Greydon Square - World Around Us lyrics

The studio is my heaven's gate
You still want to be a rapper I
Want to be an intellectual heavyweight
This is not for the weak minded
This is for all those people
With IQs above 190
You want your brain picked? Come find me
You think you ready to battle
My wit? Come try me
My reading lists consist of secular authors
To my fellow vets: respect
And nothing but honor
I want to go into history
With people still dissin' me
Compose my own symphony, roll the blunt
Hit the weed
All I want you to do is expand your mind
Let it get lost in the sands of time
Not evolve? That's just asinine
You remain static
Do something long enough it
Changes your brain patterns
If I had to do it again
I would take the same route
And shit, I came from two mommies
Look how I turned out

We used to march the streets
Singing songs in protest
(To make better the world around us)
We fight the wars digitally now as lo-teks
(For those who can't do this without us)
Now we make music to
Educate and inform people
(To make better the world around us)
And we'll drop a sequel 'til
Every human is born equal
(For those who can't do this without us)

You ask me what I believe in, right?
You mean which superstition do I pick
To help me sleep at night?
I don't see how you can lead that life
They take your mind, man
Too steep that price
You didn't seek that christ
You were taught it
And because you didn't know any
Better you bought it
You were never even a free
Agent up for auction testing the market
You just signed away your mind for a bargin'
No fuss and no arguing
And this ain't no subliminal shot
I just wonder where we'd be if
We didn't live in a box
Most people do this because they want
To be famous and stars
If these rappers read books I'd
Be out of a job
There's more information than our
Meat-ware brains can handle
I have to get a handle
Life is an amazing sample
There's so much for us to learn
So much to do a god? I should be able to
Put my trust in you thats what I believe

We used to march the streets
Singing songs in protest
(To make better the world around us)
We fight the wars digitally now as lo-teks
(For those who can't do this without us)
Now we make music to
Educate and inform people
(To make better the world around us)
And we'll drop a sequel 'til
Every human is born equal
(For those who can't do this without us)

I want to do this to
Expose the virgin birthin' scam
Lyrical serpent in the sand
'til the burqa's banned
Submit to a higher authority?
The nerve of man
Trying interpret the nature of god
Like it's worth a damn
We feel the need to worship
Because life's so precious
We feel it need needs a purpose
But then you have to ask is it even worth it?
To be told not to ask
Or peek between the curtains
When will you people learn
Children have no religion
And you shouldn't force them to
Be atheist or christian
We can nip this in the bud if we undoubtedly
Teach these kids not what to
Think but how to think
For all my sisters and brothers
Who aren't allowed to speak
I represent you with every rhyme
That comes out of me
I hope every single mother I
Have is proud of me
And rather die for honor than live cowardly

We used to march the streets
Singing songs in protest
(To make better the world around us)
We fight the wars digitally now as lo-teks
(For those who can't do this without us)
Now we make music to
Educate and inform people
(To make better the world around us)
And we'll drop a sequel 'til
Every human is born equal
(For those who can't do this without us)