Light Pollution - Intellectual

I don't know a life where I'm not covered in mud

On my belly like a gator, I cannot give it up

Death roll twisting in a minute there's a crunch

Birds in my teeth picking out the grub

Symbiotic is the politics, against or with us

Merchant on the highway selling ammo outta cups

Scrappy with that energy

Delirious and never sleep

"Shits not a contest", said the Shepard to the sheep

Bait em and swat em down

Neighbor? I'm shopping 'round

Oscillate 'tween lost and found

Quit acting like an awkward clown

Climbing outta cars with a hundred other mini me’s

Confessing and condescending. Please. Leave me in peace

Let sick dogs lie instead of poking at the beast

What's friendly competition for a friendly clan of cheats?

I revel in the dissonance

Grateful for my dividends

I'm nurturing my innocence

Easing up on discipline

[Chorus]

In the city you can't see the stars

You'll never know how bright you are

My shine is lost to the sky glow

But what the hell do I know ?

Light pollution

Why not do it?

At a certain point in life men stop getting hugs

Then it's trauma dumping too much or cats got your tongue

I've succumbed to the madness then clawed out the dung

From down a few pegs to ascending new rungs

Spitting: the safe space to tell it how it was

A convenient mechanism to give each other love

Sharing the passion support in showing up

Turn a profit or at least turn it into art

We were just kids that would freestyle rap songs

Do it for the love, throw one of my tracks on

Push too hard, my God, it's been that long?

Dropping like flies I stick it out like a strapped thong

I don't know a life without bummers to hide

Fighting for enlightenment the puzzle is the prize

Feeling like a kid again

Foster care and live in it

Sitting