Ruse

Have learned to talk like it's a game
If asked say, "all born the same"
Extremes facilitate, disclaim
But ego, impulses to tame

Standard practices a shame
(And you just can't stop it)
"Freedom" tragically misnamed
(Consider who profits)
Part of our collective blame
(With no place on the docket)
Open mind to counterclaims
(It's full out of pocket)

So, I say there listen man
(You've so many choices)
D'you find the others just less than?
(Shoulders' perch, the voices)
Actions show from where you stand
Do you revel, rejoice in, revel, rejoice in

Entitlements fused to vast designs that exclude
Oh can you be that obtuse?
We cruise, they lose, I ask of you

Is it all just a ruse?
Do the connections bemuse?
All we allow and excuse
How it's infused as we cruise

Listen man (Oh you've so many choices)
Are they really just less than?
(On perch, the voices)
Actions show just where you stand
As you revel, rejoice, closet revel, rejoice in

False entitlements fused
To vast designs that exclude
Oh can you be that obtuse?
We cruise, they lose, I ask
Is it all just a ruse?
What power held to refuse?
Oh do you make more excuses
Confuse, misuse, on cruise, they lose

How to unearth cold roots of manhood
Establish balance, do us all good
The patterns, burdens can be understood
Chart a course, do what we should

All we avoid, refrain from, brave to face
Self-serving roots to replace
For too long, we've reveled, rejoiced
How we've reveled, rejoiced in

Entitlements fused to vast designs that exclude
Effects of what we've consumed
We cruise, we all lose, we must ask
Is it all just a ruse?
Thrown up our hands at abuse
So will we make more excuses?
Confuse, misuse, on cruise, they lose