A Beast Caged

Rusted irons trap mental, thought's essential 
 Mask meticulous movement towards central 
 Sip from holy grail to breath eternal, but time's concurrent 
 Displace visual with iller words, I'm slurring 
 Inferred meaning missed target, Minute margins 
 Make the most hardened crumble when they're forced silent 
 Our only virtue left is pure violence 
 Remain defiant 
 Incarcerated souls sold to build empires 
 I grow tired of tyrants passed as presidents 
 Evidence to theft swept under oval carpet 
 As inmates and children kept starving 
 True criminals walk free with presidential pardons. 

 Somber note takes hold of optimistic 
 Mind that tongue they surveillance visits 
 Nostalgic visions bring us back to days of backspins 
 When trivial infractions got your jaw fractured 
 Shattered lineage from land of US sanctions 
 Indebted servants to democracy 
 Feed their families with mere pennies 
 There's that truth you seek... 
 Knew you wasn't ready 
 Implications too heavy 
 The stickup kids I fear wear three-piece suits 
 Subdued murders lose their meaning when you stand accused 
 Most my people was born with their necks in noose 
 So now I wander own streets verses packed in twos 

 Some succumb to pressure 
 Resort to drastic measures 
 Modern slavery sanctifies corporate greed 
 Economies solely based on prison industries 
 Becomes reality 
 Dilutes humanity 
 Our common enemy has long since won 
 Paint melanined as monsters for years to come 
 Brushstrokes evoke sage in this heathen MC 
 beast caged in the heart of the city 

 This beast caged in the heart of the city 
 Circumvents common speech 
 Gutter tongue kept filthy 
 Histories passed in handshakes 
 Wisdom achieved 
 Victory's always fleeting for these pseudo MC's 
 Trapped by narrow minds 
 Eyes blinded 
 Political prisoners terrorized in confinement 
 Confirms what we learned of US police state 
 Asphyxiate the people they claim to liberate 
 While you debate Democrat Republican... 
 They ran the game on poor again 
 Latins and Africans 
 Chained at wrists and ankles 
 Create profits for world bankers 
 This heart filled with rancor 
 Resurrected by this modern Rome 
 Where hate's condoned 
 Inherent anger strangles what night has shone 
 Found shelter when conscienceness faltered 
 We've all been offered as Abraham's son on ruined alter.