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Bloodsport I
01:16
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Is pigment a permit?
Am I vermin?
That blood I bleed, those breaths I take – are they worthless?
Is DNA my destiny?
An enemy what you see?
A fight or flight adrenaline beckons me
Your teeth flash white but so do your knuckles
Who bleeds more in this constant struggle?
Bloodsport
Pleasantries or infantries?
Justice or a hung jury?
History repeats itself in cyclical redundancies
Crosshairs as we cross the tracks
Targets on their battered backs
The silence as you witnessed that - deafening
Your teeth flash white but so do your knuckles
Who bleeds more in this constant struggle?
Bloodsport
Win or lose we bleed the same
In this game we play
It’s a bloodsport
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Bloodsport II
01:12
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Always under preying eyes
Praying for a sign to strike
Watching as I walk on knives
You're poised to strike without an ounce of doubt
Out for justice
Out for blood
Armed for battle
Out to hunt
Nirvana just a blink away
A trophy for your display
Am I human?
Am I game?
The end result is just the same
A pardon from your paranoia paradise would be so nice
Your happiness is a warm gun - it's a bloodsport
Clutch your pistol
Clutch your pearls
Be the ruler of your world
A one man army
For peace and harmony
A rifle remedy
A shotgun serenity
Bloodsport
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Schadenfreude
01:35
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Change moves so slow at the minimum pace
But where is the place for me and my rage?
A hunger consumes and diplomacy fades
Now vengeance is what puts a smile on my face
I’ll trade famine for feast
Because starving for peace
Has whittled me down to a paltry physique
So why crave for peace
And live life unfed
When equality could be getting even instead?
Change moves so slow at the minimum pace
But where is the place for me and my rage?
A hunger consumes and diplomacy fades
Now vengeance is what puts a smile on my face
Change at these speeds
Is life on my knees
Picking the scraps off the plates of elites
So why crave for peace
And live life unfed
When equality could be getting even instead?
A glutton for punishment
An appetite for violence
Watching you struggle.
It’s my pleasure.
A hedonistic conquest comes unto its end
A satisfying supper
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De-Militarized Zone
02:36
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Find the vein
Give me strength
I've all to gain
From bodies slain
A cultural IV
A skewered morality
Always them - not me
My favorite enemies
A patriot's blood runs through my veins
It may be vain
But this green beret
Suits me great and
Seals their fates
A cultural IV
A twisted mentality
Always them - not me
My favorite industry
Valor and Vanity and Greed - the war machine
Round and round and round we go
Get your tickets for the show
Come and get your front row seat
To witness the war machine
The war machine brings us peace
Freedom isn't free
But life sure is cheap
And liberty and justice turn a blind eye to the meek
Turn magazines to limousines
And human lives to wall street highs
A heinous form of alchemy
Our excess at their expense
Mere happenstance, or consequence?
Valor, Violence, Victory a soldier's fortune manifests
Live to make a killing
Kill to make a living
Isn't the democracy we live in so fulfilling?
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Divinity
04:16
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DNA is my destiny
Meritocracy is mythology
DNA is my destiny
and adversity is my currency
DNA is my destiny
Evolution ordained entropy
DNA is my destiny
There's no place for me
From sea to shining sea
I will bleed
Blood red, skin black
Bruised and battered from the whips they crack
and lily white lies
Blind us from the chalk lines
Manifest Destiny
Humanized equity
Follow the lines
On my palm
You'll find a psalm that's solemn
The stars align
They're so divine
Yet they define
My confines
I drew the blood
That sliced the deck
That chopped my neck
and hung me dead
I won't tempt fate..
They've found a place
Just for me..
From sea to shining sea
I will bleed
Blood red, skin black
Bruised and battered from the whips they crack
and lily white lies
blind us from the chalk lines
Manifest Destiny
Humanized equity
Serendipity sowed this seed for me
A petri dish determinance
Robs me of my relevance
It's my destiny
I'll take control of my destiny
Beat my chest
Grab a gun
Hurt somebody just for fun
Smoke some dope and kill some time
All on Uncle Sammy’s dime
You'll say it's in my DNA
You'll say that it's my destiny
It's in this country's DNA
The truth is you invented me.
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