THE SYSTEM

Dear brothers heed my warning

For it came to me this morning

Once awakened from a fit of nervous sleep

We all talk about the system

Quick to offer criticism

But never do we admit

The system

Cannot be beat

For it cannot be debated

It is We

Who are regulated

The system is the only thing to change

For there cannot

Be a system

Without We the chosen victims

Without We,

We the pawns to rearrange

Now there’s but One Way

To beat the odds

Which is to Be the system’s gods

To at once

Be the system Destigmatized

For in this system

Loyalty

Is higher placed than

Harmony

And if you stray away

Then you’ll be

Crucified

(1989)