Mother's Day

from How To Rap Your Way Out of Any Situation by Dead Candidates

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Once she was a young girl
full of promise, a hopeful future
not a single regret in her heart
but she's a broken old woman now

Dusty city once was a center of industry
a gleam in a young nation's eye
then came the slavers
and the greedy
they tore the streets
from one end to another

Now only the empty can find a place here

Ema said he'd be the one
grow up to be anything
maybe President
she wouldn't accept anything else
she kept on pushing him
he let his serpent in
he would do anything
he took the dirty money
he took to cruelty behind closed doors
he wanted to please her
always needing more
he saw beyond his eyes
he let his conscious die

He let his conscious die
he fed us all to worms
he told his mother why
she had to burn

The story always seems the same
the words dance around on the page
into predictable and comfortable cliches
everybody, every day.

It's the death of virtue
the snake is within you
to get it out
it has to bite you
if i kill mine
will you kill yours
when the time comes to play dead
I'll bring you forth

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from How To Rap Your Way Out of Any Situation, released May 8, 2017
The Rev: Lyrics and Vocals
Kappo: Lyrics, Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keys and Drums
Ragebeast: Vocals

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