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Mr. J. Medeiros - Apathy
(from the album Of Gods and Girls)
© copyright 2007

1st verse
If your assuming that mankind has a right to survive
find an alternative to war, before that man goes blind
with that eye for an eye talk tooth for a tooth talk
we would all need seeing eye dogs and food from a juice straw
miss using the truth for an instrument of violence
is like the innocent admiring the rule of a tyrant
its fuel for a fire sent into the womb
giving birth to the very child you meant to consume
the commune we crate by meeting hate with hate
demoralizes us humans so we cant relate
were segregated in our communities by our economical placement
but agape doesnt recognize value it just creates it
were born in a state were we constantly abandon
the principles of love for a compliment to stand on
its like we in trouble and paying double for ransom
just know that through this struggle you've got a cosmic companion
and a confidence that cant run, from comments or hand guns
when you bombing a mans home and effecting his plans none
it reflects on his grandson the respect that that man one
from loving with no retreat, turning cheeks when the hands come
holding the meek for ransom like you care what their worth
know the people you cant stand might inherit the earth
and this evil just cant handle when we sharing the hurt
bearing the cross starring at Who carried it first

hook:
is this how it has to be
got kids growing up knowing nothing but Apathy
nah, i wont let it happen, we brushing shoulders here
i ain't gonna change my rapping there's nothing but soldiers here

2nd verse

finding true peace is not merely the absence of tension
but the presence of justice in the act of redemption
internationally mentioned is it locally heard
from the grave of civil rights i see the hopefuls emerged
bodies broken into words only to grow into a statement
"never let anyone drag you so low that you would hate them"
in 1968 when that shout rang out
the lyrics, "we shall overcome" is what that crowd sang out
and i believe without a doubt that every word in the song
can be infinitely heard intently birds sing on
from the cages that bind us the inner rage that blinds us
covering what's written on the pages that define us
is it the day behind us or the one that's arrived
making way for a path to survive
know that love is alive and you can count on this
ease up slow down revolutionaries bounce to this

hook:
is this how it has to be
got kids growing up knowing nothing but Apathy
nah, i wont let it happen, we brushing shoulders here
i ain't gonna change my rapping there's nothing but soldiers here
with the will to stop the killing the block from spilling
the blood from the cops and villains
hard rocks with millions on your TV. screen
falling apart at the seams.