Equilibrium

[Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz]
Before I lose my-
Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith
Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state
Before I lose my-
Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space
We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake
Before I lose my-

[Verse 1: Pegz]
I'm a pragmatic fool in a utopian room
A followed guru lookin' for a moment of truth
Mathematic, rap addict, smokin' a doob
Holding a mic straight out the Fallopian tube
Ghost in a room, haunted by colonial roots
Black tears in my eyes stain the sole of my boots
Show and improve, step into the vocal booth
And hang the grand dragon's head in my trophy room
Kid, I refuse to pledge my support for a system
That thinks justice is found in the law's definition
I see the ethics of man in a war of attrition
Society based on right-wing corporatism
Before John Mulan thought about submission
Slit his own throat lyin' on the floor of a prison
It's a resistance, power to the people
Tamil freedom birds, balanced on a steeple
Occupy the streets against the elements of evil
Develop in my mind like an alchemist's cerebral
I'm a man of peace, challenge and defeat you
With a cyanide cap in the cavity of each tooth

[Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz]
Before I lose my-
Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith
Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state
Before I lose my-
Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space
We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake
Before I lose my-

[Verse 2: Pegz]
I'm not a tough guy, I'm just tryna be honest
Tryna learn from mistakes, and apply the knowledge
I'm not a profit protected by the eye of Horus
I've been betrayed and sold out like Michael Collins
I'm not a hippy, but I can see the price of progress
Being written on the trees of our dyin' forests
Have we forgotten our natural environment's problems?
Or the consequence of us buying these products?
I try and be conscious of the brands that I keep
But I'm a walking contradiction, with Max on my feet
I write rhymes on a Mac Book, Adam and Eve
And applicate the rights for a man in the street
I can't breathe in a city full of capitalist greed
Where my actions contradict the standards I preach

[Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz]
Before I lose my-
Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith
Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state
Before I lose my-
Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space
We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake
Before I lose my-

[Verse 3: Pegz]
I pray the people rise up, with Egypt's vigilance
Peace for Libya, free the Syrians
Bolivian flowin' through my geeze-meridian
Tryna find balance, equilibrium
I'm trapped in a world that deceives its citizens
I'm in too deep to plead my innocence
Livin' in the peak, smoke, preach and idioms
Complicit in the crimes that I deem as hideous
Everyday myriads of greed and ignorance
I feel like an infidel that seeks deliverance
Democracy is dead, hopes of prophecy
Lost in translation like Homer's Odyssey
A free soul practisin' his own philosophy
Like protesting channel in the ghost of Socrates
This is post-apocalypse, social commentary
Killin' in the name of global poverty

[Chorus: Jace Excel & Pegz]
Before I lose my-
Mind, lose my soul, lose my faith
Living in the shadows of a bureaucratic state
Before I lose my-
Rights, lose my hopes, lose my space
We all know we're living in a fantasy, it's fake
Before I lose my-
Before I lose my-
Before I lose my-