i'm already dead, it's a matter of will i stay dead?
top of my grave is printed pattern of tank tread.
i see the manifestos & blank faces,
my family another 0 in somebody's bank statement,
keep this thing shaking. the orson welles of the mortar shells:
i peak early & drop heavy on oil wells.
let's break it all the way down to the organelles:
when we gonna organize a jailbreak & storm the cells?
i heard they pack steelin em, cap peelin em,
it's cap until we start bastille-in em,
who gon breathe oxygen? who gon breathe helium?
who i'll be rocking with? who gon be squealing then?
this is the itty bitty bubbles before the tar boils,
it's when we figure out who's loyal
& who gon be a gargoyle: mean mug but they don't move.
fuck show & tell, it's time to show & prove

this is the war before the war

the switch flip happened & we missed it,
rapid & efficient, now we gotta grapple statistics,
stare down the barrel of eschaton,
less red dawn more charity telethon,
less thunderdome more stuck at home,
less book of eli, accruable free time
ask booker t why, no barking from the dog, no smog,
what's the cost of a pollution free sky?
this human decline is a robber baron's dream,
more pesos for bezos & profiteering schemes.
it's antimicrobial soap in my mouthwash
when i spoke about hope in the hour of chaos.
stay frosty, the scene's hot, triage & keep watch
for agent provocateurs & beat cops,
deep ops, & those that's just in it to hit a lick,
weed out the greedy & solidify the clique real quick

this is the war before the war

don't let condonement become another covid.
don't let another moment sink into the ocean of woes.
the switch flip happened & we missed it.
rapid & efficient, now we gotta battle indifference.

this is the war before the war.