Roots Manuva - Chin High

Fuel injection on a blank page My mental splurges and emerges from nothing I'm the forgotten The nude that got caught with two keys in his bottom We don't know him, we don't owe him Poetic justice with no poem I study my art 'til I'm blue in the face No time to waste, my heart's on the plate The soul and life force dancing on the timelines These ain't rhymes no more, they're straight sermons For urban suburban Babylonian contours Raw roll up raw, sounds of war To drown out the police and their tracking device Brings back to mind how they mack on the ice 'Cause they transmit and receive Best know the beast will listen Throw your glitz as they strip your assets How vexed thou art, but you are playing a part In your own damn demise You money-grips need to get more wise Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Pursue it, pursue it My I-tal views come from this I-tal brew Something about these struggles and the things they do The peace-bringers, quote-key-quote singers That ring us for nothing in this marketplace Could be target grace, a new-tical movement Bringing an improvement to mind and soul Life's a bitch, we tired of the bitching Them cheap escape routes got me here twitching How much money must we waste 'til we see Them self-made heroes that we make for ourself Goodbye old me, say hello to the new Please Lord Jesus, help me get through Can I be a man for my baby boo What's a grown man supposing he to do When the world at large be scared of the truth I got good reason to be uncouth Like a big wide hole in the top of your roof And I really don't got much nice to say When day-to-day is pure bills to pay So how am I supposed to change my ways When this world at large seems to lead me astray Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Pursue it, pursue it Transfixed by an apparent Will in the way To seize the day Accept us to social fray Most remember what the media push There goes the crooks who fiddle the books And run scot-free 'cause money reigns supreme In the gene of the fiends Chemical warfare Biological warfare The near is never seen Man and machine Getting into things While some claim road and some claim blame Oblivious to the time that we're living in The misled mislead Afflicted by the greed Government man keep fighting down the weed While they boost up the booze, the prozac and methodone And use the taxpayer's money to develop their clones Misinformation Mass sedation Nations baited for spiritual rapings Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Chin high, puffed chest, we step right to it The choice is there ain't no choice but to pursue it Pursue it, pursue it