Masked Laughter (Nothing's Left)

I spit cryptic, never a mystic, barely uplifting I'll outlive most my critics Expect for self which leaves me livid What's yet unspoken gives hope to those who've lived it I've shouldered burdens, still yearning For that dawn I ain't the cynic Best these words get printed in disposable age we're in Darker days ahead with weight we laboring Conviction never wavering Meant each uttered word Can only hope I get to spit these gutter proverbs We kept it real when this whole world turned plastic Y'all really thought you didn't need this brown bastard? Every cut on blood diamonds make facets Refract a light upon the face of bad actors I'm trying to help but y'all got this ass-backwards Hard to smile with all the tears that mask laughter Don't my breath deserve respect? With all this poison we ingest Y'all keep saying its a test What's to win when nothing's left? Don't my breath deserve respect? With all this poison we ingest Y'all keep saying its a test What's to win when nothing's left? Frustration fails to veil anger Done with petty banter Benign lies confused for truth Tactics 'ready standard Which the better odds: Scratch off cards or wearing handcuffs? Bankers left us bankrupt Our future held for ransom I don't need a fucking anthem! I need change! Not that shit that jingles but them laws scribed to page Y'all ever wonder why the fuck I'm enraged? I ain't trying to bring a son to this stage I'm trying to breathe I'm trying to breathe I'm trying to breathe I'm trying to breathe I'm trying to breathe I'm trying to breathe Motherfuckers let us breathe Don't our breath deserve respect? Wit all this poison we ingest Y'all keep saying its a test But what's to win when nothing's left? Don't our breath deserve respect? Wit all this poison we ingest Y'all keep saying its a test But what's to win when nothing's left? Terrorism, terrorism, terrorism, terrorism, terrorism...