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Enslavement


The mind is a terrible thing to waste 

Says the man whose in charge, power is at stake 

Education could be a way to keep you enslaved, mental inflammation 

The conversation around creativity is stifling and innovation ain't encouraged because 

It won't keep you slave to the masters,  think for yourself and do what makes you happy 

Capitalism makes us the new slaves, Jim Crow was man who danced inside the sun 

But the head overseers made sure that he would never see the truth 

So a white man paved the way, painted his face over in black 

It was a way to capitalize on some shit that they didn't understand 

Native culture was placed into box of negativity, banning all cultural roots 

While the whites claimed it for themselves, now they want war, but they haven't read yet. 

Simply bleeding for years until they sped and again and again.  

 

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