when they want us to carry on Empire for dummies, they been running the scams The worlds greatest pick pocket - The Invisible Hand Thieves can rob a bank if you give em a gun But give the thieves a bank and they can rob everyone We're lost but on a mission Last call or get thrown awake State of emergency, State of uncertainty I've stayed awake for days, overtaken with this urgency There's a certain sequence that cannot be ignored And a certain cost to sleeping that we cannot afford A Border ain't nothing but a line in the sand Law and order ain't nothing but gun of the man The door into the station where the cops command Water boarded, shot and tortured, fucker, put up your hands
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Welcome 02:58
--WELCOME-- Welcome to the world we live in Death for all, wars, debts, and prisons Welcome to the world we live in Drugs for all, regret your children Like tracks of anthrax bring the noise, Like P.E did it, gotta raise your voice Got a razor point to the vein rejoice, up the GDP till the place destroyed Things we oppose don't go to votes. Musical chairs to the tune of hope Intelligence gathering, war's a go. Those Patriot missiles don't oppose There's going gap how the fuck we fix it? Lady Liberty's name ain't bridge it All those patches in activist fashion ain't going to fucking fill it Still cheaper to pay a wage in this day then to maintain a slave Trickle down, come on make it rain - ain't nothing free about this trade No one gives a fuck about Kardashians It's a distraction from the fact that the whole system is collapsing The news is just outrage du jour The wages of war so rarely make it to our shores I hate to state the obvious, but we backward hacked the process Moving in a circle is not equivalent to progress Step or step up, straight up break out of the mold Sometimes it's better not to do what you're told. The power to change the world lies in public opinion If they wanna win it, we CPR, to resuscitate they image That Protest was taste test for Dr. Pepper spray A parade of underpaid who celebrate the executive raise The detained on Vacay, Guantanamo bay watch with babes Durf water boarding, playing intel trivia games Distorted courts report of killing civilians the women and children were militant villains We'll kill their officials and missile their village for riches before they come get us You really think they'll let us steal the fire from the gods? We'll need guerrilla tactics and the will to test the odds They've kept us out of practice, blacklisted the rebellion Othered opposition and fact-twisted what we tell them They've got the guns but we've got the numbers Things are gonna get pretty hot this summer I used to run from the cops, but not this time When the bombs start to drop - watch - we're going to be the front line
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--AGE AGAINST THE MACHINE-- Age against the machine Are aging against the machine? Are we raging against our own team? Did we turn the public into enemies? If were against, but apart, then who are we? I'm like Zach de la Rocha getting smashed off of vodka Smacking world bankers just for saying its progress I'll structurally adjust your nose You know they'd privatize the sun if they could get its control Know your enemy, wake up renegades They selling bombs and bullets and they killing in the name Take the power back, they stole the R from rage While we settle for nothing stuck in leftist debates I'm the epitome a public enemy A terrordome poet overthrowing old hegemony The clock says chaos and Armageddon's coming Well, fuck the whole game if it ain't saying nothing Take it to the streets in the cities and the towns and Shut em down, shut em shut em down There's a poison going on but were louder than a bomb Were going to work it out stay strong We can occupy wall street, they occupy all streets Sleep now in the fire, no shelter from the heat The machine never sleeps so why should we? They got a fistful of steel, we slowly rusting the beams So from the roof of my mouth to my esophagus tube I used to fire bomb tracks, inspire the youth Just the renegades of funk, all city on the move Its still the voice of the voiceless point of view That changed the world through rhymes and loops It's the truth, there's power in rap music A nation of millions is down for the movement So what you gonna do? Rap is not afraid of you The John Wayne days are over. Face it, dude. The magnitude of the music in our message Will stretch out your neck on some Terminator X shit And if you feel the flavour, you know what time it is IMF back to drop science, kid So don't get it confused, we sent a man to the moon And drop bombs with a value more then hospital or school But the evil empire is in control of the tools The only time they'd stop a genocide? To rescue the fuel But the mindsets a threat, lets unite like a crew Could be the year of the boomerang, instead of year of the boom Of the profits and the robbers of the darkness of greed Unite to be freed or age against this machine Social media feeds are the new channel zero Bass in your face and you get to be the hero Write your own hype and curate your seclusion You don't need to worry about what anyone is doing Even if the whole thing crashes into the sea You can still believe what you want to believe And while you look away from people that are trying to get free...
4.
--WASTING MY TIME-- I guess I'm just wasting my time, wasting my time I guess I'm just wasting my time, wasting my time I guess I'm just wasting my time, wasting my time Wasted all my rhymes I wrote a letter to the government just the other day But I flowed it, you said that you learning nothing new I said thanks for the review, I do my writing just for you I know your mind is really great, cause your ego is fucking huge Times when we agree, I still hate the way you said it all Preaching that were equal, all conceited from his pedestal The worlds most pressing issues are the ones that your addressing What are you saying against oppression ? All I hear is your condescension. So god damned desperate to rationalize positions Shutting down the different and silencing the critics Just to justify the white lies you tell yourself About how you're so much better than everybody else It's all about appearances, at least that's how it seems Screaming ALL CAPS attacks at paper tigers in your dreams Motherfucker, please. You sound like a dickweed. Claiming victim when your record isn't close to being clean I said IMFing pissed and put a pen inside my fist Started writing down the things about the world that make me sick All the changes of the past always had a soundtrack And got the revolutions pressed inside the grooves of the track I thought maybe I could write some words like ones that once inspired me Light that little fire to be someone who tries help and speak Believe in making a difference through lyrics, unity,actions Wait, what the fuck am i talking about? I'm just the leftist beatboxer from Three Sheet White boy making noise in a fashion that I'm passionate about, Mashing words onto beats and then passing them out Some cats wanna jibber jabber some constructed technicalities Claiming it's not my culture, fuck that, battle me But lets not get it twisted, my studies go deeper than books I bring knowledge to the cipher, drop science, and leave em shook And no half-assed intellect is going to step over the line To tell me there's a problem with how I spend my time
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--CHAMPAGNE CAMPAIGN-- I'm pushing that campaign I'm sipping that champagne Ladies, take it to the polls. Fellas, lose control Party like we run the country. pop that bottle, keep it funky Like Parliament and Uncle George, coast to coast we run the boards Make love not war, is that so strange, on a champagne campaign? Make it rain, for the people. Pass out grams Sour Diesel Let that freak flag fly and throw your hands up to the sky Wave them shits from side to side and say 'I will not be denied!' Tonight this is our town - Higher State gonna break it down (Champagne) Little bit of Dom to the dome, it's on (Campaign) Little bit of fun to the break of dawn (Champagne) Little bit of ungh just to make you moan (Campaign) We stay goin' til the early morn We taking shots, shots shots so liberally No time to be conservative, lets smoke some party green Don't worry about tomorrow, cause tonight was all we need Going to celebrate the party cause the party keeps us free Well then i woke up in yesterdays cloths Going to use your seat as a porcelain thrown Going to wipe my ass with the TPP And crash your party, this is EMC Is it Trudeau? Really, really Trudeau? Its just one big party? We trusting in Justin's security? I C51 bouncers for Steve
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Capital Lies 02:45
--CAPITAL LIES-- More beef then a rapper in a field full of cattle, Turn to meat for the patty what he be - corporate lackey Fat cats, we're the servers Where his party? Making mergers Rat race running fast, beat like drum tracks Shittiest Canadian paid in tax Things ain't even Steven, think our leader is a demon Don't just stand and sing allegiance, grab the power while it teeters I see 51 reasons to speak up! Calling all people, trying to reach you through these speakers Speak it loud as amphitheatres keep this looping and repeating It's long march to freedom, better bring some extra sneakers New era - its official Aim like a pistol, voice is dangerous as missile Write a single, sending ripples, keep it moving we're not cripples Grab change by the fist full, more pissed then a pit bull All eyes on the capital they capitalize They want more power to watch us, the capital's eyes But the capital lies, the capital lies Capitalize on the fears of our times With capital on their minds Flexing panopticon principles, invincible Indivisible minds of many men are miserable Individualistic and cryptic in quotations When the questions come about exactly who has paid them Who sets the agenda, who are the pretenders to the throne Who is in the house but will deny someone a home Who is all alone and who will lend a helping hand Who is in control and who will rise to make a stand Who will make a plan and who will execute it Who will see that something's wrong and struggle to remove it Who will do more than make a fucking post Who will ask more of their chosen holy ghost Is it you, or is it easier to make excuses? Is it me and EMC, or is it all just useless? Is it us or is it them or is it even worth the time Do we take it to the capital when we see them cross the line?
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Hate The Way 04:09
--HATE THE WAY-- Hate the way you make me feel This cost is real, astronomical I can't stop these pills, I can't stop the bills Can't stop the sick, its impossible See, I'm iller then salmonella for dinner Corroding in sickness, my body's a prison Rap about drug addiction? I need my pills for fucking existence All this misery, making them rich But they got free samples to hook the sick My auto immune on self destruct There is no cure, slow it down with drugs I have shakes and pains as I waste away Ulcers inflame till my heart palpitates Shit blood till i emaciate Or I can take 2 pills 4 times a day I got pills in the morning, pills with food† Pills in the night and afternoon No drug plan, hundreds a month If I'm too sick to work, my life is fucked If home was some of the places I write, id be a memory waiting for light Pharma slave prescription servant working for pill for life Do you greedy people worship the evil or the wilted demon Milton Friedman? Getting rich off the sick and diseases, meds out of reach for the worst off who need them Heres a business plan.. eat some Ativan and get inside the company van That was parked on the dock at the edge of the land, Pop a hundred milligrams of Diazepam, wash it down with a Faxe 10 can Drive that thing just as fast as you can As the water creeps up and you're heavy as sand Get swallowed by the panic so close to land While the needy just watch, no helping hands Cause the worlds worse off, never stood a chance Set the costs sky high cause you knew the demand But you'd use compassion to market your brand? Fuck off. I hate the way you make me feel Like nothing's real but overkill Muffled rage, a tiger in a cage Trying to break free when you know there's no way No light of day, cold on the mountains Hide away, increase the amounts and hope for the best, Try to get some rest while you're running from the stress Pills are expensive, weed costs less It's basic math, you know the rest Face arrest, depression's worse Some days I care so much it hurts I'll take whatever gets me through the day And maybe it's true that it's a huge mistake But it's the move I make but I do what I need to I've got dreams and a plan to see through Something in my brain needs disruption The price is a pain but I need to function So I make do. So does E, and so do you. Coffee and cigarettes, dabs and Wellbutrin Course through my system, human pollution Pharmaceutical solution Kick the holistics, Keep it moving So I can be myself, over the counter or something else It's all about health, see, and I am not the healthiest It's all about wealth, too, and I am not the wealthiest Melting on nails and lining up pills Space out when I take em trying to save a few bills Maybe I'll get better if I skip a few meals Get a little something in me just to numb the feels Shit gets real and life just happens Trapped in the grasp of electric crackling I need to get grounded - better than I've ever been But I've gotta scrounge just to get my daily medicine So, maybe it's prescription, maybe it's a pass Maybe it's whiskey, maybe it's grass Gotta have something, and that's the deal And I hate the way that makes me feel
8.
Worker Antz 02:46
--WORKER ANTZ-- I'm just a worker ant, running on a tread mill Pocket full of debt, trying to work off the damn bills Never made it, I'm still chasing the dream Going to live to retire as a broken machine I owe, I owe, I'm off to sell my soul Working for the big boss, living like a big shot Mega house, fast car, trophy wifey, big snob Loves O'Leary, watches Dragons Den to jerk off Loves to read his Milton Friedman, keeps on feeding Men to his sweatshop, I mean franchise restaurant, Watched and overlooked like the view from his desk job Above the law like he's Steven Segal We're on deadly ground, with no workers comp Me, I'm in his kitchen like a million musicians Part of the counter culture but I question my conditions What's wrong with the dishwasher, he's thinking out of sync Politicize bars, we'll get served like food and drink Cheaper to pay a wage then to maintain a slave "We have to stay competitive, I cant give you a raise if you don't want to work here someone else will!î I'm expendable, so he can spend a mill Walk into the office with a coffee to keep me alive All that I've accomplished, unacknowledged, I need that drive Meet that deadline, with overtime, get it done, next Keep it moving fluid, cause the cheques don't let me rest Benefits are AWOL and the hours just too short There's the promise of promotion but it comes with no support Cause my buddy in the next desk is a threat to my advancement And the boss is throwing dollars while we do our silly dancing But she never makes it rain so we just try harder Gotta think bigger, think brighter, think smarter But don't think too much, the manager has a BA And he is the boss' brother's best friend so we do what he say Even if it's stupid, even if it's been done Even if it's the opposite of what you talked about with everyone Day in, day out, the grind is so relentless That's the life you lead when you've been given a debt sentence
9.
--WHAT MADE THE WHITE MAN WHITE-- We love to claim it, our great nation Post card picture perfect snowy white places Molson canadian, beaver tail maple Tim Horton savoured, hockey skating Welcome to the celebration, we made a special reservation For First Nations populations tucked away in isolation Far away from most caucasians, silent war of decimation Out of sight and out of mind of most Canadians But not the first Canadians, you know, the ones with whom we traded Gave em small pox and residential education Starved them on to reservations, took the land and segregated Faced racist hatred through a violent assimilation Government funded experimentation, housing project degradation Health care like 3rd world nation, highest rates of incarceration Cops drive kids off reservations, leave em to die in the snow, isolated Highest rates of suicide and homicide in the nation I watched my best friend become a prison statistic His father a survived they schools, but he lost his mother and sister You don't think we have a race problem? This story comes to mind: On the rez when kids to got ready for church they were asking "Why? Who died?î What made the white man white Is it his white wash of history or his white lies? His white picket fence that his privilege designed? His white pointy cap, fully masked but his eyes? The colour of the flame that burns a cross in the night? Wall of the halls where the power resides? The porcelain of his idol, his white mansion in the sky Or the white light he's going to follow so he can take what he likes We like to say it. 'We're not racist' Anyone who says so is ignorant and tasteless Let me kick the basics (You must learn!) Let it burn Back in the day when the Church was moved to Rome White men stole and took control of the throne They shaped knowledge by consensus to relentlessly ensure That their power was absolute and forever would endure The kings and queens of Europe sent their ships to spread the word That their own claims to greatness were all rules to be observed They conquered distant nations and waged wars against the heathens That is, any one on earth who didn't believe what they believe in Empires rose upon the bones of those from whom the lands were taken Justified by a book held high, loosely translated Established a ruling class and created global trade The engine ran on genocide, but there was money to be made Generations fade away and the machines just keep on turning They lead a life of leisure while their fortunes do the earning Secure in several centuries of social manipulation That benefited white men in nearly every situation
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--STATE OF THE UNION-- Confusion. Closed eyes buy into delusion. We are just a Higher State. First step would be a revolution (Buy into delusion) Looking at the state of the union All together now with inclusion Closed eyes looking at the state of the union It's all Molotov volatile, bottle broke and soaked the rubble Tunnels in the jungle, Smoke, trouble choke folks 'til they mumble through bubbles Huddled masses yearn to breathe free, believe me It's not easy - Less Dorothy, more Adibisi Police are getting greasy, seeing streets like a pistol range Victim's names tagged on bricks with blood stains The Game flashes on a few screens and then vanishes People buy whatever they want, the thought's abandoned As the plots along the blocks where my city should be planted There's a method to the madness - pass it off as random Dancing in the dark - Singing party anthems The Boss writes blue collar music lampin' in his mansion The cops are smashing windows arresting who they wanna Anyone says anything, they're probably a goner We've seen a lot of judges go on and lose their honour Over mandatory minimums for smoking marijuana And we're actually asking if Alaska is an island If the length of her skirt is a reason to get violent If the colour of his skin is the way we should define him If believing something different nullifies the need for science Defiance will divide the sides while lives are being squandered Wander through the wilderness denying we've been conquered Onward. Juggernaut stubborn chaos is mundane Laws are embedded in the brain so everything remains the same It's a shame that it had to come to this That a difference of opinion led to bruised and bloody fists Ego trips and inclusion by comparison Racism and hating women are capital A American It's embarrassing; the virtues some choose to rule their views Dazed and confused in the house where they were raised and abused I'm amazed by the lack of hesitation The State still has no business in the bedrooms of the nation Class war behind a bullet-proof glass door Sucker punch strategists and trickle-down tax laws Slack jawed, toss a hammer in the hornet's nest Bring the sun down upon the west Oh yes, the manifest destiny we were taught to see Is rotten with hypocrisy and often just a mockery Remix old philosophy and make it hot Sell it all again until we've given all we've got We talk a lot it's time-time for some action It seems drastic with the general level of satisfaction It's magic - the illusions have been ruined But we need to see the truth and that's the State of the Union The days just starting, sun's receding I'm still awake the machine ain't sleeping Rhyme for reason beefing with the leader of the beavers Think he's trying to please the eagle, trade agreements, don't believe him Think he's scheming, global village pillage villains cheerleading Trust isn't a couponÖcan't redeem it Things ain't even Steven, think our leader was a demon Need more then a vote when the choice is the lesser evil Kyoto a no go, the ozones depleting Oust our leader on behalf of our species He's got republican features, I got rumbling speakers Furious like the 5 with boogie down teachings In a Who's who hinterland endangered Canadian Habitat, make a stand, way of life, change of plan So much to say, where the voices at? Only change on the radio wavesÖNickleback My hope for brighter days just some ultra violet rays Send budget to the barber, while this fucker gets a raise Sell us down the river, sold the water to bidders And the contract for the ships at an APEC dinner Get to the chopper, pick up Peter Mckay Help the rich people with the taxes paid Those winos on welfare were looking so ugly while the subsidized wealthy are sipping their bubbly To whom its concerning, the woods are still burning So learn the diversions, ad bust them subvert them serving theses vermin, a verdict with Hermit Voice of the voiceless making them nervous Try to speak with hope and purpose Soundtrack in this fucking circus Can we change it? Are we losing badly ? What's the cost in the grand finale ? Will we stand and rally, through peaks and valleys till we write our own maps like Rand McNally? Raise your voice up, fill the sky After the darkest night, the sun will rise Change must come from all our lives This ain't a feel-good album made to dance and grind Cause I was starting to feel, they treat us like seals Being clubbed to death, reclaim the wheels of steel Don't just march to your own beat - put it in riot gear Long commute to justice, increasing times of fear I fear were all doomed sometimes Nothing left to do but turn up the volume On the active movements of mass inclusion that maps a future of vast improvement cause these bastard humans are attacking the future thats the State of the Union
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--WAR PARTY PARTY-- They think they're the bomb cause they drop so many The war party's party making human confetti I wish the bombing was graf, the battle people rocking steady DJ revolutions, MC's voices armed and ready Please excuse our point of view, we're the broken records with the breaking news Names your god and clash, making cash and doom Here's the fundamentals of who's leading some troops God Bless America! resounds through congregations The jubilation's tasteless draped in shades of tribulation It's capture and subjugation chased with rapture and revelation In a rapid reclamation writing the reverse of reformation They run to the Right looking for a fight Lets give it to them. Lay them to ruin, they're moving We're doing nothing Institutions are a prison - specifically systolic evangelism It isn't hit or miss it's that "Ol' time exceptionalist religion" Limiting living divisive indifferent explicit descriptions Of scripture revisions in the Inquisition prism a mission To stick it to the system blister the skin of their victims You gotta hit them with the wisdom scratch 'listen' The intolerant and belligerent attitudes are hypocritical And the devotion to inequality is entirely inexplicable You really want to know what Jeshua Bin Joseph would do? He'd probably cold beat the motherfucking shit right out of you So you can either offer proof, accept the truth, or let's have at it Because I've had it with this erratic attack on the social fabric We don't all believe in magic, subservience, and unworthiness And I'm pretty sure the fire they speak of doesn't burn within The gated community unity with impunity opportunities To drop in on the gooniest and talk them into doing shit Scared of evolution because they're a loose link in the chain They strain to train the brain to drain the reason away They say: "Doomsday anyway let's play, gun spray Oh hey enjoy the stay at X-ray? Ok! Crusade! Teach shame and shoot the intellectuals Indoctrinate the kids - demonize the homosexuals!" The pull they have is parallel to presidential power Eleventh hour battle lines are scoured onto ivory towers Military prowess they're growing hungry Organized and influential and They are coming. God bless America resounds on country stations Like Neo cons had wrote the songs and foreign policy came from God Support the troops who fight for you to bring the world salvation Choruses for the masses, amped up for the faithful The leaders preach freedom is granted from the almighty Well ask why the fuck he only gives it to whitey With long lists of bombings, hegemonic, economically Dominant, prominent demonic mission launchers Media limits debate to whether wars are winnable Eluding the fact that murder violates their fucking principles Love thy neighbor's oil, chase it waging Blatantly racist invasions, while claiming that Satan's evaded Through baptism, cleansing mind and spirit from sins in which they toil Monopolize the spoils of illegal wars Ya got a get out of hell free card for terror you endorse Hypocritical mother fuckers, I can't take it anymore, You stand against abortion yet support dropping missiles, There killing forgiveness, instilling their vision, division, it's friction with different religions, to pillage positions And kill the resistance or make em all Christians, listen Republicans summon the drumming that functioned for Cold War With Russia to usher destructive constructions of Muslims, Whole countries viewed terror suspects, Time to hunt the leaders they once funded You didn't bomb the Bible Belt when fundamentalists struck home You sought to bring em to justice not make war zones But no, you explode homes, so heads will roll And strike with time machines to send em back to year zero Centuries of pillage aligned with divinity Claim to fight Satan while he props up your industry The money of sinners keeps flowing in your doors If you personify Satan, they'll support your fucking war
12.
--WE WANT THE WORLD-- We want the world Can't call an air strike on climate change We want the world Subvert their own existence if there profit to be made We want the world I'll try to be the change, if I can make it through the day We want the world, worker ants/worker bees With our words and our dreams and abilities Innocent as snowflakes until we Stick together shutting down your fucking city We want the world without watching an ad first Adverse effects upon the Earth Rain will come down soon Doom is booming from the centre of the womb She wants the world Mother Nature, Earthquakes, tsunami's taking back what we've taken Endangered way of life changing, ain't no way we can sustain this Aimless sort of drifting, in a shifting sea of data Where there's so much information that nothing really matters We can't see the forest for the screens Or hear the birds singing over these MP3s She wants the world, Mother Nature, global warning She's a terrorist, using ultra-violent rays, global warming Her fighter planes: snow and rain, weather bombs, hurricanes Trying to ghost us all for all the pillaging and rape She wants the world, all the wars and disasters Just to see if we even know what matters But typical tough guys we rarely show respect We just try to control her, but she's sick of all the threats We want the work, this kitchen working not worth it, Get herded to Shellberta as a seasonal worker Value oil by the litre, not the knowledge of our teachers Political leaders crooked as Chretien's mouth when he was speaking Who will stand up to fight the fight that needs fighting To stand against the rain, against the thunder and the lightening To stand up to the money, before the eleventh hour Or is it always the corrupt that's gonna rise to power? We want the world Who runs the world? The arrogant, the classist, the paternal, the racist Conservative, fundamental greedy vengeful, archaic, The chauvinist, the homophobes, raising sheep to carry on Controlling corporations over parliaments and pentagons The assholes, the fascists, people who are rude to waiters Murderers and alcoholic children's entertainers White Flava Flav impersonators playing games Ghost riding the whip that came with their daddy's name We want the world that got free education While some rich kids complain that First Nations ain't paying And he starts his conversation by saying, "I'm not racist" If you have to state it, you probably are, so shut your fucking braces Planets heating and its freezing and were spying on our people World war me my inner peace is full of demons Scheming on another way to try to stop the bleeding But it's feeling like I'm failing, yo, you seeing what I'm seeing? Sweat shops, forest chop, fear plot, freedom loss Cash crop, pills to pop, higher cost, crooked cops Every day the bodies drop. Maybe one, maybe lots Maybe it's guns? Maybe stop? Maybe? Maybe not. I'm still dreaming we can beat it, and believing while we're screaming out This is all I ever wanted All I ever wanted was to leave a little mark With all the things that I had started not a leader or a martyr Just pieces of my mother and father, lessons and rhythms life had to offer Live on inside this music when my beatbox is a coffin All I ever wanted was to strike a little spark Just enough to cast a little light into the dark To be another reason to believe in something better Cause I'll be there when you need me, in any kind of weather We drop killer verses like Masons in churches delivering sermons, We want the world, its security ain't secure, shit They need victims in the prisons, poverty and terrorism Crime, destruction, instability, separation good for business I'm seeing white collar crimes and dead black youth Blue is on a rampage, and green is the truth Blood runs red but it all turns to grey Claiming that we're colour blind to get us through the day After all the intelligence gathering war was our best solution Kill each other with the smartest bombs or time and more pollution Feud instead of improving, losing instead of regrouping While poor people put their poverty together to try to get through it Put people over profit and put a stop to violence Pretending that it's progress, no one is an island It's the needs of the few against the needs of the many Did we get rid of common sense when we got rid of the pennies Assassinate your ego like JFK's Motorcade Fuck dollars and fame, we'll make sense and bring change Rage against us, come back CIA trained You'll get crushed like bay of pigs, we're the rap's Castro and Che

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