[Verse 1]
All my life contemplatin'
Debatin', sellin' my soul to Satan
In exchange for a chance to escape
Isn't it strange? It seems
It takes a sin to achieve somethin' great
Relate all hate to the feeling of love
Push and shove if need be
But live life by the dove
Olive branch to a branch of the military
Children buried in the name of peace
Has got my heart and soul, warn and weary
Of any person I meet
Might fight but won't bust heat
And if I do, it's at the power elite
Just tryin' to keep from dyin'
Live life not waste it
It's hard to peaceful
In a world full of hatred
[Verse 2]
We got guns for 1 in every 8 on the planet
And we firin' ‘em in the air
Screaming peace god dammit
It's a cycle of violence
Can't understand it
Can't comprehend it, can't reprimand it
We use hate like it's paint on a canvas
Of names engraved into fate shaped granite
Watch the world vanish under heavy iron hands
It's a very simple question
How long will we stand it?
[Verse 3]
We bless countries with mustard gas
We look past the flash of A-bombs
And still my brain crash from the pain
I feel on a daily basis
And lace this track with peaceful hatred
I hate the way that life always leads to d**h
But love how human minds always lead to depth
And the breadth of this life we're livin'
Is only given to those who take
So on these beats we break-
Up the power structure
It's a blunder man
The words you hear is the lightning and the thunderin'
In this life it's no wonder man
The deepest understanding's understanding you don't understand
[Verse 4]
Regulation law, registration listed
Don't change the fact that we're still so twisted
Elegantly violent, maliciously gifted
Confused, confounded, contained, and convicted
Our history of hatred, omens encrypted
Prophecy fulfilled to see the paradigm shifted
I make lovers outta haters
And brother outta enemies
Cuz fightin' for peace is like f**in for virginity
[Verse 5]
Life is preposterous
Botched shot hypothesis
Egos large like a rhinoceros
Cops got monstrous 45s
Make you un-alive
Straight erase your face
From the place you was pacin'
Regardless of race, you displaced and hated
That's why we get wasted
We blaze mary jane to escape and evade it
Cuz mace ain't enough no more
They invade our space and take us to war
Crusade to save face
And make them our who*e
Implore to the gifted, get lifted
Live this drill of an existence, insisting
My destiny's a paradigm twisted
[Verse 6]
Guns to the tanks
World full of angst
Eyes show blanks cuz of television mind state
Crime rate rises up as poverty will
Does poverty cause crime?
Or does crime cause poverty?
k** all the insecurity
A flurry of worry isn't worthy of our time
Is too short to live in a hurry
[Outro]
And I would sell my soul to the devil at the crossroads
Apostle, knowin' I'm a rebel with a lost cause
Cross those roads just to find my own
Sold my soul to the devil but the devil never showed…