Truth & Lies

歌詞

A child is born with no state of mind Blind to the ways of mankind But I can't find the words that properly describes The problems that arise So I gotta decide to either Keep it bottled inside or swallow my pride But I got God on my side I'm a follow his guide So I got down on my knees, apologized For all the times my son looked in his fathers eyes And saw the lies and alibis Next day to my surprise when I woke at sunrise I saw my son rise right next to me Put his hands on my head and said to me In a voice best described as heavenly The truth shall set you free Stop letting me walk around with blindness on I'm relying on you to teach me right from wrong 'Cause one day I'll be gone, won't be a child for long You've found your words, now go write your song Who, what, when, where, why? How do I find which way to reply? Ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies Surprise, the truth's right in front of your eyes Riddle me this You see a man slitting his wrists And he's rich Beautiful women wanna give him a kiss He was given a gift but it wasn't something he wished He'd rather throw it all away for some ignorant bliss To exist or not to exist? That's a question I try to resist Deep like a bottomless pit So I swallow my pride and follow my wits My motto is this, hold your head high You could call it a risk But if I can't live on my feet I'll die on my knees Sowing the seeds of the struggle I gotta be free or better yet I gotta be me I gotta believe that if the truth is a lie Then knowledge is key So yo, gimme the question and let me dissect it My questions are deeper than my jealousy's best diss An eye for an eye leaves everyone blind I gotta find what I seek or I'll never respond Who, what, when, where, why? How do I find which way to reply? Ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies Surprise, the truth's right in front of your eyes We've been lied to, we got reparations due While you're at it, where's our 40 acres too? Save the mule? In fact you can save the bull Why should we believe anything you say is true? Been waiting too long man, them days are through We no longer cater to red, white & blue I posed those same questions to you-know-who He said, "Ask not what your country can do for you" I said well when exactly you gonna do for us too And where will we be when it finally comes through Forget it, I don't know why I'm asking you You stole our ballots too we know how you do The proud and few, we never ever doubted you Until we found out how your accountants Grew fat from laying us flat, taking the rap obeying your crap Seeing the real reason that we're breaking our backs And yo, we wanna know why the leaders are gone People can die, corporations treat us as pawns You can see that it's wrong but you let them lead us along They're the same corporations that you need to be strong And I know that it's a game, truth is I shoulder the blame I'm just another con artist making a claim I know I need more than my words working for change It makes me frustrated that I'm seeking personal gain but tell me Who, what, when, where, why? How do I find which way to reply? Ask me no questions I'll tell you no lies Surprise, the truth's right in front of your eyes