Sanat

The table is full.
The doors are locked.
They tell you it's a fair fight.
They lied.

I was born into a world where the seeds were already picked
Where the rules for the climb were already rigged
Regulation like a wall, ten thousand feet high
While they're selling us the blueprints for a piece of the sky
Every permit is a tax, every policy's a fence
Keeping us in the basement while they're counting the rents
They say it's zero-sum, yeah, if I win, you lose
While they're sitting in the boxes, picking out our shoes
Social engineering, keeping boys in the dirt
Labelled as a problem just for knowing our worth
They took the ladder up and then they burned the wood
Now they're judging every move in the neighborhood.

It's a zero-sum game, and the house always wins
Collecting the debt for the previous sins
They robbed the future, they taxed the dream
Now they're watching us drown in the middle of the stream
But I see the game, yeah, I see the play
I'm taking my chips and I'm walking away
Zero-sum? No. 
I'm the one they can't show.

They want me fighting for the scraps on the floor
While they're reinforcing every single door
Regulation for the spirit, control for the drive
Just a cog in the wheel, barely staying alive
But the secret they're keeping is hidden in plain sight
The game only works if you join in the fight
If you want what they got, then you're under their thumb
That's how the sovereign becomes the scum
I'm building my own, yeah, I'm digging the well
I'm the only one here with a story to tell
No more checking the odds, no more waiting for a turn
I'm the fire in the forest, let the old structures burn.

Look at the frustration. 
The heat in the chest.
It's energy. 
Don't give it to them.
Don't let the anger make you their puppet.
Be the observer. 
Watch the game from the mountain top.
They can only rob the man who thinks he's poor.
I am full. 
I am here.
I am the player, not the pawn.
I BREAK THE BOARD.

It's a zero-sum game, and the house always wins
Collecting the debt for the previous sins
They robbed the future, they taxed the dream
Now they're watching us drown in the middle of the stream
But I see the game, yeah, I see the play
I'm taking my chips and I'm walking away
Zero-sum? No. 
I'm the one they can't show.

The board is an illusion.
The debt is a ghost.
Sovereignty starts...
Now.