Now it's not what it seems I just can't start to say It was these evil days Of pain and fear Something was broke My skin hard like an oak My mind hard like an oak I got a history of violence It's not written on my face You wouldn't know it It's buried in my leather case I got a memory of violence It's not written on my skin You couldn't see it It's a ripple in my grin Like the people of my kin And now it's not what it seems I just can't start to say It was these evil days Of pain and fear Something was broke My mind hard like an oak My skin hard like an oak I got a history of silence The bruises and the sins Don't wash away It's not written in my name Like a freckle on my skin Something that I've never shown Memories from a broken home The engine with no train Shame like a funny game The witness of the sin The scratches on my skin The moment I begin To runaway James Dean The shutter on the screen The curtain on the scene The arrow in the breast The weight inside the chest An erasble race With no traceable trace Satchel full of lies The devil in the eye It's not written on my grave It's not written on my grave It's not written on my grave You wouldn't know it I'm buried safe and well behaved I got a history of evil I got a history of evil I got a history of evil

Halcyon days are not a thing Nostalgia is no excuse for stupidity I don't believe in golden ages Or presidents that put kids in cages America awaits on bended knee Can't you see Sweet children, Locke's burden Why did mother draw the curtains Free will is your dilemma (what will the dust remember) Tell me where do you really want to be? At the end of history? Utopia is an opiated dream What we want is an open society One torn and frayed at the edges With pages of imperfect changes And every hallmark of rationality Can't you see Sweet children, Locke's burden Why did mother draw the curtains Free will is your dilemma (what will the dust remember) Tell me where do you really want to be? At the end of history? At the end of history nobody will be innocent Of naked crimes against eternity Now we're in the last second of our December Tell me how do you want to be remembered For generosity or a fucking monstrosity Tell me where do you really want to be? At the end of history? Tell me where do you really want to be? At the end of history? Tell me where do you really want to be? At the end of history? Tell me where do you really want to be? At the end of history?

Jah give I courage to fight the fight I know they might try to conquer I, Lord, God Guide I by day and watch I by night, Lord I pray you'll restore your people's sight, Lord, God Jah give I courage to fight the fight (cause to fight the fight) I know they might try to conquer I (conquer I) Guide I by day and watch I by night, Lord I know you'll restore your people's sight, God I man crying for peace and justice I man rather to die than to kneel (rather to die than to kneel) I see oppressors sitting on their thrones Trying to dictate the price of my soul Jah give I courage to fight the fight (Jah give I courage to fight the fight) I know they might try to conquer I (conquer I) Woi, guide I by day and watch I by night (by day, ohh—, by night) I pray you'll restore your people's sight Through soul and conscience Fire burns within (fire burns, fire burns within) Light inspires change I won't fall victim (won't fall victim) Jah give I courage to fight the fight (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) I know they might try to conquer I (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) Woi, guide I by day and watch I by night (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) I pray you'll restore your people's sight (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) Natty got to be firm and strong In this time of hatred and greed Selfishness at its highest Jah But my soul will never be sold Jah love stronger than any weapon Bad intention and scheme Babadebapdep, we've lost love for self And don't know how to proceed Jah give I courage to fight the fight (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) I know they might try to conquer I (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) Oh, guide I by day and watch I by night (by day, oh—, by night) I pray you'll restore your people's sight Jah give I courage to fight the fight (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) I know they might try to conquer I (we gonna fight the fight, the fight) Oh, guide I by day and watch I by night (by day, oh—, by night) I pray you'll restore your people's sight Oh, conquer I Oh, conquer I Oh, conquer I Oh, let them conquer I Oh, conquer I Oh, conquer I Oh, conquer I Yeah, in the morning sun

Mm, na, mm Yeah, yeah, yeah, ay-yeah Ooh-ooh-ah Whole heap a things man go through Man see through all dem lies as I close my eyes Maturing as I go through Still working on some things on the inside There's lesson in the struggle This one's just swinging by, had to take my time So many times I've stumbled, yeah All of us can relate to some If I could take it all away Would I like who I am today? I won't see what it's all about I'm just trying to work it out If you wanna see brighter days Then you got to do what it takes Try to hold up a little tears 'Til the day you conquer your fears Aren't we all dressed in white After we've justified our wrongs? Proven we're right, yeah, yeah We choose to hide our pain Struggle to gain restraint Sometimes we hesitate But if we could take it all away Would we like who we are today? We won't see what it's all about Yes, we're just trying to work it out (just trying to work it out) If we wanna see brighter days (wanna see brighter) Then we got to do what it takes Try to hold up a little tears 'Til the day you conquer your fears If I could take it all away Would I like who I am today? We won't see what it's all about And we're just trying to work it out If we wanna see brighter days Then we got to do what it takes Try to hold up a little tears (hold up) 'Til the day you conquer your fears