AintNoTrick

All these street lights and city life will drown out the universe Staring out at the night mistaking the constellation for the planes in it It crazy, cuz if I want to get in tune with the cosmic forces that surround me I gotta get a plane ticket just to find my place in it Human race looking for answers we were never supposed find But in regards to mankind, we develop unearthly civilization Chopping down forests, infiltrating and taking what belongs to life Even colonizing the moon Taking step after step Who taught you how to dream? Cuz all my dreams required working for the white man Living a stereotype to be apart of that stereo life Pretending on a movie set, pursuing checks Learn to catch a ball, so you can get a check Run and and jump, but how high until I get a check P.R. statements and aryian based narratives The sounds paparazzi drowning out our heritage Flood our homes with drugs, weapons, and self hate Incarcerate 1/3 of my kin and harass the rest Where assassination is the sole alternative for half assed arrests Underfund our neighborhoods and drag us out into the abyss Don’t know where we going, but taking step after step after step I just wanted to feel the love, y’all ain’t giving it up tho so I’ll settle to feel love, but she ain’t hitting me up no mo Now I just wanna feel what it is to feel again Drowning the world out with my headphones blasting Waiting for the 33 that just took off before I could arrive Home ain’t that far of a drive, so it can’t be that far of a walk I bet The day can’t get tougher than it already has been The suns going down at this point And streets changing, feet aching Two hours of my week wasted Cars passing me by watching me Taking step after step after step after step I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired and I’ve outgrown outgrowing things I’m still learning how unlearn what I was told to think Mostly the hate and construct that’s been controlling me Now I’m old enough to drown out the distractions What a gift from God Sent to send you the messages to this intellectual exodus Enlightenment came when vibrations split the red sea Freedom sang from the people’s chains And so the voyage began, a harmonious movement Taking step after step after step after step