MONOCHROME UNIFORMS
I AM JUST LIKE YOU, OF COURSE
BLOODLINES MIXED IN TEST TUBES
DNA SPLIT AND FULLY REFORMED
I NO LONGER HAVE A HERITAGE
I NO LONGER EVEN CARE
THE SLIGHTEST WHIFF OF INDIVIDUALISM
BURIED IN
REFORMATION RE-EDUCATION
ANNIHILATION OF MY PERSONALITY
AS ONE NATION
THE DIALECT OF THOSE IN POWER
PUSHING ONWARD AGENDA
21 GUNS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD
POINTING OUT WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE
I CAN'T BREATHE IN THIS SMOG ANY MORE
I CAN'T EVEN FEEL GOD ANY MORE
I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD THE ANCIENT LORE
NO STORIES OF PAST TIMES
OUR FEET RIPPED OFF THE FLOOR
THEY'RE GONNA FIND HOW I THINK AND EXCOMMUNICATE ME
FIND OUT WHO I AM AND TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO BREAK ME
I ONLY WISH TO
MAKE IT HOME IN TIME TO BE REDEEMED
TO THEN RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST
INSIDE MY LUNGS SO I CAN BREATHE
FREELY IN A WORLD OF WRETCHED PARASITIC WAYS
THAT TAKE FROM EVERY MOMENT SLOWLY UNTIL WE ARE IN THE GRAVE
I ACTED OUT THEIR PLAN IT BROUGHT ME TO NAUGHT
IT MADE ME NOTHING AT ALL
IT MADE ME THINK I WAS HIGH UP UNTIL I TRIPPED INTO FALL
AND WHEN THE LEAVES HIT MY FACE
AND I LOOKED UP IN THE CLOUDS
I FELT IT WITHIN MY SPIRIT
AND THEN I CALLED OUT LOUD
"I AM NOT A PAWN IN YOUR CHESS GAME
I AM NOT A COG IN YOUR MACHINE"
An instrumental dance album inspired by and dedicated to all women of the world; one of many recent releases for The Cornel West Theory. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 21, 2018