Gargoyles

[Verse 1]
Word
I've been fighting since I was born
Been to war with the rifles armed, looked in the eyes of a lifeless form
Seen villages with children fired upon, countless amounts of women who cry and mourn
Frightened, with their palms in a bible psalm
This is real life, who put the liars on?
Put the work in 'til the first sight of dawn, writing by the window during a quiet storm
Remain wise and calm, this is art of war, not a rhyme from a cypher by the corner store
It's more like conquerers on a foreign shore
Leave your body frozen like Warsaw, Pol
Bar by bar, chapter full of massacre
Double agent, assassinate your character
They send savages and animals after ya
The time's now do the math to the calender

[Chorus]
Say prayers like candles and pour oil
Respect is everything, so we're all loyal
Look at the times, it's getting worse on our soil
Watch the city, observe like a gargoyle
Wicked heathens want the sacred source spoiled
Respect is everything, so we're all loyal
Look at the times, it's getting worse on our soil
Watch the city, observe like a gargoyle

[Verse 2]
Yeah, lines to savor
Analyze my data, shrouded in secrecy, cryptic by nature
Silence the traitor, fry him with a taser
Watch the world from the side of a skyscraper
Envisioning the lies of product and retail
Free, fuck being locked in the beast jail
Needed guidance from a female on exotic beach sails
Smell the tropical weed trail
But I'm here instead, land full of fear and dread
Poisonous, polluted atmosphere that's dead
Peers that bled pursuing the treasure, ruined mecca
Truth is truth, whether you a student in the room with a professor in a school lecture who keeps tools on the dresser
The foolish never learn from their past mistakes
Watch them come and go, perched on the castle's gate

[Chorus]
Say prayers like candles and pour oil
Respect is everything, so we're all loyal
Look at the times, it's getting worse on our soil
Watch the city, observe like a gargoyle
Wicked heathens want the sacred source spoiled
Respect is everything, so we're all loyal
Look at the times, it's getting worse on our soil
Watch the city, observe like a gargoyle

[Verse 3]
I'm back in the dark again
Trying to feel my heart again
Harsh wind froze the heart within
Among thieves, outlaws, and godless men
My conscience is swarming with thoughts of sin
Guilt and shame, found it unsuitable to be a slave locked down in a cubicle
A phantom, but not the uptown musical
Marx, I make misery sound beautiful
War stories, scars and glory
Legends of veterans gone before me
Concrete jungle, dark safari
I managed to manifest my thoughts so purely and
Disregard the fools, put the truest first
Ride the iron horse in a steel universe
Mind is lost inside of a ruthless curse
You deny of course, because the honest truth, it hurts

[Chorus]
Say prayers like candles and pour oil
Respect is everything, so we're all loyal
Look at the times, it's getting worse on our soil
Watch the city, observe like a gargoyle
Wicked heathens want the sacred source spoiled
Respect is everything, so we're all loyal
Look at the times, it's getting worse on our soil
Watch the city, observe like a gargoyle