Stagnant Waters

[Verse 1] Corner blocks unlocked Mysteries they not Men and women shed tears when our peoples get shot Multiply fears turns person to flock Gospel don't read to let no man walk Water stays wet and less we forget Inept failures of corrupt government Child wonders where and why her mother went Whole communities not fed Declared Marshal Law instead Derailed all progress Inaction of congress costs lives Tide rise Tore through Leadbelly's levy A saturated heart stays heavy Can't help but wonder if my masses stand ready Revolutions cost lives But an idle mind's deadly [Chorus] Barefoot exodus Where's that plateau? Thrown to wolves by our own Can't trust a single soul Should have known Carcass lays prone in stagnant waters Epitaphs have no authors Patient paupers My nation of martyrs Turned mourners We all lead to slaughter Last breath on street (corner) [Verse 2] Surmise ill situations devised to kill neighbors Separated families back when they enslaved us Made refugees of taxpayers Truth's layered Lies burn like paper Our soul's bare Yo i need my peoples (We right here!) Got to fight tanks with fists son (We don't care!) [Chorus] Barefoot exodus Where's that plateau? Thrown to wolves by our own Can't trust a single soul Should have known Carcass lays prone in stagnant waters Epitaphs have no authors Patient paupers My nation of martyrs Turned mourners We all lead to slaughter Last breath on street corner [Verse 3] Coroners crept in same corridors Fear of death left once you slept with the poor Mathematics once taught to men by the Moors Lost to Spanish eyes viewing Mayans as whores Corps of Engineers slice throat of 9 wards Suggest you hold breath for 9 more Divine swords chop neck of the wicked Wounds self inflicted Felt the Earth's plates shifting Cracks in foundations of system Watch the sunrise from a distance Defines what we missing