[00:00.00] Living in these dark times, it’s hard to stop these dark rhymes[00:26.55]It seems that we have lost before we’ve even crossed the start line[00:29.61]Metaphor for human race what’s in store for heaven’s sakes[00:32.52]Watching ourselves dissipate and even worse participate[00:35.58]In our own demise think about it read between the lines[00:38.49]Damn we must be blind to see the signs we’re almost out of time[00:41.46]And reality might not always be what you might hope[00:44.22]Sometimes you’re really feeling like you’re walking across a tightrope[00:47.25]Above a sea of uncertainty and certainly it hurts worse to be[00:50.19]Coerced because of loss of freedom hurts worse than a third degree[00:53.25]Burn let the ashes fall yearn pick up the pieces y’all[00:56.25]Gotta learn to hear the call turn before you hit the wall[00:59.16]Sink or swim make it count[01:00.66]Trust your friends when in doubt[01:02.16]Make amends take a vow[01:03.69]Opposition take them out[01:05.10]Never let nothing get between you and your hope and your dreams[01:08.22]We’ve suffered long enough now it’s time they hear our screams[01:11.28]If we could start all over a million miles from here[01:14.22]Could we eliminate the hate inside and all our fears[01:17.22]Or would you keep it going our self-inflicted hell[01:19.86]We gotta reach for peace before history can repeat itself[01:46.77]We got do the math, find out the final score[01:49.77]I swear we’re knock knock knocking up on heaven’s door[01:52.74]And as the world turns we get closer to the fate[01:55.68]It really makes you wonder what’s the purpose what’s at stake[01:58.62]What are we meant to do besides living and breathing[02:01.62]Why must we try to live outside our means and stay daydreaming[02:04.56]Material things and money seem to be our obsession[02:07.47]And when it isn’t that it’s killing with billions spent on weapons[02:10.47]We gotta coexist which means we gotta focus this[02:13.17]Hope for utopian bliss despite our newfound hopelessness[02:16.41]Back then religious beliefs is what kept us separated[02:19.38]Now it’s the power struggle for financial domination[02:22.32]Sins of the father continue passed on to generations[02:25.29]Maybe one day we can unite as one a sovereign nation[02:28.23]Take for what it is but don’t take it for granted[02:30.99]And always suspect the unexpected on this unsuspecting planet[02:34.26]If we could start all over a million miles from here[02:37.20]Could we eliminate the hate inside and all our fears[02:40.17]Or would we keep it going, our self-inflicted hell[02:42.81]We gotta reach for peace before history can repeat itself