The Language
Lateef the Truthspeaker/Stateless Lyrics

Speak explosive speech, speech to keep us safe
Use powerful language, language that protects us

A smiling fire bomb
A dangerous force concealed with a deceptive appearance

Shake, shake another hand, crush another soul
Pretend to be friendly while causing harm to others

With your fame and your medicine
Using popularity and manipulation to control others

Cast, cast another stone
Throw another weapon, weapon to keep us safe from lies

A stone to keep us safe from these broken promises
A tool used to protect us from the deception of unfulfilled commitments

Dream an everlasting dream
Imagine a future where we are free from oppression

A dream where we escape these new speak savages
A vision of freedom from those who use confusing language to manipulate us

You better make for the oxygen tent
Find a safe space to protect yourself and breathe in clear air

And try to sleep with one eye open
Remain vigilant to the danger around you

'Cause they have ways to divert your attention
They will distract you to avoid being held accountable for their actions

They have ways to disguise the intention
They will deceive you to hide their true motives

Duck tape not just on my mouth I'm wrapped up in it
I am completely silenced and unable to act freely

Can't break free from the money that's trapped up in it
I am trapped by financial dependencies and unable to escape

Unwilling passenger on this suicide mission
Forced to participate in a destructive situation against my will

Genocide every side getting dirtier and dirtier with every very new rendition
The conflict is spiraling into a more and more brutal cycle of violence

Every mother, every child that's died for the pride
Countless innocent lives have been lost due to the arrogance of leaders

Of the false stride of a politician
The misleading actions of officials who claim to serve the people but actually pursue their own interests

And they haunt every corner of my minds eye ask why?
The memories of the atrocities will never leave me, and leave me questioning why they happened

But the answers are missing
The truth and accountability are obscured or missing entirely

With holes in the stories that are half truth half lie
The narratives presented to us are incomplete or partially fabricated

Consequences smouldering
The repercussions of our actions are wreaking havoc

But the fire burns bright for the masses what's right
The fervor of the people is focused on achieving what is just

Is the life of the mission
The goal of creating a better world is what we must strive for

Fire with fire and we'll all get burned
Fighting violence with violence will only lead to destruction for all

I don't understand this language
The language of aggression and deception is not comprehensible to me