[01:56.11][00:41.12][00:10.86]From the top to the bottom[01:57.39][00:42.11][00:12.12]Bottom to top I stop[01:58.63][00:43.42][00:13.32]At the core I've forgotten[01:59.95][00:44.59][00:14.48]In the middle of my thoughts[02:01.10][00:45.75][00:15.62]Taken far from my safety[02:02.51][00:47.28][00:17.02]The picture's there[02:03.73][00:48.35][00:18.16]The memory won't escape me[00:19.60][00:20.38]We're stuck in a place so dark, you could hardly see[00:23.11]A manner of matter that splits with the words I breathe[00:25.60]And as the rain drips acidic questions around me[00:28.17]I block out the sight of the powers that be[00:30.68]Duck away into the darkness, times up[00:33.19]I wind up in a rusted world with eyes shut[00:35.72]So tight that it blurs into the world of pretend[00:38.27]And the eyes ease open and it's dark again[00:50.01]But why should I care[02:37.10][00:52.01]In the memory you'll find me[02:42.30][00:57.05]Eyes burning up[02:46.77][01:01.86]The darkness holding me tightly[02:52.22][01:06.31]Until the sun rises up[01:12.51][01:15.63]Listen to the sound, dizzy from the ups and downs[01:18.29]And nauseated by the polluted rock that's all around[01:20.87]Watchin the wheels of cars that pass[01:22.64]I look past to the last of the light and the long shadows it casts[01:26.06]A window grows and captures the eye[01:28.37]And cries out yellow light as it passes me by[01:30.84]And a young, shadowy figure sits in front of a box[01:33.35]Inside a building of rocks with antennas on top[01:35.97]Now, nothing can stop in this land of the pain[01:38.34]The same lose, not knowing they were part of the game[01:40.88]And while the insides change, the box stays the same[01:43.49]And the figure inside could bear anybody's name[01:46.15]The memories I keep are from a time like then[01:48.69]I put on my paper so I could come back to them[01:51.09]Someday i'm hopin to close my eyes and pretend[01:53.58]That this crumpled up paper can be perfect again[02:05.80]I'm here at the podium talking, the ceremonial offerings[02:08.78]Dedicated to urban dysfunctional offspring[02:11.26]What's happening[02:11.83]City governments are eternally napping[02:13.84]Trapped in greedy covenants, causin urban collapsing[02:16.33]Bullets that scar souls, with dark holds, get more than your car stole[02:19.45]Some hearts be blacker than charcoal[02:21.36]For real, this society's deprivation depends not on our differences,[02:24.83]but the separation within[02:26.22]No preparation is made, limited aid, minimum wage[02:29.41]Livin in a tenement cage where rent isn't paid[02:32.07]Tragedy within a parade[02:33.75]The darkness overspread like permanent plauge[02:36.25]I'm the forgotten[03:25.86][02:57.44][03:29.34]/\___END___/\