Empire - Soké

Love and truth make the system fail

nuff confusion a put we brain inna jail

invisible shackles and chain cyaan bail

so mi sharpen mi blade and cut the dragon tail

politician dem play we just like a game

x amount of choice but it’s all the same

hollywood sacrifice for the price of fame

obsession with celebrity a keep a lead we a stray

you lock up rasta but CIA provide cocaine

manipulate the mind to make it love pain

Dem a gwaan with Lucifer and make it rain

wise people keep sane

Pre-dem a dumb we down

distracted from reality

everything is illusion

and we keep buying fallacy

People stand up, mash up di empire

muss realize seh di devil is a liar

people wake up, mash up di empire

walk through the fire, seek freedom, get higher

people rise up, mash up di empire

revolutionary mind never tired

people light up, mash up di empire

make darkness retire

Society make black man bleach him skin

cyaan see danger but mi see a shark fin

gwaan try your best but cyaan make mi light dim

jah soldier nuh live life inna sin

artificial beauty too thin

bun chemical use herbal medicine

lickle bwoy sell crack fe get car and shiny rim yeah

the rich get richer so more people strugglin' yeah

the bank thief mi money

your pill make me feel sick and a make me gwaan funny

your food keep me hungry, yeah

your school brainwash pickney dem like a dummy

religion keep the world away from me

Pre-dem a dumb we down

distracted from reality

everything is illusion

and we keep buying fallacy

People stand up, mash up di empire

muss realize seh di devil is a liar

people wake up, mash up di empire

walk through the fire, seek freedom, get higher

people rise up, mash up di empire

revolutionary mind never tired

people light up, mash up di empire

make darkness retire

I wanna see woman dem respected

but first dem haffi respect dem selves

cause i see nuff pain inflicted

poisoning the water inna well

basic human rights dem restricted

everyday life we riskin'

schizophrenic world this a sickenin'

can mi get a witness?

People stand up, mash up di empire

muss realize seh di devil is a liar

people wake up, mash up di empire

walk through the fire, seek freedom, get higher

people rise up, mash up di empire

revolutionary mind never tired

people light up, mash up di empire

make darkness retire