[Intro]

Okay

Yeah, I can see the lies, I can see the ties

I can read the signs, it's written between the lines

Yeah (I mean, I’ma say what I gotta say)

[Verse 1]

Yeah, I swear to tell the truth and nothin' but the truth

But everything you said is a fuckin' lie, I’m livin' proof (Yeah)

You lied to my face, lied on your mission

You lied when you said that we started the same position

You lied on my family's immigrant expedition

Came here to start new but got treated back with suspicion

You lied to the courts, courted the judges

You lied for corporations incorporating your grudges

You lied to the public that publicly show disdain

Yet you profit off the puppets that prop you up for a gain

You lied to my grandmother in apron

Almost lynched in Tennessee for talking back to a patron

You lied to my grandmother in Chador

Started friction in Iran for an illegitimate war

You lied to the poor poured 'em aggression

Keep us fightin' over race while you race away with protection

You lied about the outcome of every election

But the biggest lie of all is the one that's in your reflection

[Chorus]

(I mean, I ain't even gotta say it, you know who the fuck I'm talkin’ about)

Yeah, I can see the lies, I can see the ties

I can read the signs, it’s written between the lines

Yeah, (Motherfuckers act like they wanna hear it but, they can't take it)

Yeah, I swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth but everything you said is a fuckin’ lie

[Verse 2]

The best place to place a lie is in plain sight

In same light, you shine for gratitude as an altitude to retain spite

Fighting the system that's sickening to its core

You can try to hide the scent of the virus as the allure

We endure with the hopes of emotion showing devotion

Media just provoke so we vote with our emotion

The notion that every ballot is valid

It's a just a ballad of validation that further solidifies imbalance

We bandage our wounds, internal bleeding consumes

Assuming you've got your papers unless you’ve got some paper

To pay a public official, the whistle was never blown

Until it's rusted the principles we entrusted

You lusted over consumption, fed us a false assumption

Murdered niggas for funds then funneled it through disfunction

Discussing golf scores over the luncheon

While we fighting turf wars to a score of pure corruption, like

[Chorus]

(nigga prayin' checkers, man, they playing chess)

Yeah, I can see the lies, I can see the ties

I can read the signs, it's written between the lines

Yeah, (Niggas better get on their, better get on their shit, you know)

Yeah, I swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth but everything you said is a fuckin' lie