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Current State

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this our current state...
the life that we livin everyday...

today's topic the science i'm droppin on society
economy's improper see businesses starvin tryin ta eat
CEO's floss they teeth wit c-notes then decline to speak
while owners goin bankrupt, wit the close like dryer sheets
everyone laid off, can't shop, resort to robberies
entertainers goin broke, no boat but due to piracy
in the midst myself i try to be
don't trip, my faith in God, but yall, ain't hearin me, WITH that verizon team
time's revealin prophecy's
wars and rumors, global warming doomin the states, earthquakes and tsunami's sheesh
embezzlement, covered up pedofile evidence, bombin sprees
who do we turn to if churches committin this atrocities?
in every crevice of the city, masonic lodges seen
i hope they know what they standin for just bein on that team
prescription pills, vaccines and filthy food disguised as clean
live in rainy days, can't wait for the sun to rise and beam

this our current state, the life that we livin everyday
tryina get them papes we ignored, explorin every way
thats under the sun when the system already got your fate
ain't got a bloodline or tough grind then you ain't got a say
this our current state, the life that we livin everyday
tryina get them papes we ignored, explorin every way
thats under the sun when the system already got your fate
ain't got a bloodline or tough grind then you ain't got a say

i understand why brothers in the hood are pessimistic
about they life, wit drugs and weapons in it, and why some just never get it
momma tell em to go to college but they never did it
they fathers not sendin gifts or cards, less than a visit
so in prisons they kick it, enjoyin goin
cause if they make it there, they feel as strong as connan
they just barbarians, thats what society show em
though in all the music and movies they see, its how their molded
like their supposed to go in, changed inside they minds opened
but how they posed to get a job wit companies outsourcin?
wit no degree holdin, economy is frozen
what other choice they have, then catchin bammas thats dozin?
immigrants takin odd jobs for little chips, i'm hopin this
could change but my brain just won't give in
i'm loathin this, state my people are in but i'm over it
cause i don't see it stoppin just like toyota whips

this our current state, the life that we livin everyday
tryina get them papes we ignored, explorin every way
thats under the sun when the system already got your fate
ain't got a bloodline or tough grind then you ain't got a say
this our current state, the life that we livin everyday
tryina get them papes we ignored, explorin every way
thats under the sun when the system already got your fate
ain't got a bloodline or tough grind then you ain't got a say

now you supposed to go for four years but these days its 5
get that paper, be a slave to debt long as you stay alive
tryina repay them loans, is half the check you takin home
the other half keepin the lights, water and cable on
now what you left with? is this really what life is?
and thats only assuming you got a job in this climate
hot as zimbabwe, leavin cum laude students perspiring
the job that they applied in they didn't get cause of a bias
david against goliath no slingshot, rocks or tight fist
jobless but can tell you the presidents and what pi is
the proporties of nitrus, who's gdp is the highest
what good is all this information if we can't apply it?
in america, the land of opprotunity
how you supposed to get experience if you can't land the opprotunity?
i did what i was told to do, go the school then i'll get a career
thought it was cut and dry, guess i need bigger scissors and shears
this system is clear-ly not for us
but its pc, ain't tryina be president, don't see the point, must need binoculars
STARTIN in debt, its CLEAR they robbin us
so its funny that our money says in God we trust
when its in man to keep the economy moving forward
companies maximizin profits by cuttin through the corners
and then they stock is droppin, there goes a few employers
to all my graduates of college i hope that you enjoy it

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from General Public Radio, released May 14, 2011

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