Culture Of Fear

Seems to me like they want us to be afraid, man

Well, maybe we just like bein' afraid

Maybe we just so used to it at this point that it's just a part of us

Part of our culture

Security alert on orange

It's been on orange since '01, G

I mean, what's up, mane

Can a brother get yellow, man?

Just for like two months or somethin'?

Goddamn

Sick of that

Mic check

The groove is dead, so I'ma rhyme like a lunatic

I do this shit with an unassuming wit

The corporation conjured up the bass and the tempo

My name is Liff, that's the intro, now let's go

The flow of life throwin' strife into the mix

To the big dark condition and the word is sick

The powers that be, a power in me

To speak of our stress and strife that I see everyday

And more to speak of our culture of fear

It's up in your ear

They're tellin' us terrorists are 'bout to strike

Maybe tonight, right?

Let me just back up slowly

With critical analysis of those who control me

It used to be we just had a screen in the crib

On the TV, but now we carry screens when we leave

See, laptops, smartphones

Now we're never alone

A new affliction, I call it media dome

But on the low, famine is the programming

You wanna watch your favorite show because it's so slammin'

Hold hands and let's gaze into the beautiful glare

While we're here, so immersed in this culture of fear

Yo, we fear the IRS, fear the INS, fear God

I'm more afraid of a credit car than a terror squad

It's really y'all, we're stepping with weapons overseas, yeah

MasterCard and Visa won't allow me to breathe

They deceive, the enemy is in the fine print

They assassinate, silent, with no single assailant

Walls I'm scaling

To get a view of the blue sky

It's beautiful, rent a couple choppers to fly

Dubai, represent an element ahead

A sentiment that you feel on the lobe, for real

The deal starts with a spark

Concludes with a handshake

Physical to alter your subliminal landscape

You leave thinkin' I can really trust that guy

To be honest, kid, you should have really punched that guy

Now it's operation shank a banker

Thank you for the loan

See you when you come to repossess my home

Alone at night, sweating with visions of Armageddon

I never seen the threat

Yet, I feel threatened

Parts of our society designed to smear

Freedom, don't succumb to this culture of fear

Don't succumb to this culture of fear

Don't succumb to this culture of fear