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The Lie Is The Greatest Piece Of The Safeguard

"I want you to know that you won't beat us.
You may have a momentary victory, but you don't know who we are!"

"Telling lies to our nation,
Telling lies to our children,
Telling lies to our babies,
Only truth can save us now."

I never asked to be a messenger but I got the call;
These words flow and leave me no choice but to scrawl.
I see the world as it is, look beyond the black and white;
It's time to expose the propaganda and lies.
'Cause since we been young they fed us fairytales,
We don't ever get all the real details.
History goes to the ones who win,
So they paint everyone else with their brushes of sin.

"Telling lies to our nation,
Telling lies to our children,
Telling lies to our babies,
Only truth can save us now."

Now you know I don't hate, but still I'm not blind;
I'm too smart to follow your ideals without any mind.
'Cause you really think you're hiding your hypocrisy,
Plutocracy, parasitic philosophy,
Only capable of killing what it feeds on;
Denying that one day it'll all be gone.
Obsessed with the material and afraid to die,
You don't notice you've committed intellectual suicide.
Shot in the heart and there'll be no relief,
'Cause what you take for Truth barely counts as belief.

"Telling lies to our nation,
Telling lies to our children,
Telling lies to our babies,
Only truth can save us now."

And to all you conservative gangsta wannabes,
One last chance: these words are hemlock to your Socrates.
'Cause you think you're the answer to the question no one asked,
But I'm the answer to the questions that you haven't thought of yet.
Even my pores are spilling out hidden truths,
Like there's a reason Christians blamed all the pagans and Jews.
And fundamentalism doesn't follow its own rules.
Convinced Christ had perfect kids and they're them,
That's why I can't wait to see Armageddon.
Payback for their lies, judgment, sin and injustice,
The truth will set us free, man, and it'll be priceless.
So these blatant liars, I wonder what they'll do,
When "Daddy" greets them all with, "What the fuck, I don't know you!"

"Telling lies to our nation,
Telling lies to our children,
Telling lies to our babies,
Only truth can save us now."

Politicians front, tell me they talk for the God,
But if I had to guess I'd say that they talk for the mob.
I'm a pacifist but these words are weapons, see,
To destroy you and your oppressive prophecy.
Teach the children to never give up or give in,
'Cause it's with them that real revolution begins.

Author notes

I suppose that technically this isn't how I *would* combat it, but how I *do* or at least my attempt. But I wrote it 2 days ago for FAWM and when I saw this contest I just had to enter it. (Especially because of that prompt! Brilliant!)

2 samples, since it's technically a rap. (But what is rap but street poetry? lol) The first is from "Bin Laden (Remix)" by Immortal Technique, KRS One and Chuck D. and the second is from "Propaganda," also by Immortal Technique.

So that's it...hopefully those of you who stumble across this enjoy...and even if you don't enjoy, hopefully you think. That's what I really wrote it for. =)

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  • ecrivain01
    February 3, 2008

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    LOL

    Yes, you've got the drift baby. It's a sad world out there, since the rightwing nuts have been running things. Hopefully this year will see the end of their evil machinations, or at least their evil seizure of power by theft and deception.

    Thanks for entering.


    • jezz-aussi
      February 3, 2008
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      Amen. We've got some hope at least, it happened in Australia!