Exile
Shad Lyrics

Though I empathize with em
Even though I understand their feelings

And sympathize with em
And feel sorry for their situation

I don't enterprise with em
I don't do business with them

Or synchronize with em
I don't work together in time or motion with them

We don't strategize with em
We don't plan jointly with them

We're not allies with em
We're not friends with common goals

We don't fratenize with em
We don't socialize with them

Let em patronize
Let them be condescending

We don't want no ties with em
We don't want any connections with them

Wont monopolize with em
We won't control the market with them

Let em ostracize
Let them exclude us

We don't compromise with em
We don't settle our differences with them

We wont victimize with em
We won't harm them or put them in a bad situation

Commit genocide with em
We won't kill a large group of people with them

Spit their lies with em
We won't support their falsehoods

Or objectify women with em
We won't treat women like objects with them

Socialize with em
We won't hang out or spend time with them

Broke my ties with em
I ended all connections with them

Now we open-eyed in this over-hyped system
Now we're aware of the flaws in this system that is made to seem better than it actually is

We know…
We're aware of the truth

This wisdom of man
The knowledge that people possess

Is foolishness to God
Is not as valuable as the knowledge that God possesses

Don't build on the sand
Don't rely on unstable or unreliable things

Or trust in the odds
Don't believe in what is most likely to happen

Be shrewd as the snakes
Be clever and cunning like snakes

And innocent as doves
Be pure and harmless like doves

Don't succumb to hate
Don't give in to feelings of anger and resentment

Overcome hate with love
Overpower hate with feelings of kindness and compassion

We're taught not to question the status
We're instructed to accept things as they are

Quo cuz the masses never get heard
Because the voice of the majority is often not heard

That's unless your established
Except if you have already earned a high status

With expert professors in dress-shirts
With knowledgeable teachers who dress formally

And glasses that lecture to classes
And glasses that help them see better while they teach

From lecterns
From the elevated stands they speak from

Where next term the best third will pass an'
Where in the next term the top one-third of students will pass and excel

Earn cash working as
Make money by working as

Desk clerks for the best firms in Manhattan
Receptionists in the top companies in Manhattan

Where the pressure can crack em
Where the pressure can break them down

Cuz networks and net worth and class get
Because your social circle, financial status, and social class are important

Treasured over pleasures that last
Valued over things that bring long-term happiness

Always measuring stacks
Always measuring success in terms of wealth

A passion for lesser
A passion for things that are less important

God's growing, see – the distraction is clever
God is getting bigger, but the distractions in the world that keep us from realizing that are cunning