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Prisoner's Dilemma

from Equilibrium Mixtape by Strife

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Life is raw, life is war, life is a Rorschach test
Strife brings constant flux and metamorphosis
The truth hits you like a ton of bricks (Blaow!)
Not scared of dying
Cause I ain’t been scared to live
Deaths out of our control
So why be afraid of that shit?
No regrets, I put that on everything
Thrown to the wolves found my place in the pack
Now I howl at the moon dressed in pitch black
My crews been through hell and back
Now we’re firebrands, leaving impacts
Snatch the final word from the jaws of death
Cause Nothing dies, it changes form instead
Energy recycled, matters reborn
These are the times, to pass the torch
Ride the storm Along the razor’s edge
In its rawest form, freedom’s dangerous
Like a thief in the night,
We learned the art of lock-pick
Before pigs strangle us
Shatter illusions with a hard brick
Call it catharsis, spark that piff,
Tear down the borders in a sentence
Glimpse eternity in a single instant
Dimethyl Tryptamine Ascension
Clockwork universe ending.
Watch me bring it
Swing the pendulum
Blow your doors
Of perception off the hinges
Knowledge indispensable
Reveal we’re all kindred,
We demand the incredible
And express the inexpressible
What you deem impossible,
Tomorrows will seem inevitable


We hustle
Hand-to-hand,
Check to check
Struggle sun rise to sun set
Survive through tears,
Blood, & sweat, kid
We’re all connected
More similar than separate
No snitching, no exception
It’s A prisoner’s dilemma


No ego, no hubris, no lies
As I pursue an evolution of minds
Revolution in our time, before our species declines
Rise above what divides us
Read the signs, see that fear and greed are suicidal
We combine forces for survival
Mutual aid and self-reliance
End the reign of wealthy tyrants
We are our own saviors,
Total liberation
In our nature
No turning back
I spark transformation
Now is all you have
In a split-second it’s taken,
Each breath could be your last
We fear change like we fear death
But I have no fears left


We hustle
Hand-to-hand,
Check to check
Struggle sun rise to sun set
Survive through tears,
Blood, & sweat, kid
We’re all connected
More similar than separate
No snitching, no exception
It’s A prisoner’s dilemma

Now is all we have
Done asking permission
Past trusting tradition
We’re Free thinkers
Cowards build walls
The fearless build bridges
All I know is that I know nothing
I remain driven
No easy answers
Or received wisdom
We were all created in the big bangs image
Gods a metaphor for our combined existences
See life for what it really is
Then seek conspirators
It’s second nature, there’s no one right way to live
No leaders or saviors the skies got no answers to give
We’re unified tribes embracing the random
Found freedom on the edge, improvising with friends
Sick of waiting in the hall, now we know the ledges
Read the writing on the wall, respect the unexpected

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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.
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