Never Told
So many reminisce about the days when they were great
So many worry bout their peers and what their neighbours say
They hustlin' - making wages on the day to day
Barely breaking even but they fiendin' for that Ace of Spades
I guess it pays - fake it till you make it
Bets are there for taking, you won't make it if if you waste it
Blue collar workers with their aprons, servin' dinner tables
Searching for an angel; come and save em' when they see their pay slips
Every month - realizing they don't make enough
Either for consumption or for tryna get their savings up
Debt-riddled till they get their debts settled
Moving to the next level, elevated stress levels - I'm
One of the many, scraping together their pennies
Sittin' back of a taxi with premonitions of Bentley's
In my vision is plenty, evading hatred and envy
Visualize with contentment or live a life with resentment
Either way
I really hate it here
I'm feeling like, our maker, has his favourites here
And I'm not one of them, life is really cumbersome
Born to be a king, you only royal if you come from one
We're never told (Never told)
Never told (Never told)
(We don't have the answers)
So I guess, we'll never know
Another day, another human rights infringement
I'm angry at the system (I'm angry)
I'm angry at the brothers (I'm angry) raping and killing our sisters (I'm angry)
I'm angry at indifference (I'm angry)
I'm angry at the courts, ruling in favour of killers (I'm angry)
I'm angry at the helplessness
Angry at the selfishness
Angry at the TRC that never really helped with shit
In retrospect, I'm really angry at the disrespect
By the politician who just sits back - collects his cheque
I'm really angry at myself nonetheless
For staying silent, never to express my distress
Navigate the truth and see complicity in silence
Bubbled in a silo while there's violence and you quiet
Living in an island, isolated from reality
Sheltered from the truth by your fantasies and fallacies
Watch it all fall, wondering what's it all for
All I'm sure of, is the blame is all yours
Either way
I really hate it here
I'm feeling like, our maker, has his favourites here
And I'm not one of them, life is really cumbersome
Born to be a king, you only royal if you come from one
We're never told (Never told)
We're never told (Never told)
Never told
So I guess, we'll never know