War in the Mind (Freedom Time) Lauryn Hill Everybody knows that they guilty Everybody knows that theyve lied Everybody knows that they guilty Resting on their conscience eating their inside Its freedom, said its freedom time now Its freedom, said its freedom time now Time to get free, or give yourselves up now Its freedom, said its freedom time You, theres a war in the mind, over territory For the dominion Who will dominate the opinion Skisms and isms, keepin us in forms of religion Conformin our vision To the world churchs decision Trapped in a section Submitted to committee election Moral infection Epidemic lies and deception Insurrection Of the highest possible order Destortin our tape recorders From hearin like under water Beyond the borders Find the sin in disorder Bound by the strategy A systematic depravity Heavy as gravity Head first in the cavity Without a bottom A fate, worse than Sodom Whats got em, drunk off the spirits Truth comes, we cant hear it When youve been, programmed to fear it I had a vision I was fallin in indescision Apallin, callin religious Some program on television How can, dominant wisdom Be recognized in the system Of Anti-Christ, the majority rules Intelligent fools PhDs in illusion Masters of mass confusion Bachelors in past delusion Now who you choosin? The head, or the tail The bloodshed of the male Or confidence in the tale Conference is in Yale Discussin doctrines of bail Causin people to fail Keepin the third in jail His word has nailed Everything to the tree Severing all of me From all that I used to be Formless and void Totally paranoid Enjoy darkness as Lord Keepin me from the sword Block for mercy Bitter than cerasee Hungry and thirsty For good meat we would eat And still, dined at the table of deceit How incomplete From confrontation to retreat We belong, in true enemies defeat Destitute in a necessity Causin desperation to get the best of me Punishment til there was nothing left of me Realizin the inescapable death of me No options in the valley of decision The only doctrine, supernatural circumcision Inwardly, only water can purge the heart From words to fiery darts Thrown by the workers of the arts Iniquity, shapen in Theres no escapin when Your whole philosophy is paper thin In vanity The wide road is insanity Could it be all of humanity Picture that Scripture that The origin of a mans heart is black How can we show up for An invisible war Preoccupied with a shadow, makin love with a whore Achin in sores Babylon, the great mystery Mother of human history System of social sorcery Our present condition Needs serious recognition Where theres no repentance there can be no admission And that sentence, more serious than Vietnam The atom bomb and Saddam and Minister Farrakhan Whats goin on, whats a priority to you By what authority do to you The majority hasnt a clue We majored in curses Search the chapters, check the verses Recapture the land Remove the mark from off of our hands So we can stand In agreement with his command Everything else is damned Let them with ears understand Everything else is damned, let them with ears understand Its freedom, said its freedom time now Its freedom, said its freedom time now Its freedom, Imma be who I am Its freedom time, said its freedom time Everybody knows that theyve lied Everybody knows that theyve perpetrated inside Everybody knows that they guilty, yes Resting on their conscience eating their insides Get free, be who youre supposed to be Freedom, said its freedom time now Freedom, said its freedom time Freedom, freedom time now
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 07:03:01 +0000
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