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Truth In Earth

from Satellites (2015) by Zack de la Rouda

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CHORUS:
won’t hear it on the radio
won’t see it on the tv shows
we find our truth in earth
but one thing I know:
most of what I been told,
I had to cover that up first. (x2)

you won't hear it on the radio.
you ain't gon see it in a tv show
or read it in the newspaper neither cause the
powers that be want the people numb,
most folks slumber while society is crumbling but we woke up.
at first i shouted in the street at everybody that i could meet
i shot the bulletin like a bullet up out my teeth
talk was cheap but it cut deep
i wanted peace but when i speak about it
everybody hear me say i wanna bring the system down, basically
we'll be the change that we wanna see come
eat local, be vocal, we should honestly judge
if we gon' beg or bang for freedom, take your pick from them
imprisoned slaves blaming victims makes me sick to death
let's connect, we're bickering over nothing
they don't educate in schools, students studying a cover-up
the root is in the dirt, the fruit is in the summer
the truth is in the earth, you should listen to your mother.

(CHORUS)

yeah, we all got scars but we cover 'em up
we work hard so we struggle for what else? nothing, eh, fuck it.
we walk tall till we stumble and fall
with wheels spinning cause we're stuck in the mud, aw yeah buddy
make you wanna call a tow truck
but you know what? if there's no cell service
you are S.O.L. it's gon suck
a small cost for that modern convenience:
more slaves in the world than ever before yeah i mean it
and heads roll from the top of the pyramid if you act traitor to the monarchy
that's why i'm rapping and singing
cause i actually think if we don't stop civilization we're headed for apocalypse meaning
the end of everything we've come to need
mother nature bats last using power we could not compete with
i give a fuck bout a monopoly
we won't be playing any games when the towers start toppling

(CHORUS)

i keep my heart and my mind open wide
i eat raw and i like exercise
but it's kinda feeling like we all are biding our time
we not wanna recognize that our life is a lie
i'm making rhymes cause my art get em fired up
science articles get ignored by the populace
in the modern world the oracle is the economist
and what they say goes w’re a bunch of lame proles
we should break molds, so i’m posed for the prominence
guy fawkes mask cause i roll with anonymous
transform: optimus prime or mcgonagall
rewild or die is the only thing we gotta know
we're not alone, we all are in it together
followed god through the forest
and wound up back in the city
i'm standing up on the mountain
and calling out to my sisters and brothers
to come and rally
we gotta learn how to listen

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from Satellites (2015), released March 16, 2015

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Zack de la Rouda Portland, Maine

i write songs and rap about weird stuff like love self-actualization civilization depression anarchism and taoism i like to eat from the garbage even though it's kinda hard to find organic stuff there i spend a lot of time alone somehow i am still releasing music ... more

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