Up vs. Down
It’s not left vs. right
it’s up vs. down
they left with our rights
and put em right in the ground
it’s us vs. them
you ain’t figure that out?
there’s more of us
than them
find out if you fuck around
They’ve never given the same rights
to black and brown
that they’ve given to white
they don’t even want you to say that
out loud
we don’t wanna deal with the evil and spite
that founded
this nation
still drownin
in racists
they tried to say it was post-race
pain we deliver like Postmates
we a buncha killers no Ghostface
no face
no case
lady liberty
goes both ways
and they both go to gettin paid
whichever bag’s bigger
baby you know greed and hate
are our scripture
shit’s been a fixture
to piss on the poor
and piss on the floor
of a better day in store
forever we gotta wage these wars
on anybody that tries to cut into our action
and anybody else we ain’t for
we’re living under a coven of fascists
put a baker’s dozen in the basket
case closed
like hate in souls
got it in spades
on scrolls
have you paid
the toll
for being alive
for seeing the lies
they feed you all the time
It’s not left vs. right
it’s up vs. down
they left with our rights
and put em right in the ground
it’s us vs. them
you ain’t figure that out?
there’s more of us
than them
find out if you fuck around
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FANTASTIC! so many great lines here… ‘baby you know greed and hate are our scripture’ Write on.
Would love to hear you perform this. It’s got a wonderful rhythm. High on truth.
I, too, really really really want to hear this read aloud.
The internal rhymes are magnificent.
This is pure unadulterated truth! I to hear read it too!
I agree: I’d like to see this piece read and performed! Great use of flow and rhythm
Yes sir!