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shad – tao pt 3 lyrics

tao

[verse 1]
thanks for listening
to these cyanide diatribes
in this strange zoo
where the snakes become lionized
then we can’t identify the pride
when it’s giant+sized, bright orange
and not even trying to hide
trying times, tyrants flying by
tech is one big private eye
i just want some heat
why’s my thermostat trying to spy?
legalized weed but the water’s more privatized
d+mn, they leaving us literally high and dry
i’m a quiеt guy but the pattern is clear
from today’s data еxtraction
back to them dragging us here
first, man was extracted from the land
to clear the way for extracting from the planet
now extraction’s just expanded
since they dug up most of the gold and the granite
now they digging in our souls
and their goal is extracting our humanity
all while distracting from the plan
using literal codes the people can’t
and aren’t allowed to understand
just a handful of companies
tracking our every movement
we becoming less human
and they call it an improvement
but this ain’t nothin new
it’s the just same despotic sick logic
that saw all black bodies as just objects
now it’s magnified ‘cause we artists all pacified
we supposed to lead
supposed to be the masterminds
the catalysts
the capitalists have us tied
now we satirize the same things we advertise
[verse 2]
yes, it’s as depressing as it sounds
even counting all the blessings
doesn’t lessen the amount
it’s a lot
so i’m down for people stretching the accounts
to get counseling sessions
or yoga stretches to the ground
or taking treks into the mountains
quick exits from a town full of stresses
if it gets us to the lessons of the tao
check it out
like catholics and baptists
that truly practice love
for all those still on the road to damascus
free meals and masses
life at long last
said love’s only in blood
and it can’t be kept in caskets
look we really need to believe
and keep gathering
to keep battling
and keep on the path we travelling
it’s hard
home used to be where the heart is
now it’s just another market
and everything is a bargain
and everyone is a target
every month the apartment
rentals jump in charges
food, i always had
but i never once could harvest
so i’m still starved
in part from eating garbage
fake carbs in cartons
ay, more people just need a job
few people can keep the laws
more people perceive a problem
few people can see the cause
few people with real family
more people just tweeting “squad”
more people leaving their bodies
their deepest peace has been robbed
we seek relief in the products
and keep receipts
’cause when we need to eat
that’s when people cheat
greed, deceit, and other evils
seen and treated as legal means
no guillotines
that’s the elitists’ dream
no revolution
just so accustomed to corruption
that we shrug it off
unsurprised anytime that we uncover fraud
then it’s subtle how it ramps up
from the shadows to a travel ban
like all of pakistan
plus anybody named khalid’s in the taliban
(what?!)
you can almost laugh
’til an alexandre bisonnete in quebec city
gets a kalashnikov and walks in a mosque
[verse 3]
now fear is the climate
the mood’s violent
truth silenced
since they made the news biased
by saying stations should be free to spew lies and
not have to broadcast peer+reviewed science
and free to sell anything long as you’ll buy it
we give less youth guidance
and make more schools private
here in the land where the richest dwell
sickest wealth, heaven
but we sick as h+ll
sickest health
emotional sickle cell’s
now the new normal
so as far as who is
and who isn’t well
well everyone’s too sick to tell
let’s lift the veil
let’s break the witches spell
spell it out
on a different wheel of fortune
i’m saying it’s just a “l”
don’t be afraid to take a risk and fail
or else sit in jails
too many minds in prison cells
bell hooks on my bookcase
kristen bell, i’m in a good place
with what’s written amidst the shelves
inspired speech
i’m just trying to apply the teachings
i’ve acquired reading
tales of liars, cheats, and admired leaders
the irony is being down in the mire, deep
might actually help us reach the higher peaks
even while it all sounds entirely
tire screech, dire
bleak as a secret diary
by the wire’s police or fire chief
i’m still believing more than ever in forever
in together
in a better world
v for vendetta, girl
in that cell with the letter
i remember the rush
of seeing we as a body
and remembering us
from parts dismembered
to peace when we re+enter in touch
when we remember
reassemble, recentre in trust
that’s what’s up!
low fashion, canadian style
but i was blessed with this radiant smile
so come and stay for a while
pray for the child
with the soul in his sound
to stay devout until that hole in the ground
i’m no more holy than thou
just want us to be whole
and holding it down
no controlling the future
but we could take hold of the now
if we don’t throw in towel
or simply go with the crowd
decide, before we bow
close the show and be out
tao
[outro]
from parts to dismembered to peace
remember this
body
parts to dismembered to peace
remember
remember
reassemble
as a body
re+enter in touch

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