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Against the Grain (prod. by Mux Mool, feat. Chuck D)

from Life is but a Dream by Obeah

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If you don’t get it by now, you never will
I’m sick of apologists staying calm because they’re fed a pill
Volatile politics and better thrills
Authoring evil policies with feather quills
We’re dead for real
Or might as well be
Fuck what you tell me
Fuck what you sell me
Nothin is healthy
Keep it to yourself please
Your feelings and your selfies
Scream it if you felt me
We’re just watching Hell freeze
What is it you live for, What is it you die for
Becoming cyborgs, feels like we’re in a time warp
Natural beauties becoming eye sores
President as diplomatic as a Vice Lord
Institutionalized, entice the youth with a prize
I see the proof in your eyes, you’re gonna shoot til he dies
These kids are losing they’re lives
And you think you can decide just how they should react
When engaged and attacked
But they created the trap and thats a fact
What if your kid got blasted straight in the back?
They try to snuff us out when we’re brazen with raps
But it Takes a Nation for That
Makin em clap, never faking the funk
Never stay in the back, coming straight to the front
With a fist clenched, spitting in the faces of chumps
Waving rebel flags singing the praises of Trump


Your brain is stuck, enchained and trained
To chase that train of mainstream pain
Those following this world begging for change
Arrange your game against the grain

Lately all these emboldened racists have shown their faces
No love for children we hold in cages for going places
I don’t embrace it. We’re smoking aces
I put it in a song and scream about it on these stages
This isn’t white guilt
It’s human awareness
Try to think of people’s perspective and practice fairness
The world would be a better place if you were embarrassed and powerless
I wondered if it’d get this bad and now it is
Its really not worse, only illuminated
So much misinformation. We know the truth is sacred
Russian infiltration, most of the youth complacent
Futuristic innovation, but then its used to rape us

Your brain is stuck, enchained and trained
To chase that train of mainstream pain
Those following this world begging for change
Arrange your game against the grain

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from Life is but a Dream, released September 28, 2018

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Obeah Atlanta, Georgia

Obeah has been cutting his teeth in America’s independent music scene with various groups &performing across the world with P.E., all the while remaining true to his desire to serve a cause greater than his own. Raised in Columbus, GA and now residing in Atlanta, Adam’s southern influence is undeniable but this Renaissance Man could never be defined by one genre, occupation or geographic region. ... more

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