Been in the city so long sometimes I forget
How incredibly strong the earth trapped under cement
Remains, hope for change hangs on a string
Getting cut by the chaos that capital brings
I advocate organization, so I’m an anarchist
animating opposition to anomie that exists
in this persistently perpetuated system of shame
run by powerful predators who prey on our pain
and there ain’t no escape, even the forests can feel
the stench of pollution and the sting of their steel
they steal souls sell ‘em back, make nice little profit
it’s time for atlas to shrug, or better yet to just drop it
& when the bass drum hits and the fiddle just sings
we can dance like puppets cut loose from our strings
take a night to ourselves, put it all in perspective
and tomorrow we attack like they never expected.
Just move - - - swing ya hips
Let me see what ya sayin like I’m reading ya lips
Take a dip, dip, dive, love being alive
Resistance is fertile; it’s time to thrive
I grew up an outsider, misunderstood
So I learned to be a fighter, turned the bad into good
I’m the type of cat who stops to trees in the park
you can’t understand cuz you aint mastered the art
Of reallylistenin, your ears deceive you
Can you even imagine the way the trees perceive you?
And I’m tryna move beyond all my animal fears
Speakin on frequencies to high for your ears
But all my dogs can hear me, & felines can feel
this world is a dream, I’m just keeping it real
Howl like Ginsberg, scream at the sky
All about the passion, I ain't livin a lie
I move like cumulous clouds, strike light lighnin’
Touch earth, get grounded, been accused of inciting
Riot and unrest and lust for life
And if you can’t feel me you ain’t hearin me right
I am the son of the sun, a child of the earth
A man on the land, just defendin my turf
Cuz I rise with the tides, fall with the rain
And return to the source to heal my pain
(verse) earth is a candle on the sea in an endless night
The odds are impossible but still despite
all opposition we thrive, we feel the drive,
to reach for the sun just bein alive
to scream and dance, to love and live
is a much greater gift then any god could give
and yet we spend our lives doing jobs we despise
and every time I go to work a little part of me dies
we’re animals, ya’ll, don’t ever forget
and we’ve been domesticated with our own consent
and I don’t know if there’s a way for my dogs to change
back into wolves, so much remains
unknown but I know that we’ve got to try
cuz capital kills and I ain’t tryna die
and I refuse to go out without a fight
the future begins now, let’s start tonight
