Thieves in the Night

"Give me the fortune, keep the fame", said my man Louis

I agreed, know what he mean because we live the truest lie

I asked him why we follow the law of the bluest eye?

He looked at me, he thought about it, was like, "I'm clueless, why?"

The question was rhetorical, the answer is horrible

Our morals are out of place and got our lives full of sorrow

And so tomorrow coming later than usual

Waiting on someone to pity us while we finding beauty in the hideous

They say money's the root of all evil but I can't tell

You know what I mean, pesos, francs, yens, cowrie shells

Dollar bills, or is it the mindstate that's ill?

Creating crime rates to fill the new prisons they build

Over money and religion there's more blood to spill

The wounds of slaves in cotton fields that never heal, what's the deal?

A lot of cats who buy records are straight broke

But my language universal they be reciting my quotes

While R&B singers hit bad notes, we rock the boat of thought

That my man Louis' statements just provoked

Caught up, in conversations of our personal worth

Brought up, through endangered species status on the planet Earth

Survival tactics means, busting gats to prove you hard

Your firearms are too short to box with God

Without faith, all of that is illusionary

Raise my son, no vindication of manhood necessary

Not strong

Only aggressive

Not free

We only licensed

Not compassionate, only polite

Now who the nicest?

Not good but well behaved

Chasing after death, so we can call ourselves brave

Still living like mental slaves

Hiding like thieves in the night from life

Illusions of oasis making you look twice

Hiding like thieves in the night from life

Illusions of oasis making you look twice

Yo, I'm sure that everybody out listening agree

That everything you see ain't really how it be

A lot of jokers out running in place, chasing the style

Be a lot going on beneath the empty smile

Most cats in my area be loving the hysteria

Synthesized surface conceals the interior

America, land of opportunity, mirages and camouflages

More than usually, speaking loudly, saying nothing, you confusing me, you losing me

Your game is twisted, want me enlisted in your usury, foolishly

Most men join the ranks cluelessly, but foolishly accept the deception, believe the perception

Reflection rarely seen across the surface of the looking glass

Walking the street, wondering who they be looking past

Looking gassed with them imported designer shades on

Stars shine bright, but the light rarely stays on

Same song, just remixed, different arrangement

Put you on a yacht but they won't call it a slave ship

Strangeness, you don't control this, you barely hold this

Screaming, "Brand new" when they just sanitized the old shit

Suppose it's, just another clever Jedi mind trick

That they been running across stars through all the time with

I find it's distressing, there's never no in-between

We either **** or Kings, we either bitches or Queens

The deadly ritual seems immersed in the perverse

Full of short attention spans, short tempers and short skirts

Long barrel automatics released in short bursts

The length of black life is treated with short worth

Get yours first, them other **** secondary

That type of illing that be filling up the cemetery

This life is temporary but the soul is eternal

Separate the real from the lie, let me learn you

Not strong, only aggressive 'cause the power ain't directed

That's why we are subjected to the will of the oppressive

Not free, we only licensed, not live, we just exciting

'Cause the captors own the masters to what we writing

Not compassionate, only polite, we well trained

Our sincerity's rehearsed in stage, it's just a game

Not good, but well behaved 'cause the camera survey

Most of the things that we think, do or say

We chasing after death just to call ourselves brave

But everyday, next man meet with the grave

I give a damn if any fan recall my legacy

I'm trying to live life in the sight of God's memory like that y'all

Not strong

Only aggressive

Not free

We only licensed

Not compassionate, only polite

Now who the nicest?

Not good but well behaved

Chasing after death, so we can call ourselves brave

Though living like mental slaves

Hiding like thieves in the night from life

Illusions of oasis making you look twice

Hiding like thieves in the night from life

Illusions of oasis making you look twice

Hiding like thieves in the night from life

Illusions of oasis making you look twice

Hiding like thieves in the night from life

Illusions of oasis making you look twice

Stop hiding, stop hiding, stop hiding your face

Yes, come on, afraid to live, celebrating death

Stop hiding, stop hiding, 'cause ain't no hiding place

Stop hiding, stop hiding, stop hiding your face

Stop hiding, stop hiding, 'cause ain't no hiding place, say

Say there ain't no hiding place, say there ain't no hiding place

Not strong, not free, not compassionate

Said it ain't no hiding place, said it ain't no hiding place

Said it ain't no hiding place, but the starlight in your face

We well trained, Black Star

Black Star keep shining, yo, yo, yo

Stop hiding, stop hiding, stop hiding your face

We take the Black Star line right on home, we take the Black Star line right on home

Be real, be sure, keep shining

We take the Black Star line right on home, we take the Black Star line right on home, yo

Be real, be sure, keep shining

Be real, be sure, keep shining