Lately (feat. RQM)

Not lately Have I seen my history Not lately Have I seen my roots shine clear to me Not lately Have I seen my history Not lately Have I seen my roots shine clear to me Disconnected partially deleted Seared like metal to skin when heated Fragmented fractured formula repeated Breakdown the backbone make pliable Then knead it Could it be that we did the dirt that we be And history becomes real cause we repeat it Circle to spiral to vortex Amnesia swing hammer hit cortex Cerebral rewind return to the feeble Position edit cut slice incisions Thoughtfully forgetful precision Fade out truth under the radar Fade out truth under the radar Not lately Have I seen my history Not lately Have I seen my roots shine clear to me Not lately Have I seen my history Not lately Have I seen my roots shine clear to me Our neck's in a noose But it's their rope Inherited their loops We born choked Born into history that they wrote Forced to speak a language that they spoke Yes sir we're imprisoned in a tight prism Didn't ask for a it but caught tunnel vision Encased in a body with the heart missing Mantra media hypnosis we're forced to listen Force-fed poison to follow and lip synch So fuck another anthem - listen It's the between the lines that's pure genuine That off beat path leads to the anodyne Vacate cut from consensus mayday Off radar That's where the tracks lay That's where the tracks lay This is not our history This ain't no source of dignity Just some tall tale of old glory Stories fed us since we was born 'Bout one mighty nation come along I came, I saw, I conquered And put the facts as they belong Escaping all scorn I put up a statue for future generations to mourn In their ignorance Is Bliss 'Cause Our roots are no longer rooted in truth Fabricated, misguided, ill-used Forefathers bent and confused Birthed children with spirits abused Light years ahead in a sense Our future ensues With no past to teach us not to repeat it Not lately Have I seen my history Not lately Have I seen my roots shine clear to me Not lately Have I seen my history Not lately Have I seen my roots shine clear to me