Lesson One

Lesson One

Do we learn math
to add
The dead's sum?
subtract the weak ones
Count cash
for great ones?
We multiply but divide
the nations break down
Like fractions send
our sons away to die
Do we learn science
in defiance of faith?
To make alliance
with fakes
For an appliance's
sake?
We ask for the real
but make artificial
Intelligence
to make smarter
Kills of other's
presidents
Why do we learn
history to fix stories
For the guilty?
make angels
Look filthy and
the devils look milky?
If the victor
writes the books
Then what have we won?
are we battleships
For authorship
a rich man's guns?
Do we learn to read
to receive the lies
To deceive the eyes
from seeing
Between the lines
we use words
To bring forth sticks
and stones
To sing psalms of hate
fill the streets
With bones
unseen or heard
A king with words
tablo lyrical assassin
Make me vision
the better livin'
Unseen or heard
a king with words
Tablo lyrical assassin
make me vision
I'm the truth
is our day job
More than
self-slavery?
When we're locked
watchin' the clock
Impatiently we sweat
for the dollar bills
The checks and
the credit cards
But that dollar kills
breaks the necks
Of our inner hearts
if the police
Are role models
for the righteous
Why does justice
depend on guns
And nightstick?
Mr.officer
Don't punish me
with brutality
These streets
got me singin'
Marvin gaye off-key
why do we need church
To get to
heaven's gates?
Can holy water quench
the thirst of those
Whose fates started
in the wrong place
With the wrong face?
can the poor
And the hungry survive
solely on grace?
Can this rap game
ever bring changes?
When MCs would
rather floss a cross
Than be saviors?
will I last
In this game
be blasted with shame
Will I stand
for my name
And never blaspheme
for fame?
Unseen or heard
a king with words
Tablo lyrical assassin
make me vision
The better livin'
unseen or heard
A king with words
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