The Charade-D'Angelo

[ti:The Charade] [ar:D'Angelo/The Vanguards] [al:Black Messiah] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Charade - D'Angelo [00:10.16]Written by：D'Angelo/Kendra Foster/Ahmir 'Questlove' Thompson [00:20.32]Crawling through a systematic maze to demise [00:27.43]Pain in our eyes [00:29.66]Strain of drownin' wading through the lies [00:36.23]Degradation so loud that you can't hear the sound of our cries [00:43.83]All the dreamers have gone to the side of the road which we relay on [00:51.92]Inundated by media virtual mind f**ks in streams [00:56.82]All we wanted was a chance to talk [01:00.63]'Stead we've only got outlined in chalk [01:04.57]Feet have bled a million miles we've walked [01:08.26]Revealing at the end of the day the charade [01:15.97]Perpetrators beware say a prayer if you dare for the believers [01:23.81]With a faith at the size of a seed enough to be redeemed [01:31.83]Relegated to savages bound by the way of the deceivers [01:39.73]So anchors be sure that you're sure we ain't no amateurs [01:44.85]All we wanted was a chance to talk [01:48.46]'Stead we've only got outlined in chalk [01:52.66]Feet have bled a million miles we've walked [01:56.21]Revealing at the end of the day the charade [02:04.71]With the veil off our eyes we'll truly see [02:08.57]And we'll march on [02:12.70]And it really won't take too long [02:16.75]And it really won't take us very long [02:32.26]Revealing at the end of the day the charade [02:45.07]All we wanted was a chance to talk [02:48.62]'Stead we only got outlined in chalk [02:52.81]'Stead we only got outlined in chalk [02:56.86]Revealing at the end of the day the charade [03:01.11]All we wanted was a chance to talk [03:04.28]Revealing at the end of the day the charade [03:08.99]All we wanted was a the charade