1.The Effort
I grew watching my family bleed from the tired cracks in their
hands
That were calloused by their future needs and a concept of and
american plan.
Where everyone can make it to the top after spending years as
the footing
And being covered with the shit that's dropped
While this impudence is viewed by our children.
They keep us numb with past times and poisons and injections.
To prolong the cruelness, but we need to exploit our own
compulsions
Instead of letting our offspring adopt this.
We're stuck being the root of their profits watching them all
get their entitlements.
Still there's not a dime in our pockets, and what's worse is
that we don't feel fulfillment.
Our manufactured dreams and expectations are controlling the way
we lead our lives.
It's stripping us from our compassion and leaving vengeance as
our drives.
2.Black Sheep
I've watched so many run that it makes me feel numb when
I loose a good friend to another pointless trend.
I'm sick of superficial minds clogging the ears of our blind,
Blind because they cannot see their own dismal routines.
No matter what is your label, we've got to turn all the tables
before it's too late.
And before we have the chance to state all the shit that is
wrong with this society
In which we belong, where the privileged don't speak.
They're too busy fighting for their green.
This lack of hope has been jammed down my throat to the point
Where I only care about impending air.
As I chocked up, all the words came out
And I finally heard all the shit you had been talking about.
You said I wouldn't last too long. well you're wrong.
I am the black sheep of this country because I won't buy what
they sell me.
My friend, that's what this X means.
It's the symbol of all my beliefs.
It's the ink that's been used by this world to cross out my
words
So they wouldn't hold and to crush my defiant thoughts.
But it's only put a fire in my heart.
I can pick myself up when I'm down with this fire in my heart.
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