Illuminated
Turn the lights on!
Change the channel cuz the fight's on
You know you can't watch all the stars dance without the right song
So turn the music up!
Let it beat on your soul til it uses up
The foolish acoustics, your ears lose enough
Wait, you don't need three squares for a cubic cup
Just do the math
And the read the numbers
They must think they're too clever by two halves
You don't encumber
Cuz you know that
Bright 5th graders can be smarter than a plutocrat
So light it up once
Roll it down twice
Puff puff pass, three steps and the roll the dice
You see it in their eyes
Covered by suits and ties
A darkness that hides all illuminated lies
That wriggle through their teeth
And burrow in the streets
Where walls walk over people bleating like they're sheep
And corporations speak
Because they're people, too
Even though they don't live like normal people do
So hey you, yes you!
They say you have to possess debt
The corporate chain gang needs you
So you can't rest yet
The media will try to hold you in check
Like a chess set
Of TVs that keep asking
If you've found success yet
To borrow more and hit the town
Shining, in some fresh steps
Or give news that gives blues
Until you can't suppress stress
On your block and round the world
‘They're' making their press threats
To your life, but with air strikes
You'll be sure to sleep at night
Because freedom rings true and it reigns in excess
On the backs of camos that melt in the sun
So when they cross Cs
They cannot express
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poem by P.R. Prosper
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