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slow learner

by Reskinned

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Lurker 04:00
yea I read that yea I saw that yea I got into the history went all back I know more about ya than ya should be comfortable with but you will never even know cuz i am never gonna say shit And I can guarantee that i'm a learn some more today You need a dose so make a post so what cha got ta say I consume and populate a masterpiece of work A world of everyone unto my own from which I lurk And who does it hurt Well yea it's kind of weird I didnt come up with this It wasnt my idea It's only been 20 years Im still making my decision Do I invite criticism just to hope somebody listen lol to myself scoff to myself raise hell to myself mouth off to myself Maybe I don't really know what the hell to say Give me no reaction if you feel the same way Lurking like a mole Add nothing and leave no trace Down and in a hole Nobody sees my face open point click scroll Im up on the human rat race without the response uh bill uh tee I teach nothing anti-influential I watch the rationalization of human differential Without taking on a battle or even the potential I don't have to ever wonder if I said what I meant to This is not the place, this is kind of reckless And my personal space, people won't respect it None of this is commentary this is all confession This is not the way, I still have some questions engagement is useless, well yea that may be true but those sound like excuses so who you talking to? If you like to watch these people here like to let you And some of them may even be happy that they met you They can get you if you wanna let them get to----try it or continue to keep your stuff set to----private Contribute to the highway of this info fire hydrant While you take it to the face or stay silent
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Blank 04:52
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Party 04:11
An extremist leader asks a question strictly for the rhetoric A credible leader does not dignify the bull shit Followers of the extremist are emboldened by the silence And the credible get squeamish since we’re talking about violence So the credible blink and decide to give an answer Repetitions of the question keep building up the cancer Especially when delivered from the mouth of the credible Giving the impression that the question is respectable The audience in ignorance think there are two sides And start looking to their party as the expert who decides Most of the time it's not as if they even have to look But we can’t have ambiguity we need them on the hook Now here is where the real rubber meets the rocky road And all the party people have to reap up what they’ve sewed What we see now in the field that has risen From the glorification of dominance and division Are people with blue and red lenses on their vision Who give a shit about anything but the competition And if your bold enough to say it, they’re not even gonna listen But you’re career depends now on maintaining your own prison And perpetuating the stream of constant criticism That perpetuates the stream of constant cynicism Well you’re living in a dream They’re making an incision To surgically retrieve The thing you swore to never give em A devout senior picks the party echoing their code Been aligning with with this camp since 17 years old Always buying what they’re sold and doing what they’re told Proudly standing hand in hand and representing bold Then up and out of nowhere a wild demagogue appears Obviously talking bullshit but speaking to their fears With nowhere else to go they think back on all the years As fuel for the fire and things start shifting gears All the talk is looking active now they can’t believe their eyes The enemy of their enemy was their enemy. Surprise Staring down the barrel of their own demise They can’t beat him join him in repeating the lies And completing the rise of the next of the same Not knowing where they’re going and forgetting whence they came Yet well aware their views are no longer a priority And well aware their views are now in the minority They keep taking the abuse and keep voting accordingly Thank you fucking idiots for faithfully supporting me It’s time for all of us to now turn the course of history I’m in a lot of people’s pockets and what they keep on whispering Is that we need to be sure they can’t be regulated They understand it’s out of hand and how much they are hated Without further ado here is the long awaited Fraud we’ve perpetrated that will leave y’all devastated
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Happy Ending 04:30
I do this for you cause you do everything for me But it's me not you, we both know that's true here we are once again even after all this time and everywhere we've been how can i explain it, i simply do not comprehend this constant cosmic conflict contemplation of the end in the morning when i rise theres a moment when i have to decide to pick up where i left off or lay it down im sorry i cant tell you where im at right now with a spirit that's willing but flesh that's weak i don't know what i'll say if i choose to speak accept this truth that will hold forever no matter what happens you deserve better than this Forget about run as an option All fight alright Stir the pot son We'll see what will rise and what will settle What little lies will be left to peddle This is all just baggage prior humans have amassed How long can it last in the morning when i rise theres a moment when i have to decide to pick up where i left off or lay it down im sorry i cant tell you where im at right now with a spirit that's willing but flesh that's weak i don't know what i'll say if i choose to speak accept this truth that will hold forever no matter what happens you deserve better than this
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Lerv 04:32
It's patient, kind, and never fails like the things we think we know And it will put it's finger on the scale when it's time for the trumpets to blow *2 With the tongue of an angel and an all seeing eye I can open the sky or be a shoulder to cry I can move heaven and earth and make the worlds collide And then stand atop the rubble like At least I tried and be nothing Without love it is all nothing Worthless, pointless, nothing Philosophy, theology, your liturgy your life Philanthropy, humanity is vanity and trite Love covers a multitude and it's a good thing too noone knows the reasons for that better than you Before you pick up a stone You shouldn't even throw Maybe think about the things that you should already know And extend it, defend it, pretend it matters more Than to be against Instead let's be the loudest for Those who don't know don't care or frankly don't believe Your Samaritan neighbors even your enemies Childish quibbles and hate manifesting Stuck by the rule the exception is suggesting The greatest of these is the greatest of all Anything other is simply dropping the ball If it's too close to call, I'm playing it safe I'm giving thanks like it's November I'm joining hands to say grace In the face of the force of the folks who gon' hate us Cause I know no force no folk and separate us When the perfect arrives incomplete disappears If there's anything you think you understand in your years If there's anything you cannot overcome for your peers If there's anything beneath the surface causing you fear Give it time Pray and meditate hesitate when tempting fate and using words like predestinate Instead demonstrate how to anticipate the chance for an early date At the Pearly gates
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Be different, but not too different to be left to your difference Please listen, but not to the words instead to your inference There will be an advocate with no director And you will be your own sole protector Find the way and walk in it A thousand years in a day that is over in a minute Reach for the finish, struggle to attain Happiness in slavery, comfort in the pain Awed by the obvious in every direction Understand the obvious is just a reflection Dont get caught in concerns of a different dimension Or hoping for a cure when there's only prevention Everything costs time so always pay attention And embrace change, especially correction You, me, and everything we see Will change in an instant from the temporary And I tell you the truth that you will be judged So whatever you do, do it all with love This is the mire The insatiable desire The unquenchable fire The home of the liar Do you want to visit Do you want to stay There's nowhere else to go and you know it any way Together we are in this But together we are not You only look to take away the only thing I've got
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v1 I remember reading about a radical guy He did some radical shit and lived a radical life He became a politician and then I forget But I remember the story of a radical guy who lived a radical life, became a politician and died v2 I remember reading about a thoughtful guy He taught some radical shit and lived an examined life People didn't listen but locked him up instead and then He was dead Chorus v3 I remember reading about a revolutionary guy He broke the chains on himself and others in his life He met some politicians and then I forget But I remember the story of a revolutionary guy Who broke chains for himself and others in his lifetime Chorus: I read about these people in class I read about these people as a window to the past I read about these people but now I see I was reading parables of me It spoke to me then, because of who I am now I didn't see then, it was showing me how
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Rage Quit 02:52
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Transparency 03:29
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Two Face 03:14
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Uwubwub 03:21
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released October 7, 2022

Ben Strickland

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