Illuminate from Paranoid Park by Lovelight The Messenger
Tracklist
| 12. | Illuminate | 2:57 |
Lyrics
Youre about to be initiated into a secret society
Even tough its public no one joins because we force sobriety
See we got them bars see we got that gold but it all might turn to ashes
Getting put behind bars cause we getting told what to do by them freaking fascists
See we got these leaders sneaky snakes being so authoritarian
I can see the futures dim even though im bought to hop in the delorean
Our founding fathers probably think that we got it wrong
Because all our modern leaders wanna delete this song
Because these flunkies tryig to steady take us off our focus
They swarming media streams with disease like they some locusts
like, I just finished watching the kardashians man what did you do?
How did less people watch the inauguration of the president than honey boo boo
That’s freaking stupid, man what the hell is wrong with us
World power but these other nations hatred strong for us
Cant hear cant see cant breathe an that’s just all our debt you feeling
And we aint gon stop aint you heard lil wayne boy we aint got no ceilings
Cause we want more! We all want more!
Til we consumed so much we cant fit outside outside or doors!
So we stay locked in watching pictures on the screen
Where people lie in every scene, telling you what the world really mean
Like “we need more gun laws” but that wont really help
Cause criminals don’t abide laws or buy guns off the shelf
Or when women say no then that means no men got that right
Yesbutstopplayingfoolishgamesthatmightgetyoliferuinedinonenight
We talk about sex like we talk about fashion like it’s the new black
But its more like a drug and its got my city looking like it’s the new jack
And how did they dupe these black kids into hating a free education
Thinkingitscoolertostandonthecornerinsteadonstageatgraduation
Don’t even know how to read a book or type on computers
But they know how to read that fear in yo eye and work out them shooters
I swear the youth of our nation growing too fast
And if we keep it up this first world will be dead last
The people really hold the power but they got it twisted
All the answers in they face but I think they missed it
Maybe if you weren’t so consumed with tryna reach stardom
You would see the best way to become famous is martyrdom
This world is tryna speed you through this life so just pause
You need to stand up for whats right and fight for just cause
So fight until you die even down to yo pair of fists
And don’t accept no deals we don’t negotiate with terrorists
