Rhys Langston - Playwright lyrics

Hand of the slave Gun of the free Another promise—(sh**) people Not we Golden potential, that's locked In a cage Lamp is the lie Truth is that shade Harcourt textbooks written about the plains And middle school children soak up Actors in a play (they soak up actors in a play They soak up actors in a—) Peasants pay today to sit tomorrow by the stage Muck through their dreams Sifting filth Pray and stay Casted in a flash as the roles are filled Drilled in a skull To measure place In racial guild Thrilled to be sold On that census auction block Kids on courts hoop David Stern's stock opt Shunned if that orange ball Don't bu*tress their color Phantoms of past dreams Stopped and frisked walking the corner f** 1984, or, well, 1985 The same groups for 600 years Still fight to survive Diplomatic impotency A Horner diagnosis; Give viagra to incumbents Will their old dicks rise with purpose? The country's strife The country wife The country dies A blunted knife Grindstone is white Black smith, contrite Is left of right In a doll's house the producers held a gun to the playwright (playwright) x3 In a doll's house the producers held a gun to the playwright (playwright) x6 In a doll's house the producers held a gun to the playwright (playwright) x3 Hand of the slave Gun of the free Another promise—(sh**) people Not we Golden potential, that's locked In a cage Lamp is the lie Truth is that shade