TAO Pt 1

[Intro: Shad]
Get in touch

[Verse: Shad]
In other words, I’m from Mother Earth but I'm otherworldly
Every other word is murder, if Mr. Wonder heard me
He’d say he’s new Miles, he's a younger Bird, another Herbie
My mother’s Mavis, pops is Pops and my drummer’s Purdie
That’s lineage, my blood is dirty
That’s word to my brother like that brother Curry of the jersey with number 30
You up in church when I utter verses of love and mercy
The ushers worship and start twerking with the other clergy
I’m battled-tested but was never that aggressive
Even as an adolescent I would rather have a message
But, man alive the whole game’s been sanitized
Damn, what we done to the young, is like infanticide
Infantilized, the dumbed-down get amplified
Via algorithms that’s anything but randomized
I can't abide while these lies keep confusing things
They use euphemisms to lose the meaning of human beings
We know we’re old souls, they call us new machines
What they call enhanced reality’s a lucid dream
Literally remove the screen and you’ll see through the schemes
The stupid memes we consume keep us too serene
I love to laugh too but, it’s too much
What we lose in our addiction to these cool new drugs
We relax then detach then we straight lose touch
With everything, and that's when at last we lose us