[Chorus]
Alas, you've made it difficult
You set all these standards
You were made to propel us forward
But we drank from your fountain and you flew us backwards
Backwards, you're not a help, you're a hazard
I demand an answer
And from what I've gathered, we're the slaves and you're the master
In this wheel of misfortune we're the hamsters
And we keep on running, look at us
He depressed and she don't feel good enough
Now she want shots to enhance what she got
Cause she feel like God just screwed her up
I feel like it's a non-stop funeral
This on blood, my hands ain't clean
They might just stain my cuticle, uh
Grown man acting so juvenile, uh
I wish I was Pontius
I wish my flow wasn't conscious, yuh
I wish my heart didn't feel convicted
I wish I had no compass, uh
Peep how we been moving
Why can't we be honest
How we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
Oh look how we lost it
[Verse]
We fumbled the bag to dress drag and pop tags
"You do you boo-boo," that's sad
The trauma, the pain you felt cause your dad and mommy hurt you
She didn't believe you either
You were lied to by the preacher
Tortured by the teacher
That's deep but it gets deeper
The scepter held the stone but we couldn't keep it
Oh Israel, you lust after those undeserving of your trust
But since I'm jealous and just
Do what you must
From the ground I made man from dust
A dawn was born at dawn gazed upon
A rib of her and sat her on the lawn
His son became a murderer
His grandson, a con
But the seed of that there woman had a bruised heel from crushing the head of the serpent
Fed the hungry and healed the lame
Even Gentiles became worthy enough to read James
So why must we ride the wave
I guess we still servants, we just got new masters to keep us current
I'm observant
I've seen how fast a fad will fade
But maybe if our message was clean
We wouldn't get washed like detergent
I'm at war with suburban's
Because we livin' in a cozy palace
We in the Wonderland, Alice!
The son of man had no place to rest his head
No cot, no plot, no bed
Your leaders are buried
Mine rose from the dead
They tell me "some things are better left unsaid"
But watch me speak on Elohim and still get ahead
So give us this day, our daily bread
And forgive us, our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
They spittin' truth in their articles
Levels, obstacles
I chuckle as they struggle to fight the inevitable
Your [?] position is highly improbable
Remarkable
How the creation story has become more and more plausible
[Chorus]
But you made it difficult
You set all these standards
You were made to propel us forward
But we drank from your fountain and you flew us backwards
Backwards, you're not a help, you're a hazard
I demand an answer
And from what I've gathered, we're the slaves and you're the master
In this wheel of misfortune we're the hamsters
And we keep on running, I mean look at us
He depressed and she don't feel good enough, yuh
Now she want shots to enhance what she got
Cause she feel like God just screwed her up, uh
I feel like it's a non-stop funeral
This on blood, my hands ain't clean
They might just stain my cuticle, uh
Grown man acting so juvenile, uh
I wish I was Pontius
I wish my flow wasn't conscious, yuh
I wish my heart didn't feel convicted
I wish I had no compass, uh
Peep how we been moving, uh
Why can't we be honest, uh
How we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
Oh look how we lost it
[Outro]
Yuh
How we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
Oh look how we lost it
Yuh
Man, how we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
Alas, you've made it difficult
You set all these standards
You were made to propel us forward
But we drank from your fountain and you flew us backwards
Backwards, you're not a help, you're a hazard
I demand an answer
And from what I've gathered, we're the slaves and you're the master
In this wheel of misfortune we're the hamsters
And we keep on running, look at us
He depressed and she don't feel good enough
Now she want shots to enhance what she got
Cause she feel like God just screwed her up
I feel like it's a non-stop funeral
This on blood, my hands ain't clean
They might just stain my cuticle, uh
Grown man acting so juvenile, uh
I wish I was Pontius
I wish my flow wasn't conscious, yuh
I wish my heart didn't feel convicted
I wish I had no compass, uh
Peep how we been moving
Why can't we be honest
How we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
Oh look how we lost it
[Verse]
We fumbled the bag to dress drag and pop tags
"You do you boo-boo," that's sad
The trauma, the pain you felt cause your dad and mommy hurt you
She didn't believe you either
You were lied to by the preacher
Tortured by the teacher
That's deep but it gets deeper
The scepter held the stone but we couldn't keep it
Oh Israel, you lust after those undeserving of your trust
But since I'm jealous and just
Do what you must
From the ground I made man from dust
A dawn was born at dawn gazed upon
A rib of her and sat her on the lawn
His son became a murderer
His grandson, a con
But the seed of that there woman had a bruised heel from crushing the head of the serpent
Fed the hungry and healed the lame
Even Gentiles became worthy enough to read James
So why must we ride the wave
I guess we still servants, we just got new masters to keep us current
I'm observant
I've seen how fast a fad will fade
But maybe if our message was clean
We wouldn't get washed like detergent
I'm at war with suburban's
Because we livin' in a cozy palace
We in the Wonderland, Alice!
The son of man had no place to rest his head
No cot, no plot, no bed
Your leaders are buried
Mine rose from the dead
They tell me "some things are better left unsaid"
But watch me speak on Elohim and still get ahead
So give us this day, our daily bread
And forgive us, our sins
As we forgive those who sin against us
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
They spittin' truth in their articles
Levels, obstacles
I chuckle as they struggle to fight the inevitable
Your [?] position is highly improbable
Remarkable
How the creation story has become more and more plausible
[Chorus]
But you made it difficult
You set all these standards
You were made to propel us forward
But we drank from your fountain and you flew us backwards
Backwards, you're not a help, you're a hazard
I demand an answer
And from what I've gathered, we're the slaves and you're the master
In this wheel of misfortune we're the hamsters
And we keep on running, I mean look at us
He depressed and she don't feel good enough, yuh
Now she want shots to enhance what she got
Cause she feel like God just screwed her up, uh
I feel like it's a non-stop funeral
This on blood, my hands ain't clean
They might just stain my cuticle, uh
Grown man acting so juvenile, uh
I wish I was Pontius
I wish my flow wasn't conscious, yuh
I wish my heart didn't feel convicted
I wish I had no compass, uh
Peep how we been moving, uh
Why can't we be honest, uh
How we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
Oh look how we lost it
[Outro]
Yuh
How we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
Oh look how we lost it
Yuh
Man, how we wave the flag around
And forget that that's God's promise?
( Norman Sann )
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