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From the Hip Hop Play about a biracial student stuck in detention after a schoolwide race riot. Mary go round to the treadmill, falls down the up escalator, & still thinks she goin' somewhere.

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With all that I know/ And all that you know/
Don’tcha think we woulda figured it out by now?/

With all that I know/ And all that you know/
Don’tcha think we woulda figured it out by now?/

And I’ve asked GOD/ Does it have to be so hard?/
I’ve often wondered in my thoughts if I’ma make it ‘til tomorrow/
It’s wrong/ In my dreams I’m a lonely distant star/
Shining high above the clouds in a land that time forgot/
I’ve fought the powers that be so many times/ And I’ve defeated/
So many personal demons that you’d think I was a preacher/
Even thinking my speech is weakened/ Remember being conceited/
Been through so many beefs that my feelings have become vegan/
I’m seeking/ My Valhalla with a wisdom’s uplifting aura/
Decisions of my Gomorrahs instead made my heart a martyr/
My sorrow/ Reflected on parchment/ In a neglected/ Wretched apartment/
My blessings forgotten/ Everything rotten has left me heartless/
I’m sorry/ I cracked under the pressure/ Been drenched in failure/
Essentially melted to vapor/ Left to rain on my forty acres/
Distorted/ Conflicted/ Listless/ Aborted my sense of vision/
I hope you miss him/ Yours truly, Anakronizzm

With all that I know/ And all that you know/
Don’tcha think we woulda figured it out by now?/

With all that I know/ And all that you know/
Don’tcha think we woulda figured it out by now?/

Sometimes I feel like the only face in a crowd of blurs/
I can’t stand the rain because my pain caused the cloud burst/
The Nile’s thirst from tributaries dried the brown earth/
And my hurt/ In literary form/ Dictates how sound works (word)/
We was beginners with Hannibal stompin’ Venice/
But something musta got in us/ ‘Cause all of us turned to bitches/
This is/ Unacceptable/ Beaten down by the federal/
Ineffectual/ With armies so infinitesimal/
We’ve been brainwashed/ Hoodwinked/ Bamboozled/ The whole nine/
Go rock your ice while your cousins suffocate in diamond mines/
It’s by design/ We’ve been itemized/ Written off as a loss/
Gone soft/ Been derailed from our train of thought/
It seems to me we’ve given up/ Already lost/
Myself included/ We’ve all been trapped inside the box:/
Jail cell/ Cubicle/ Local bar/ Or lonely thoughts/
That’s why I’m here/ (but why do you still care?)/ I forgot

With all that I know/ And all that you know/
Don’tcha think we woulda figured it out by now?/

With all that I know/ And all that you know/
Don’tcha think we woulda figured it out by now?/

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from Square Peg Syndrome, released November 1, 2009
Blah blah by Dyalekt. Bump bump by Domer. Recorded, mixed, & mastered at Asterisk Art Project by brokeMC.

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Dyalekt Brooklyn, New York

MC, theaterer, & educator for 20 years. At Pockets Change he uses hip-hop pedagogy to demystify personal finance and help students' relationships with money. He’s rocked everywhere from conferences like AFCPE and SLA, to stages like Bowery Ballroom and the OSF,, to keynotes at Harvard. He co-hosts the Brunch & Budget podcast, which discusses personal finance and racial economic inclusion ... more

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