(0:26) Life’s changin’ fast
in these times (where we at)/
but even though we breathe it in, time is a mask./
The tides will react, as they rise and retract,
but our minds can, in fact, see more than our eyes ever can.//
There’s a sign in the sand,//
written by the tyrants a’ man,//
but we can be the gust that’ll silence their hands./
We can be the thrust- for knowledge to advance,
if we trust in the hallowed rhythms of the truest dance.
And if we can’t,/ then our efforts only dust in the wind, without a chance
to be the change we need to see the best that we can manifest./
Reach for the Plan!
There’s more to this than just our swords and fists; (and) there’s more than just a stance.
There’s a fortified immortal cry coursin’ through the sky.
There’s an order to the chaos, there’s a torch and there’s a fire.
We can find the guidance that’s beyond what I describe./
We can fan the flame, and watch the hues strike the clouds, like a new sunrise./
Ain’t no need for feuds, when the views so wide.
It’s a beautiful struggle if pursued with a humble mode of learnin’ in the mind./
But there’s certitude required if the fruits of our labors will produce what we’re aimin’… and we’re aimin’ for the skies./
Yeah, we’re prayin’ for the youth to arise- and unloosen all these binds- that been tied around our time- like a noose that’s crucified- the potential of so many lives./
<1:54> Life’s changin’ fast in these times where we at
And no matter how they tryin’, ain’t no way we goin’ back.
You and I will see to that- if our words and actions match,
and if we’ve learned to listen to the wisdom that’s emerged from out the past./
<2:06-2:18>It’s our turn to learn the facts,
cuz if history is twisted, how we learn from that?
If it’s crafted as a mask, how we ever gonna see and face the past?
It’s our duty to improve, but how without first seein’ truth unencumbered by the fallacies <2:18>, the falsities, the galaxies of lies been weaved- to cover up and silence actual reality.
Yeah, the malice runs deep, so deep that it’s hard to even breathe./
And I’m just seein’ surface scars, but there’s more to the heart of this disease.
As hard as it is not to scream, I breath it in and try to reason with the beast that feasts on even those I thought awoke to the needs of the season… but nope.
Growth eludes most it seems, but I hold to hope/
and seek to find the means to plant a seed to nurture peace and justice deep inside the belly of this beast.
So I strive to both learn and teach,
as I must if I’m to be who I’m meant to be… a member of humanity.
<3:09> Life’s changin’ fast, and our task is to grow.
And while fads come and go, there’s a thread everlasting to hold.
So let’s craft up a goal to surpass what we’ve known.
So, unmask your soul and let your spirit unfold.
credits
from Breaking Past,
released April 2, 2021
Produced by ThatKidGoran
North Carolina MC Big Pooh tells it like it is, detail for gritty detail, aided by L'Orange, Steve Roxx, and Apollo Brown. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 24, 2015