Ozomatli - Alone lyrics

Yo A person who you might know well, like and trust Can slither no matter how tight the clutch They're standing here right With us, nightly they fight and fuss With enemies, plot 'til you bite the dust Their hearts feels like disgust Thinking their own light's enough Every fire inside they like to snuff It's something we might discuss, trust My mama tight with us, with bullsh**, she said, wipe and flush She taught us how to give praises to God Not worshipping human pastors Just call me iconoclast, I'm cracking your wall plaster People, Americans, put on pedestals fall faster Forever the task of never grasping what they ask for You question my loyalty, my fidelity All I want is to peddle my poetry uncompellingly and Catch a zone, for God sets the tone I'm stretched alone until my name's etched in stone, that's why [Hook:] You need to know that you walk the trail alone You can succeed together, but you fail alone To the bone, pray together but you get judged alone Work together but you try alone You live together but you die alone Ah-ah, la-la-la, la-la-la You live together but you die alone Ah-ah, la-la-la, la-la-la Yo, the human crisis and my life's test Is to try to conquer my vices with preciseness I need to stop putting prices on what is priceless Need to be righteous, and then I'll get a good night's rest Trying to wipe stress by making the fight rest, plus Bring energy to the lifeless, my mic test I'm quite blessed and much Better than theirs, no matter the cheers Some of my character traits need weather repairs Individual like the follicles from feathers and hairs Not addicted to the power, haven't shedded a ? The pursuit of currency can leave you dead on the stairs My biggest life lesson, I need to be better prepared I've never been scared to see what eyes are clouded by hate But now I'm irate, surrounded by J, no cannot escape From being black, suspected of criminal activity I'm alone and it's never been more clear to me now I see that I was immersed in fallacy Reversed mechanically, this society's policy is If ? keep the surface in mind, this Turkish design So big can keep you purposely blind Insert the divine, stop working behind enemy lines It's finna be time, daily events, enemy signs It's chilling my spine, to you shaytan set the tone I'm stretched alone until my name's etched in stone, that's why [Hook]