Fear Is the Enemy

Sometimes you gotta cross it off the list
Crush it in your fist and burn it to a crisp
It's tough not to scratch that itchin
But the plan itself ain't worth
Failing the mission, you listenin
The tick tock ticking
In the darkest corner of the darkest room
We all feel it, reveal it, conceal it, or seal it
But I wanna heal it, let me tell you how
I am a messenger, and I come with a smile
Not meek or mild, but kind of a child
Born into a world so distorted, divided
The road is uncharted
We are one heart defiled
Never gonna have all the answers
Don't re-re-re-re-read the plan, sir
No excuses, lose the truce
Loosen the noose, choose a juice
Root the root, and let's do this
We face a proud opportunity
We get wiped out or find unity
We do a lot with community
We get that shot for immunity
The real enemy? The name is Fear
It's so clear, what still holds us here
The creature is so near
Staring back with a jeer
When you're lookin' in the mirror
How can fear be the enemy
Use the heart as the weaponry
Nuke the kooks and spooks in zoot suits
A jukebox fluke from a duke of rebuke
It's a battle of wits, and I'm taking hits
Sittin' in bliss
Pissin' in the hiss of the wind
Enlist the fist of the mist
You get the gist
Got a message in a missile
And I'll send it like this

Fear is the enemy

Vulnerability's somethin' I know
Pull up my sleeve and the heart will show
On a fabulous day take a look below
A skirt on a man, unholy, I know
God forbid a person wear
The thread they bear or dread their hair
Your head's ensnared
You think everything out there
Is all about sex, I said it, there
Emotionless motion is stuck on repeat
Banging the headboard to every beat
Numbing the symptoms
Of fear that we treat
Prescription decidedly under the sheets
Constant
Seeking
Pleasure
Hiding
Forcing
Swiping
We are
Slaves

Fear is the enemy

You wanna know who I am
You wanna see where I've been
The current abhorrent of torment
A torrent determined
Horrifically pulling me in
Delusions of grandeur
Family looking in with no answers
Listening to my banter
For them to see what was killing me
Might as well have been cancer
Thrown on the ground, detained with no rights
For makin a scene in broad daylight
Then 65 in a 35 while I'm weaving through cars
And blazing through stoplights
All because in a mind so broken
Thinking of some prophecy unspoken
Trying to save a dog I'd stolen
And no drug was I smokin'
In institutions I've heard those screams
Of shattered hearts and broken dreams
Mentally tearing and shredding and peeling
And writhing and close to bursting at the seams
Some of you might have done hard time
But do not compare it with our time
At least you choose when you commit a crime
Imagine the fear of losing your mind

We are not the past
We are not a brand of this or that
We are not the thoughts we think
It's over in a blink
We are not the past
We are not a brand of this or that
We are not the thoughts we think
It's over in a blink
We cannot be perfect
We decide that we are truly worth it
We reclaim the light
We come to join the fight
We cannot be perfect
We decide that we are truly worth it
We reclaim the light
It's time to end the fight
You cannot be perfect
You decide that you are worth it

Fear is the enemy