Hourglass


Living in this hell hole we call hiphop,
I see the soulin sellin, drug dealing, on going non stop.
Sad cause it's lucifer's will but still we feed him,
So now we live our days amoungst the devils and demons,
For the shackles of wealth I see us trading our freedoms,
Has us graspin at the happiness others claim to see,
In these material things,
That cover up the scars of our diamonds and rings,
We mad at cats cash and the power it brings,
But yet we glad to have ears to hear the cash register chings,
Worshiping that dollar more than scholars and kings,
On the money, and if we not we blaming the change,
Addicted to this business built presidents' names,
Independants, aint it strange we loving the chains.
But now I'm mad cause Im hearing three different beings,
I hear the money, the crowds and God's voice in my ear,
Three ears would let me hear them clearer, (So I can Choose)
Because Im losing my God behind pressures of youth.
But I believe our answers lie inside (You'll find em)
Im still searching for that truth (One step at a time)
And that's a truth all yall can understand,
It's hard to balance greed,
When its the money that makes the man,
But remember its God that made you man,
So be careful be you turn down his helping hand,
Cause you could find self stranded in that devilish land,
Where the fires burn higher than the heavens of man,
Because heavens man invented,
So imperfect in it mention,
Real heaven is inside you, theres no need for that ascension,
Like,


They say, Hourglass man, Hourglass man,
They say you can, but you won't live forever,
They say, Hourglass man, Hourglass man,
You think you can, but you won't live forever,
You got dreams up,
You want your means but,
Y'all just wanna seem tough,
And y'all don't really need much.


We livin twisted in this system where is good to be the brokers,
While our poor are given weeks just to move into that coldness
So the brokest stayin weak, mad homeless being frozen,
Which is why we linin streets with them niggas movin coke,
And yo we prayin for that peace so we can learn just whats important,
Find us hoping fathers please, be around and raise your own kids.
Live my life without the cues of mission sent,
From the heavens so I picked up rhyming, flowin dividends.
I can tell you now, Its this world that we livin in,
Too many folks, flauntin, tauntin with they priviledge,
Givin' in, to what you might call greed,
And that too many wants for what we need,
Throwing scraps to the rats when we Might well feed,
Children fighting too hard for every scrap they eat.
They brave the fires on a day to day,
Searchin for a tamer place,
Where they can go and rest between the devils gaze and hellish gates,
Locked up in this cave, staring at them shallow graves,
Waiting for a God with an answer to their praise.
Starvin to a point where their bones are sticking out,
And that hair upon they head, now just some skin up on they scalp,
Bloated in the stomach til their eyes are poppin out,
Finding everything but food hiding up inside they mouth.
And I hear people say, well Mars that's not my problem,
I mean these kids parents went and left em out there starving,
How the fuck do you expect me to replace what they lost,
And I tell em man, you just sealing they fates up them coffins.
Its that laid back mentality, lost up in reality,
Cats livin lives off the grid upon them batteries,
Yo dog you so secluded, you can`t really see whats happening?
Or you lames don't two shit about all of this calamity?
See brothers with stone souls and cold hearts,
Walking blind towards hell because their halos are dark,
Im punchin lines like braille, so feel they where they wrong,
So you can change up they path and put some faith in they thoughts,
Put some faith in they thoughts...

They say, Hourglass man, Hourglass man,
They say you can, but you won't live forever,
They say, Hourglass man, Hourglass man,
You think you can, but you won't live forever,
You got dreams up,
You want your means but,
Y'all just wanna seem tough,
And y'all don't really need us...

Uh, I didn't think so...