Equilibrium

Lyrics

[Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz] Before I lose my- Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state Before I lose my- Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake Before I lose my- [Verse 1: Pegz] I'm a pragmatic fool in a utopian room A followed guru lookin' for a moment of truth Mathematic, rap addict, smokin' a doob Holding a mic straight out the Fallopian tube Ghost in a room, haunted by colonial roots Black tears in my eyes stain the sole of my boots Show and improve, step into the vocal booth And hang the grand dragon's head in my trophy room Kid, I refuse to pledge my support for a system That thinks justice is found in the law's definition I see the ethics of man in a war of attrition Society based on right-wing corporatism Before John Mulan thought about submission Slit his own throat lyin' on the floor of a prison It's a resistance, power to the people Tamil freedom birds, balanced on a steeple Occupy the streets against the elements of evil Develop in my mind like an alchemist's cerebral I'm a man of peace, challenge and defeat you With a cyanide cap in the cavity of each tooth [Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz] Before I lose my- Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state Before I lose my- Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake Before I lose my- [Verse 2: Pegz] I'm not a tough guy, I'm just tryna be honest Tryna learn from mistakes, and apply the knowledge I'm not a profit protected by the eye of Horus I've been betrayed and sold out like Michael Collins I'm not a hippy, but I can see the price of progress Being written on the trees of our dyin' forests Have we forgotten our natural environment's problems? Or the consequence of us buying these products? I try and be conscious of the brands that I keep But I'm a walking contradiction, with Max on my feet I write rhymes on a Mac Book, Adam and Eve And applicate the rights for a man in the street I can't breathe in a city full of capitalist greed Where my actions contradict the standards I preach [Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz] Before I lose my- Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state Before I lose my- Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake Before I lose my- [Verse 3: Pegz] I pray the people rise up, with Egypt's vigilance Peace for Libya, free the Syrians Bolivian flowin' through my geeze-meridian Tryna find balance, equilibrium I'm trapped in a world that deceives its citizens I'm in too deep to plead my innocence Livin' in the peak, smoke, preach and idioms Complicit in the crimes that I deem as hideous Everyday myriads of greed and ignorance I feel like an infidel that seeks deliverance Democracy is dead, hopes of prophecy Lost in translation like Homer's Odyssey A free soul practisin' his own philosophy Like protesting channel in the ghost of Socrates This is post-apocalypse, social commentary Killin' in the name of global poverty [Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz] Before I lose my- Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state Before I lose my- Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake Before I lose my- Before I lose my- Before I lose my-