| Living in these dark times, it’s hard to stop these dark rhymes
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| It seems that we have lost before we’ve even crossed the start line
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| Metaphor for human race what’s in store for heaven’s sakes
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| Watching ourselves dissipate and even worse participate
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| In our own demise think about it read between the lines
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| Damn we must be blind to see the signs we’re almost out of time
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| And reality might not always be what you might hope
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| Sometimes you’re really feeling like you’re walking across a tightrope
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| Above a sea of uncertainty and certainly it hurts worse to be
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| Coerced because of freedom hurts worse than a third degree
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| Burn let the ashes fall yearn pick up the pieces y’all
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| Gotta learn to hear the call turn before you hit the wall
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| Sink or swim make it count
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| Trust your friends when in doubt
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| Make amends take a vow
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| Opposition take them out
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| Never let nothing get between you and your hope and your dreams
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| We’ve suffered long enough now it’s time they hear our screams
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| If we could start all over a million miles from here
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| Could we eliminate the hate inside and all our fears
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| Or would you keep it going our self-inflicted hell
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| We gotta reach for peace before history can repeat itself
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| We got do the math, find out the final score
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| I swear we’re knock knock knocking up on heaven’s door
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| And as the world turns we get closer to the fate
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| It really makes you wonder what’s the purpose what’s at stake
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| What are we meant to do besides living and breathing
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| Why must we try to live outside our means and stay daydreaming
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| Material things and money seem to be our obsession
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| And when it isn’t that it’s killing with billions spent on weapons
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| We gotta coexist which means we gotta focus this
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| Hope for utopian bliss despite our newfound hopelessness
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| Back then religious beliefs is what kept us separated
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| Now it’s the power struggle for financial domination
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| Sins of the father continue passed on to generations
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| Maybe one day we can unite as one a sovereign nation
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| Take for what it is but don’t take it for granted
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| And always suspect the unexpected on this unsuspecting planet
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| If we could start all over a million miles from here
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| Could we eliminate the hate inside and all our fears
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| Or would we keep it going, our self-inflicted hell
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| We gotta reach for peace before history can repeat itself |