Fake News (feat. Holly the Riot)

We got the science of smarts We got the grind in our coffee Electric lights in the dark We got the spreadsheets and charts Pharmaceutical pills And hella places to park We got the smart phones Netflix, Facebook, amazon We see our stories as true We read the blogs and the news We buy whatever we want Barely know who it's through Work for money 'cause the rent is 'bout due Get so damn drunk on distraction We forget what we once knew What were we wrong about? I cannot say exactly How could we Take on back these Powers that be Inside ourselves You are me I am you We are something greater than what we do What we can see What we believe to be true It's so few opportunities to Look back on all the things that We took for granted And assumed would be true but What if the hustle and bustle just doubles our trouble? What if we wasting our minds as much as our muscles? What if the stuff we've been fed Is nothing nutritious (At all) Why does the water we drinking taste so suspicious? What does it mean to be male or female? Addicted to retail? Retweets and emails? I can't say but I wonder In the midst of our lost gods And this deep hunger What were we wrong about? I cannot say exactly How could we Take on back these Powers that be Inside ourselves You are me. I am you We are something greater than what we see What we believe to be true It's so few opportunities to Look back on all the things that We took for granted And assumed would be true What if the hustle and bustle just doubles our trouble? What if we're wasting our time? What does it mean to be male or female Addicted to retail, retweets and emails? I can't say but I wonder