Born Free

from Equilibrium Mixtape by Strife

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We are born free
Into a world of control
Divorced from the whole
Of course, we revolt
It’s in our blood,
It’s in our bones,
We change & evolve,
You’re not alone
Life’s a struggle
Our true natures communal
On a moving train you can’t be neutral
They stole your rights, where’s your scruples
Capitalisms a lie, the outcome is brutal
Robbing the man next to you I remain skeptical
Eventually your silence won’t be protecting you
Give respect to get respect fool,
Our movements irrepressible

Sign on the dotted line,
have u lost your damn mind?
forgotten the last time their cash climbed...
Your freedom flatlined
Robbing you blind is their pastime

Severed from the source, we try to take control
And plunge farther down the rabbit hole,
Gain the world and lose your hold,
Your grip on reality
Stuck in Stockholm syndrome
Locked in a siege mentality
With a Jeckle and Hyde split personality
Business tycoons are the biggest thieves
It’s true, companies love misery,
Trade civil liberties for dehumanizing efficiency
White collar goons walk free
While we get outlined in chalk on the street
Left to rot by an officer over some rotten beef
Don’t drop to your knees, time to plot & scheme
Swinging from two extremes like a sword of Damocles
Mutually assured destruction self-fulfilling prophecy
In a schizophrenic society
Built on class conflict and social hierarchies
Why did they lie to me about rioting in the streets
We’re drowning like Narcissus in our iPhone screens
Billions of showers, no one’s hands are clean
Swallow enough pills to put the whole damn world to sleep

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from Equilibrium Mixtape, released March 1, 2023

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strife

n.

1. Heated dissension; conflict or clash.
2. A struggle, fight, or battle.
3. Contention or competition between rivals.
4. Contest, controversy, combat, warfare.
4. An omnipresent force that punctuates the evolutionary process. ... more