Real Life
Yesterday’s fiction – today’s reality
Welcome to the world of endless possibilities
Life is one big road with a lot of signs
So many signs and so little time
Social security, save for the future days
Sacrifice the Now – the price that we pay
Things we can afford and things that we can’t
I kept knocking on the door but the key was in my hand
Sitting in the room was easy for me to get lost
Wandering in the wild – my true self I came across
Piece of happiness between two heartbeats
Raindrop falling – could you play that on repeat?
The earth under my feet, so gentle to me
I left my shoes on the way, the blues gone away
In the morning dew there is nothing to pursue
Is this just a deja vu, whoo-oy
Are we livin’ a real life? (a real life)
Are we just livin’ in a lie? (livin’ in a lie)
We keep our eyes on the prize
But we don’t listen to the wise (the wise)
Are we living a real life? (a real life)
Are we just livin’ in a lie? (livin in a lie)
We push and we try and try
Do we really know why? (why)
What’s the meaning of success?
Get more or live with less
Be better than the rest or
Be your best
Do you really progress
When the mind is such a mess
Got to ease the stress
And let the real thing manifest
Can you look in the mirror if you don’t have no make up?
Guilty conscience – it try cover up
Feeling secure with your life insurance
Sit behind bars of your mind durance
To the riddim I chant
And I stay far from ignorant
Speak out me mind, a whole heap of thoughts
Me haffi put dem pon anotha version
Not just words in an abstraction
What are them for without no action
Spiritual vanity, another fashion
Plastic smile with no compassion
Log on your facebook, stare with an empty look
Gwaan live a life as a schnook, all the loved ones you forsook
Now that you’re benumbed, you’re just a part of their plot
Have you become all the things that you are not?
Are we livin’ a real life? (a real life)
Are we just livin’ in a lie? (livin’ in a lie)
We keep our eyes on the prize
But we don’t listen to the wise (the wise)
Are we living a real life? (a real life)
Are we just livin’ in a lie? (livin in a lie)
We push and we try and try
Do we really know why? (why)