Babylon

[Verse 1: Blueprint] A seed from Babylon, the caged bird sings the saddest song Packs of wild dogs run around, bury bones Police teams terrorize the streets and carry arms As ill as it seem, nobody blink ‘cause that’s the norm Stress is a heavy load, hard-pressed to carry on Despite, we fight against heavy odds like Larry Holmes Temptation’s a chameleon with many forms He’s motivated ‘cause his will to win’s very strong Send gunslingers, gangbangers, hangers-on Taken under by the very blocks they’re standing on Seen veterans haunted by what they seen in war Never dreamt of being poor, now their people we ignore Another pacifist hoping that it catches on Give back, pay it forward, just pass it on Walked in the line of fire, run into a danger zone With plenty God in him like the track that I’m rapping on While you’re on a song bragging ‘bout the baddest [?] Somebody else need shelter, wishing they had a home It’s real funny style what we base our status on Never knowing what you have until what you have is gone [Verse 2: Illogic] Middle class massacre, fleece the public pocket Freedom cost your soul, what a dignity deposit Pantomime to pacify the spin cycle I stay boxed out on the outskirts ‘cause outbursts incriminate Fascinate the overzealous orthodoxy Hypocritical handshakes from smiling kamikazes Crashland in bandwagons Facilitating foundations for grandstanding I chuckle at the mediocre grandeur delusion While you’re handing down genes of this brand of confusion Pop culture pedophiles, fondlers of legacy Voluntarily masochism devalues our pedigree I wanna shatter the television mirror Then Windex the soul’s windows, the television clearer An uphill battle, but it’s still worth the scars And your travel’s adversity helps reveal who you are Terrified of the puddle’s reflection of pain Walking on the sun but drowned in a flooded insane They encourage you to go along the grain But you keep losing individual ’til Borg is your name Grass-is-greener mind states, scarecrow-brain-mass Intimacy issues with the clarity of stained glass This is what we have become and we embrace it, take it straight Don’t chase it, face it then change it