| Lithermans Load | |
| "Sign of the Tmes" | |
| It’s so hard to say where we are today, It’s like everything we want is so far away. All our dreams are like distant stars at play, Squeezin thru our fingers like a ball of clay. Calls that say, “We need another dollar stack, We hate to holler at you, but you gotta call us back.” You’re pullin at your collar, like a cardiac, You’re full’a pressure, like a heart attack. Then like a thunder-crack, you could see thru it all, Past the blunders, everything made you fall, World torn asunder, like urban sprawl, As you wander thru the dust like aerosol. As you try to put the world together again, As you weigh your soul up against the feather again. But together, we’ll survive the weather, and then We can talk about the rest of forever, and then Whatever, then, talk about how we treat each other, Defeat each other, how we beat each other, We need each other, gotta plant the seed of brother -hood, bleed for the common good. So when you’re sittin, pissed, in a traffic jam, And you could see it all around you like a hologram, Let the lady in and wave, “welcome, ma’am”. You see, nobody needs another Birmingham. Because I tell you the truth so medicinally, Don’t wanna sell you the proof, you should listen to me. The cradle fell with the roof. Eyes glistening, we Lost our youth, and still, we’re missin the key. (2  (CHORUS) X2 Sign of the times, just a sign of the times, Pay no attention, just rhythm and rhyme. Put your hand out, I’m ‘on help you climb, Cause I don’t gotta be another sign of the times -We gotta bounce when we hit the ground, Take a head count, take a look around. -We all amount to something, I’ve found, So help somebody up, and make the world go round. -The sound of one hand just don’t clap, We can’t rebuild towns with off-handed rap. We can’t pretend this is just a mishap. -We can’t defend opinions with straps. -We gotta act with solidarity, Stay focused on freedom and charity, We gotta share, it’s the key to prosperity, Don’t let fear turn to barbarity. -Or would you care to be in someone else’s shoes? Truth or dare, like hell or heaven to chose. Everywhere, there’s people who just roll with the blues. Say a prayer, cause there’s more than just your soul to lose. --I know you’re feelin alone, Engaged as I’m caressin this microphone, Enraged, gotta stop stressin your cranium bone, Bird-caged, stop obsessin, cause you’re not on your own. -You never know when the need will appear, Trouble brews, as I do, better heed what you hear. Double-true, when you plant your seedlings too near, Because you’re duty is to let the world interfere.(24) --But you gotta steer clear Of any of the negatives that got you here. You gotta see, alotta what we all see is fear, But you gotta rise above it, like the atmosphere. (CHORUS) X2 Sign of the times, just a sign of the times, Pay no attention, just rhythm and rhyme. Put your hand out, I’m ‘on help you climb, Cause I don’t gotta be another sign of the times Bridge – beat with sound bites from “strange days” This is just the dark before the dawn, So gather in the park, with your parkas on, And make another spark before the stars are gone, To keep away the sharks of Babylon. They traveled on the waves of tragedy. They gathered at the graves, so glad to see Another dead slave to the powers that be. And they fed on the dread, like energy. But don’t let ‘em be, don’t give ‘em nothing to take, Cause there will never be a time when you got nothing at stake. Are you gonna bend? Are you gonna break? Are you gonna defend all the play |
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