Chicken - Critical Literacy Lyrics

Born in the system, made by who I ask
What's the agenda, the plan, objective the task
Power, privilege, oppression the mask
Hidden, and layered, in everyday it just has
You and I, not questioning, accepting the class
Blatantly, it has nothing to do with your ass
So I ask out loud, how'd it get this way
Taught in education, society, in the work-place
My points been made, its always been this way guy
So who created and laid this foundation that made my
Conditioned way of thinking "institutionalized mind"
So the average guy is blinded, with the hate in the eyes
I can relate to my biases and dissonance
That I created from my values and resisted it, but did you resist,
But did you hear me you can't
Its OK..... it's critical literary. Come on

What's the language, I can hear them speak
You wouldn't if you couldn't if your eyes can see
But me I see it, cuz I live in Long Beach
Why is that? So you ask whats that Critical Literacy

What's the language, I can hear them speak
You wouldn't if you couldn't if your eyes can see
But me I see it, cuz I live in Long Beach
Why is that? So you ask whats that Critical Literacy

My mom said to look both ways, before I cross
But how many walking the walk and talking the talk
If I were to ask the question who is accountable
To say were post racism, in America Is just bull
So let me pull the wool over your eyes, so you can see
When your easily manipulated by the G
To the R, double e to the D, I'll break it down, letter by letter, lyrically
G for the gangster mentality I see, make your own rules is an eye for eye creed
R for the riches that are made easily
E for the execution that is made by the hierarchy, the other
E is for engulf, cuz the culture is buried
And the D is for the destruction and the plan the man carries,
You see the man is married to himself and his money
I'm talking critical literacy not talking Japanese dummies. Come on

What's the language, I can hear them speak
You wouldn't if you couldn't if your eyes can see
But me I see it, cuz I live in Long Beach
Why is that? So you ask whats that Critical Literacy

What's the language, I can hear them speak
You wouldn't if you couldn't if your eyes can see
But me I see it, cuz I live in Long Beach
Why is that? So you ask whats that Critical Literacy