Hoofprints In The Sand-Sage Francis

[ti:Hoofprints In The Sand] [ar:Sage Francis] [al:Human The Death Dance] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.94]I've seen a monkey evolve into a man [00:03.10]I've seen a man devolve into a monkey [00:04.85] [00:05.67]I've seen a junkie redeem himself with help [00:08.26]I've seen a wealthy man melt into the snow [00:09.62]And blow his credit on a decongestant [00:11.22]The dyslexics breathe easy [00:12.33] [00:13.33]The people in the top tax bracket just keep looking for freebies [00:15.89]Thumbing their noses at those in need of handouts [00:18.39]I'm talkin' panhandlers with secondhand clothes living hand to mouth [00:21.61]Camping out on Capitol Hill [00:23.02]The fat cats are still insisting reparations be a jagged little pill [00:26.62]Today there's free vaccinations at the walk-in clinic [00:29.68]If you're lucky you won't just be a guinea pig [00:32.19]Call me a cynic [00:32.99]I find it interesting how certain epidemics spread [00:35.03]More specifically – where they don't and who isn't affected [00:37.69]Yeah I'm infected with a curious nature [00:39.81]The welcome mat said "God bless this home [00:42.16]" not "God damn thy neighbor" [00:43.50]They can repeat history but can't recycle paper [00:45.66]They don't see the forest or the trees just skyscrapers [00:48.09]Towels of Babel in a town full of cattle [00:50.96]When I question brand loyalty the crowd is bedazzled [00:53.38]But I'll never be hoodwinked I'm mindful of the footprints [00:56.67]The shape of the hoof the way the path in the wood splits [00:59.56]The author of the book the origin of the crucifix [01:01.85]The waitress looking for tips and the [01:03.49]Place where the cook spits [01:04.64]This is where I was when the bomb dropped [01:06.69]Hiding from the uninvited onslaught [01:08.49]I've seen people who don't believe in sleep count sheep [01:11.90]With calculators that double as alarm clocks [01:14.22]From Noah's Ark all the way to Rosa Parks [01:17.08]To black folk pushing white agendas [01:19.14]Inside of an office with flow charts [01:20.89]Technology ain't sh*t we feed off the fruit [01:22.96]When I stuff leaves of absence in my briefcase follow suit [01:25.73]Spill the liquid from your double fisted escapade [01:28.01]Kill kids with the drunken misfits in your Escalade [01:30.68]It's gruel for the food fight and foreign aid [01:33.52]Bream ‘em down and build ‘ [01:35.66]Em back up with what you throw away [01:37.77]Administering band aids on amputated limbs [01:39.27]Kissing ‘em with air raids and your lips gave ‘em infections [01:41.80]Too many closed doors led to back drafts [01:43.84]Now the spring edition of fashion catalogues feature gasmasks [01:46.37] [01:47.09]How becoming on these lanky models [01:49.16]They can't look truth in the mirror without a pair of safety goggles [01:52.64]Hold the bobble head insert the feeding tube [01:54.94]Even if they stop breathing make sure they keep eating food [01:58.06]Do the Schiavo [01:59.23]Mouth opened wide like a perverse psycho circus side show [02:02.05]Forgive me not my patterns stay impartial to apologies [02:05.76]Despite a polite side of mine that says "I'm so sorry" [02:08.70]Adding flame infinitum for your eternal fuel tank [02:10.88]My higher power doesn't need to be thanked [02:13.38]Thanks anyway that's from him to me to you [02:16.02]I don't mind being the middle man [02:17.93]Someday I might need one too [02:19.75] [02:21.16]I'm at the fire [02:22.04] [02:23.21]Where are you [02:23.90] [02:25.69]I'm at the fire [02:26.65] [02:27.86]Where the hell are you [02:28.99] [02:29.77]I've seen a man devolve into a monkey [02:31.64] [02:32.34]I've seen a monkey evolve into a man [02:34.54]I've seen it all upside down in-between inside out [02:37.65]It's neither here nor there hoofprints in the sand [02:40.94]I've fallen head first into the pit of my stomach [02:43.86]Taught to trust my gut got no trust in the gutless [02:46.79]Save some hope for the hopeless but I won't show it [02:49.21]Shoot my load in an opus now it's an open casket [02:51.52]Going to Hades in a hand basket [02:53.19]Holding onto a dream but lately we can't grasp it [02:55.71]There's been too much murder and not enough martyr [02:58.77]Why is it no one else wants to impress Jodie Foster [03:02.38]I'm at the fire [03:03.63]Where are you [03:04.29]I'm at the fire [03:05.73]Where are you [03:06.58] [03:07.14]I'm at the fire [03:08.58]Where are you [03:09.90]Where are you [03:10.64]Where are you Where are you [03:12.87] [03:19.16]You can't have revolution without evolution huh [03:20.66]You can't have evolution without velution huh [03:23.88]You can't have velution without elution huh [03:27.28] [03:27.84]You can't have elution without lution huh [03:30.05] [03:30.66]You can't have lution without ution huh [03:32.73] [03:33.32]You can't have ution without tion huh [03:36.60] [03:37.16]You can't have tion without ion huh [03:41.45]You can't have ion without on huh [03:45.16]Seriously I know that you pray when the chips are down [03:48.38]But act different when there are atheists around [03:50.60]Have suspicions that make you think you'll drown [03:52.76]All alone in the middle of a crowd [03:55.12]I'd be a liar if I said I never had to beg [03:57.60]Doubled over with my knees bent touching my head [03:59.00]Stuck in a bed dealing with all of these evil visions [04:02.06]Running from the dead in a fetal position [04:04.28]Needing assistance from a nurse [04:05.91]She said "Tell me where it hurts" [04:07.76]These words are gonna make my belly burst [04:09.30]So I mentally revert to all the enemies I've cursed [04:12.37]Running through my memories in reverse [04:13.97]I said bring that beat back man bring that beat back [04:16.46] [04:17.06]A flash ain't enough time for me to recap [04:19.05]I'm a bastard sometimes don't think I don't see that [04:21.51]Laughing at the dumb blind the deaf to the knee slaps [04:23.95]Cracking punch lines for the sake of some green stacks [04:25.79]Passion for the rhyme can be cheapened by feedback [04:28.45]I shut my eyes and proceed to go dream catch [04:30.95]But a troubled mind can't seem to fall asleep fast [04:33.32]I cut my ties like the way that a fiend acts [04:35.96]Go into overdrive and get caught in a speed trap