ALM (A Lack of eMpathy)

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Hahaha go head
Uh yeah
You know what I really believe
Most of our problems are caused by
A lack of empathy
The ability or I say the inability to look at somebody's problem
Simply because of, you know, what you're going through
Huh
But as much as I'd like to say
We gotta change our ways and whatnot
I can't sit here and lie and act like I'm not doing the same thing
Cuz at the end of the day, when I look at myself
Shit
I'm guilty of it too
Check it out

An alarm was ringing but I kept my eyes closed
Continued sleeping hitting snooze until I couldn't so I
Woke up
Frustrated on the wrong side of bed
Better button up my shirt before my job can dock my bread
Cuz I'm late again, all cuz I'm late again
Like a minute is too much to lose on the buisness' end
But the clock's telling me I still got some time to spend
My decision came from my stomach rumbling
Thought I'd eat some cereal, maybe watch a video
Logged online and all I see is a sea of posts that drown the folks
In footage of a black man dying from police
In images of violence and riots in the streets
In a scene of obscene police brutality
Painting pictures of systems where no justice is found it seems
I hadda disconnect before my mood was killed
But to top it all off
I didn't have some milk damn
Now talk about some silly first world problems
On the road to work I swear God tried to talk and
Gave me a red light so I can stop and see
Someone begging for change holding a sign to read
I pretend I don't notice my eyes stay focused on my life cuz I might feel guilt inside
And when I try to tune it out with some music to calm me down
My heart sang me a song to push a thought in sight
Singing

What's it like
Tell me what it's like
To only care about a problem that's directly in your life
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
When nobody seems to feel your pain
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
To only care about a problem that's directly in your life
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
When nobody seems to feel your pain

I think we all have beliefs that we hold true
But sometimes drop them in the moment that they're called to
Soon to chant a fundamental but don't practice past the pencil
To the ALM group, this verse is for you
Tell me
What is a life in your eyes
Do you believe in what you say or do you lie
If all lives really mattered I'd imagine you be madder
When seeing how Derek knelt until Floyd hadda die but no
You wanna talk about the stats
And only speak to make a point and that's a fact
Don't tell me you empathize when all that's televised are critiques
On how to properly protest than riot in the streets
You fighting for police despite them harming the peace
You standing idly by while the guilty receive paid leave
Like a person who witnessed wrong but don't help now here's the truth
You only care when it affects you
For those who feel but stand still just think about Emmett Till
His mama opened his casket to open the eyes revealed
To a nation of skeptics doubting to push equality
We're living in 2020 yet we still can't see
Cuz the truth's not enough
The proof's not enough
Floyd's murders detained only after people stood up
Till's casket was the catalyst the change was the fit
All lives never mattered 'til the black lives said shit

What's it like
Tell me what it's like
To only care about a problem that's directly in your life
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
When nobody seems to feel your pain
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
To only care about a problem that's directly in your life
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
When nobody seems to feel your pain

See
The sound of only caring 'bout the problems in your life
Might be appealing since you're feeling how it hurts you right
But the moment you need to know you're not alone they're on your side
And they're not, may kill you inside
A lack of empathy, a lack of empathy
Is the first step to disconnect from our centerpiece
Cuz when we each forget about a problem not affecting us
We lose our respect for the rest of us
How many of us
Know what it's like to see the backs of our friends'
In situations where we're faced with pain and wished they would tend
How many times have she shed light on the sins
In those moments for a person we know was wrong on them
We distant the instant we can't relate
That's why some guys can still objectify the woman they date
Talk slick to a chick just to
Get it on
But karma claps back like a good response
See it might not bother you, 'til you have a daughter who
Brings home the guy she met to the family's barbecue
And you shake the hand of a man who claims he loves her but he lies
Cuz you can see how he has your intentions in his eyes
Karma

What's it like
Tell me what it's like
To only care about a problem that's directly in your life
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
When nobody seems to feel your pain
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
To only care about a problem that's directly in your life
What's it like
Tell me what it's like
When nobody seems to feel your pain

Can ya can ya can ya feel it
Can ya can ya can ya can ya can ya feel it
Uh
Can ya feel it yeah
Can ya can ya can ya feel it
Nah uh
Can ya feel it uh
Can ya can ya can ya feel it
Uhh

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