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Shelter 95
Shelter 95
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CIVILIZED MAN
Well I've tried the best I can. I've tried to understand civilized man so-called
civilized man Yes I've tried the best I can but who can understand civilized man?
Guilt free we overlooked the blood and brutality and the TV propaganda covers
heinous reality A plea to the people of this land to do what they can with hope for
a civilized man
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HERE WE GO
Just see he uses love for sex and sure she uses sex for love
and they're both hoping for the best I also have that dream you're thinking of If
we place a blindfold on our eyes iron and gold appear the same It's intense hope
that makes us try so we go on and play the game
And once again we get attached and think we've found the answer
Here we go again
Ran into many walls but I know I'll get that answer
Here we go again
We loved not wisely but too well...
We're hoping (s)he will be the one but we never learn from our mistakes And based
on beauty love soon dies then we make our move to separate Yes iron and gold appear
the same but one is costly to obtain And I'll be the only one to blame if I resist
I know I'll gain
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APPRECIATION
I have been born in the age of thoughtlessness and I too commit the crime of living
in this world considering all to be mine The earth the air the sun the trees like a
body all work in perfect harmony Will we fit into the system or create the disease?
Our greatest wealth it has been lost I'd like to get it back at any cost We dare
live in this world without appreciation
Appreciate it's getting late we've sealed our fate with all the damage that has
been done So much destruction so a few can have some fun
I contemplate and I dedicate to getting myself out of this pathetic state of living
without giving in a world where we're forced to become so numb
And despite all I say I get carried away I took for granted it's easier not to
think than to appreciate and my cultures disease has got the best of me and now I
pray that it's not too late
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EMPATHY
I live in a world where I'm the center of it all and everyone else seems so small
That was the beginning of my downfall
I never see through your lens friend and I'm gonna break if I don't bend Is it too
late to make amends? no!
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Based on pigment a war begins We've got two souls wrapped in different skin Won't
take it back it's a fact no one can win C'mon you can see the shape the world is in
And what's the fate of our state that never learns from past mistakes, can you
estimate?
You better pray everyday the dam don't break, I say hey you better pray it's not
too late.
And mention the tension isn't pretty, you can feel it in the city You've got to
watch your back expect attack I always feel like I'm ready for combat Yes yes we're
spirit souls within this world and I know that I'm free, and I know that we're
ready for a modification
Yes yes I'm convinced we're not this flesh can you hear what I'm saying? Yes yes
I'm convinced I'm not this flesh can you hear me?
Watch the city crumble humbled they don't even know what slapped them in the face
We've got to instigate and educate a spiritual solution
And we won't sit we won't conceal because many feel
the way I feel and many want this earth to heal I've got a voice of an entire
generation.
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CHANCE
I've always wanted more I couldn't settle for second best in life and end up like
the rest I know out of thousands only one will come forward
A narrow gate that I'm gonna go for
I'll try but I may not succeed but if I know I took that chance well that's all I
need I'll try let the world disagree but I'm gonna take that chance
The hour glass drops sand as we waste our time we stay on standby as time destroys
all in it's way wasting days be we've got to move
Success and failure in this world all the same mere games that won't remain So
what's getting ahead unless we transcend? For that I'm gonna try and try again
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MANTRA
Sometimes I feel it
Sometimes I feel so all alone
And yes yes I must confess I feel so far from home
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Gather 'round and come to mass; religiously drag your lazy ass
We just listen we don't ask ain't that the truth?
Our morning meditation, our daily routine
Prime time communion keeps the consciousness clean
The prophets are the stars worshiped on our screen
proselytized, hypnotized by a machine!
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LETTER TO A FRIEND
We were friends since school the punks were never cool but we didn't care any way
And even in the scene when it was cool to be mean we walked the other way Rebels
from birth this world had no worth but then you went astray one day And I don't
think it's right that you gave up the fight and walked away; you ran away
We had dreams and schemes that they laughed about but we didn't care anyway I feel
hurt and confused when I think of you Where do you stand my friend is it too late?
We stayed up all night and talked about life we seemed so sober those days We stood
side by side and I don't know why you threw it away, What can you say?
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METAMORPHOSIS
Born selfish blind and ignorant and my schooling gave me knowledge but never any
wisdom And in addition the television programmed my brain through it's constant
repetition Misdirected infected with mundane roles and goals and heroes
And although life really has purpose I wasted my youth in a social circus Told what
is best for me but I've seen their destiny Our leaders ignominy reconfirm my
concern to rearrange and change my life I'll vow. I'll vow right here and now no
more time wasting just edification purification we can direct our future
Born foolish dull and self absorbed but my life's dedicated to reformation and
education in a nation that thinks great pleasure is a Disney vacation I never fit
in to their system I couldn't understand people wasting their time with so called
love and drugs and occupations while outside the window is a crumbling nation So I
searched for sincerity and lost popularity, well
what do they want from me? If I lost friends they never were my friends at all!
To find the real me through introspection and austerity
is my life's mission my ambition, I've got a vision to change my destiny