Parallax – Rat Race Lyrics
Lyrics
Intro
- "The point is that, ladies and gentleman, that greed "
- Perhaps a better word, is good
- Greed is right
- Greed works
- Greed, in all of it's forms
- Captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit
- We're born into the world
- And we tend to accept (uhhh) the world as it is
- When we're born into it
- (Thoughts on my mind with no self control)
Verse 1
- So, what's my deal? I just feel hope suffered
- When I think about the world that my kids will grow up in (shit)
- Mass media is feeding no substance and each day
- The law seems to reason no justice (corrupt)
- You could say slate on this cause I got a hate for pigs
- But it's just the way intimidation's gonna make you think
- A free pass for black suits with bare cash
- But be harsh on track suits with air max
- It's true some are feeding on the penny
- Stackplotting high life from the weed up in that 20 bag
- Forget a job, it's easier to sell a batch
- The cycle turns into track like you pedal crack (What?)
- So, if you're doubting, I would scout the trail
- Back to the people that are eager to be alpha males
- Infected by the ethics of the powder sale
- Spreadin' round the brain like the wrecking of a cancer
Hook
- And this is how the plan plays
- Many act strange liven' in this rat race
- Shaped by the world when I flow on the beat
- So quote what I speak if you know what I mean
- It's deep (x2)
Verse 2
- I think we're lacking guide, slacking with a fractured mind
- Seeing sight, but we're colored blind seeing traffic lights
- But, I'm seaking signs, reading in between the lines
- Re-difine what your state of mind will believe is right
- What was known logic, is in a closed coffin
- Cause a saints hearing stirs from a false prophet
- Take caution, cause they're warping how we even think
- Trying not to fall when we're walking on this ego trip
- And above us all, some are scared to talk
- Chillin' back on the highest floor of canary wharf
- Fuck a recession, he knows where he shares his thoughts
- One step ahead, so he's not scared to fall
- We're just an army of a marching rank
- Feeding into greed like our market of Armani brands
- You ain't fly unless you're riding a Ferrari back
- Tinted out with garments that are printed with Versace stamp
Hook
- And this is how the plan plays
- Many act strange liven' in this rat race
- Shaped by the world when I flow on the beat
- So quote what I speak if you know what I mean
- It's deep (x2)