Shells
Awakening Anger: Unmasking the System in Mo Lowda & The Humble's 'Shells'
Lyrics
You wake up on your soapbox at the crack of dawn to stick it to the man who's in charge of everything that you can't quite understand.
You wake up with a strong opinion, ready to challenge the person in power whom you find difficult to comprehend.
When the anger wells inside of you,
Feelings of anger build up within you.
just make sure that you know where it's directed to.
When expressing anger, be mindful of its target.
Well you argued it a thousand times and you never change.
Despite repeated arguments, your perspective remains unchanged.
You claim they're thinking with their wallets, not their pain.
You believe that those in power prioritize financial interests over empathy.
In a world that you created, you sleep inside a crater of your mind.
Your existence is within a self-created world, possibly with emotional craters.
cnd I say, “Why don't we think about what we're doing to each other?”
A call to reconsider the impact of our actions on each other.
See, you've been living a joke trying to act like we're protecting ourselves.
You've been living insincerely, pretending to protect yourselves as a joke.
See, you've been living a joke... trying to act like...
Reiteration of living insincerely and pretending.
There's nothing wrong in the scheme of things, well, ‘scheme' is the operative word.
No inherent issues in the grand scheme of things, but the term 'scheme' implies a manipulative aspect.
We used to load our guns in a minute. Before the minute was up, they'd learn.
Recollection of a time when actions were quicker, perhaps implying a loss of efficiency or resolve.
But now we run to hills, but in the hills we seek no refuge.
Escaping to the hills provides no refuge; avoiding problems doesn't solve them.
We can't hide from the scope of their corruption.
Confrontation with the pervasive influence of corruption, unable to escape its reach.
We can't hide from the bullet shells.
The inescapable impact of violence, represented by bullet shells.
cnd I say, “Why don't we think about what we're doing to each other?”
A repeated call to reflect on the consequences of our actions on others.
“Why don't we think about...”
A continuation of the plea for introspection and consideration of our collective actions.
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