Gotta Just Not Think and Live 2 (older work, recently revised)

I gotta just not think and live

is the unexamined life worth living?

spilling

spewing

it all out

no don’t do it

you might get called out

stalled up

staying still while we move

at a speed of

a mile a minute

no limit

limitless

unless...

hesitate

do it

so you can say that you did it

see it

so you can say that you seen it

tomorrow is just an excuse for today

we listen but do we really hear

what they say

but some people say it

so they can say that they said it

playing the part

just playing the heart

playing the role

that they think they’re supposed to

pose

frozen

in a den

not like a lion

whos got the biggest mame

whos got the biggest name

be the man in a sea of the same

where the main thang is personal gain
can we see the shared pain

it’s insane

speeding through life

faster than the fast lane
like a rabbit on the inside track
is it peripherals we lack

immediate

i need it

right now

instant pleasure

where do i measure

measuring up to a standard

well mannered

using up what we gathered

racing

but just moving backward

 

it’s evolution baby

but our values shape the future

and we’ll just grow like a tumor

a cancer of thoughts

ideas that spread like a virus

believe but they lie to us

cause they don’t even know

how can you know what your doing

 

programmed to a plan

with some wiggle room

everybody squirms

no matter how firm

they fear

they fear an idea

refuse the ideal

cause we have to accept reality

we can change the world

or is that a fallacy

developing a strategy

playing this game of life

do work do work

we need girls and money

so you gotta be funny

confident and punny

ambitious maybe even a little vicious

who wished this upon us

once upon a time

in fantasy land

i need this

and and and

=

and anything

it don’t matter

cause once you get it

your flattered

but soon it won’t matter

cause you just want more

we just want more

i just want more

take it and store

expand my mind

rhyme

line after line

sign after sign

taking it all in

got to take it in with a grin

cause if you sin you sin

it’s done

have fun

cause you gotta

just not think and live

but can we

can i not think and live?