Peel back the layers, examine the facts
Discovery, a personal journey simple as that
Five senses absorbing unexpected conditions
Atmosphere, thoughts, environment simple addition
Everyone’s mind frames perceive things different
With that understanding comes acceptance of opinion
Places, people, objects of the world understood by facts
People try to manipulate with what they manufacture
Eventually the propaganda begins to bleed
People start to understand society, brought back to reality
Discovering since birth they were socialized incorrectly
Brain washed, domesticated by the medias imagination
All this beautiful, peaceful opportunities
People ruin it over greed, with weak mentalities
An open mind sounds so simple, the hardest thing to find
Quit pretending to be someone else
Living through telling lies to yourself
Take responsibility; share your piece of the pie
There is a place in the world for everyone to be applied
It’s each person’s job to find
Only for personal growth
Look around discover the facts, accept them as they are
Be happy, deny it, fight it and go through eternity miserably
Too much to say, not enough people that will listen
I don’t care if you’re Catholic, Protestant,
Jewish, Muslim or Christian
In fact I believe in no religion, just society and perception
After all, we meet at that intersection
How we each get there to each other, not always clear
All either of us knows, we’re both standing there
Choices to make, decisions to be weighed
Be bold and share, act timid and scared
Open up be real to the experience
Shut down never experience anything
Which dimension will you bring, radical or conservative
A constant struggle we all battle within
Courage, Wisdom, Expression
Thus formulates another’s opinion
Being real means your living
Choices again, be mindful or mindless
Authenticity regardless of anyone’s opinion
A peaceful warrior liberating myself from me
The man in the mirror, the person everyone else wants to see
Living in this society, which refuses to accept me?
Forces me to train in self-defense methods
Disciplines academia labels, self-esteem, self-acceptance
How often is the phrase common sense mentioned?
Creating another traffic jam at the intersection
Two different routes concludes with two different perceptions
Moving forward makes living two dimensions
Social location, ascribed plus achieved status
Ascribed equals sex age race things giving, to you by nature
Achieved you earn it, job religion education
Think about it were at East 4th and Euclid
Make a decision, hilarities or house of blues
How about gambling with Jack, tossing Horse Shoes
White 35 year old male by nature
Business owner felon former student without a religion
Those are the directions I followed to the intersection
Take a trip follow those directions
Otherwise, common sense should never be mentioned
Creative ideas turned to innovative ideals
Producing necessary tools the future reveals
It’s nothing new sir…. you heard the rumors peeling
Everyday I’m hustling, you’ve got another spiel
Been doing it 35 years I’m not leaving, you’re forced to deal
Eventually there won’t be no need for you and me
The governments control will supersede
All from the lazy people in society
Stand up fight, will you dare
I will do it alone without any care
Health care, subprime mortgage scares
The rich and powerful created fear
My beliefs are how I feel
Pushed down this path, I keep it real
Watch out, political icons steal
The minds of the weak
Brain washed, broke…. left in the streets
Welfare social security, it’s our responsibility
Lifelong survival plans, a necessity
Instead they teach us to be weak
Forced to take them to the peak
While struggling to achieve defeat
Holding us back is their objective
Question everything, be selective
Before you’re victimized, left naked
I won’t give up, I will teach
Peace Love Happiness, all we need
Money and Power, stratification all for greed
Politics and religion keep you weak
Freedom is what we seek
Unfortunately, its not a reality
I stand alone, unless you stand by me
How much longer will we allow this to be?
The choice is left up to you and me
Do nothing or help me create change in society
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