Under The Storm
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It's complicated
Up to my knees in it
And I pray, please, kill it
But it won't go
So frustrated
And I fell asleep dreaming
Just as the clouds clear
I wake up under the storm
It's blood red
The streets run with no cause
Quick dash for quick cash, don't pause
Round here, find a little rope
Throw it in the sky, you can catch a little hope
And that's real in effect
Because that money seem to make a man feel some respect
So tell me, who's spreading the butter?
Because I'm trying to make bread, but I'm stuck in the gutter
But they say it's just a matter of time
Every Friday morning, 'bout a quarter to nine
When I'm standing in line, biding my time
For that one job that they're claiming is mine
And if it don't come, then I'll say that it's fine
Knowing that it's straight back to just writing a rhyme
No change in my pocket, not a penny or dime
Just a fucked up economy, declining with time
It's complicated
Up to my knees in it
And I pray, please, kill it
But it won't go
So frustrated
And I fell asleep dreaming
Just as the clouds clear
I wake up under the storm
We built this from nothing, tell me I'm wrong
You get showered with it, under the storm
We fight for this war, understand the cause
Rewrite the whole chapter and change the laws
So that the battle proceed, the greed we can't stand
You're a plan, I'm a one-man band
I don't need shit, not one man's hand
If life is a beach, I don't dance in the sand
Let's make it clear, believe that I can, man
Any beat of this, I will rip it while I handstand
Chain me up, or shackle and beat
I don't fall with the weak, I march on my feet
Never tell tall tales when I'm steaming on a beat
So I'm aiming for the charts, but they feel it in the street
Same reason that they see me in the beat
When they're cruising in the jeep, or they're running in the fleet
It's complicated
Up to my knees in it
And I pray, please, kill it
But it won't go
So frustrated
And I fell asleep dreaming
Just as the clouds clear
I wake up under the storm
We were bred for the war, shackled and beat
Watched the weak fall, we arose to our feet
Entertained the crowd, dominated the stage
In truth, we ain't nothing but puppets in a cage
Dignity gone, self-respect lost
Who would have thought that this would come at a cost?
When every fight dawns and it could be your last
A suspect reflection draws over your past
But battle commenced, bombed by the drones
Gunshots sound, lay rhythm to the songs
Warriors advance, treading ground
We mask flags in the land we found
And under siege, the cavalry pulls near
Militant forces replaced by fear
Men slung bodies as they hound us down
But we stand tall and we gather the sound
It's complicated
Up to my knees in it
And I pray, please, kill it
But it won't go
So frustrated
And I fell asleep dreaming
Just as the clouds clear
I wake up under the storm