Mr Gee Poet - Cuts Both Ways lyrics

[Mr Gee] The Sword of Damocles cuts deeply, taking your life away Showing the price you pay, rolling the dice today Knowing the time of play decreases with ease Roll out the barrel even petrol tanks need to breathe Exhale new years eve with a collective disease Play the January blues that the bank balances grieve Trying to hold down a job is like a pod does a pea I can't afford to be sick so just watch where you sneeze Now the lock blocks the key, the clock's mocking me It points to an open road but its the potholes I see Stop snitching is the word that they preach in the street But then the innocent get hurt while the guilty go free Am I still cotton picking with exotic stitching Or do I get lost in the prison of forgotten living That's tantalizing - gangster fantasizing So my frantic eyes are blinded by desire when My happiness lies in someone else's worth Put a mirror to my eyes and invite the curse I was given this life to uplift the earth Not to fight and die for someone else's turf Cuts from the government, I'm bound to condemn them Cuts from my brothers, well I'll never defend them To get sliced both ways from above and below Left stuck in the maze with nowhere to go For each new year I hope for new cheer I look with new eyes and listen with new ears I sit down to drive and say a few prayers I rev up the engine and start in a new gear [Break] Cuts from the government, I'm bound to condemn them Cuts from my brothers, well I'll never defend them To get sliced both ways from above and below Left stuck in the maze with nowhere to go For each new year I hope for new cheer I look with new eyes and listen with new ears I sit down to drive and say a few prayers I rev up the engine and start in a new gear