A very old improvisational piece I found.
My thoughts generate the Lost Generation and I am the truth
they say learn from children here's the mind of the youth
the "Valley of Ashes" versus the Palace of Cashes
the two cannot be balanced that's Capitalism
survival of the fittest that's the axiom listen
1% control the wealth...socioDarwinism
while asking the question's simply out of the question
our blue collars can't see blue colors
the gray covers the surface with the sparsest ardor
and frozen hearts become their hardest armor
I'm trying to illustrate the modern man in pencil sketches
but I'm only self-reflecting through a measured sentence
I see parasites living off their parent's blood and sweat
I see goth attention whores barely cut their wrists
they said Generation X was bad, well we Generation Y
so plot the coordinations and it's more than just a rhyme
I can see the difference in the lifespan of sixteen years
but even time can't define this distance here
I'm seeing similar patterns in all types of people
delusional beliefs that all rights are equal
look, they still judge by your skin-tone
still got the prejudice their thoughts are indifferent
compare Beverly Hills to Oakland tenements
compare projects and ghettos to homes in Pleasanton
every man's got a personal struggle too
these modern times leave us working to hustle through
…guess every man's got a personal struggle too
modern times leave us working to hustle through…
times are shifting try and listen to the words from my breath
when a man finds his casket you learn from his death
consequential tribulations teach you the best
study the sequence but don't imitate these are the steps
if the principles work then exploit it
this Hollywood philosophy employs it
directors copy methods then cop the credits
then the others mimic to go up their assets
watch me apply this process to everyday life
from criminals to the leaders I've met every type
the advancement of man took us back to a primitive state
nuclear plutonium-239 makes havoc an imminent fate
while A Beautiful Mind studied the conics for economics
I taught with rhythm and Hip-Hop's logic and you copped it
so listen…
it's every man for himself in this world no matter what
we put a man on the moon but can't go past our thoughts
technology caused regression ideas face repression
where's the 90s gone? damn I need to pay attention
sell out his soul; devil contracts determine life
we all struggle to be first in line to earn the dimes
the feeling of a man who just fell from his throne
it's the story of every Modern Man where Hell is the home.
My thoughts generate the Lost Generation and I am the truth
they say learn from children here's the mind of the youth
the "Valley of Ashes" versus the Palace of Cashes
the two cannot be balanced that's Capitalism
survival of the fittest that's the axiom listen
1% control the wealth...socioDarwinism
while asking the question's simply out of the question
our blue collars can't see blue colors
the gray covers the surface with the sparsest ardor
and frozen hearts become their hardest armor
I'm trying to illustrate the modern man in pencil sketches
but I'm only self-reflecting through a measured sentence
I see parasites living off their parent's blood and sweat
I see goth attention whores barely cut their wrists
they said Generation X was bad, well we Generation Y
so plot the coordinations and it's more than just a rhyme
I can see the difference in the lifespan of sixteen years
but even time can't define this distance here
I'm seeing similar patterns in all types of people
delusional beliefs that all rights are equal
look, they still judge by your skin-tone
still got the prejudice their thoughts are indifferent
compare Beverly Hills to Oakland tenements
compare projects and ghettos to homes in Pleasanton
every man's got a personal struggle too
these modern times leave us working to hustle through
…guess every man's got a personal struggle too
modern times leave us working to hustle through…
times are shifting try and listen to the words from my breath
when a man finds his casket you learn from his death
consequential tribulations teach you the best
study the sequence but don't imitate these are the steps
if the principles work then exploit it
this Hollywood philosophy employs it
directors copy methods then cop the credits
then the others mimic to go up their assets
watch me apply this process to everyday life
from criminals to the leaders I've met every type
the advancement of man took us back to a primitive state
nuclear plutonium-239 makes havoc an imminent fate
while A Beautiful Mind studied the conics for economics
I taught with rhythm and Hip-Hop's logic and you copped it
so listen…
it's every man for himself in this world no matter what
we put a man on the moon but can't go past our thoughts
technology caused regression ideas face repression
where's the 90s gone? damn I need to pay attention
sell out his soul; devil contracts determine life
we all struggle to be first in line to earn the dimes
the feeling of a man who just fell from his throne
it's the story of every Modern Man where Hell is the home.
