CL5 - The Manifesto lyrics

Maybe a moment of pleasure, maybe a moment of pain

They guaranteed after this moment ain't gonna be no refrain

So think about it, life waits for no man or no plans

So ready yourself for the world which is to come

It ain't ya choice the sound of your mother's voice

What she puts into her system or the nature of her poison

But after 9 months of inputs, if you can barely hear

It's time to let the whole world know your time is near

The newborn is like a scripture to be written

With wide eyes like those, those white lines get hidden

Parents get smitten, show that good love and affection

But for all this deception leads them in the wrong direction

So there you are because your parents came this far

Maybe not, but chances are they got the nice house and car

And so the timing they were taught that has resulted now in you

Is about to be engrained into your supple psyche too

Early days, full of discovery and play

Everything is brand new, so everything is okay

Back day, chances are your mother stayed to show the way

But seeing that she's got to work the TV has the final say

And so the input's received when the brain is most fragile

Output's coming directly from the rotten core of the apple

You can't battle what you can't directly see

So subordination begins, an impressive infantry

Farming school, welcome to the next stage

Now we trade in daycare for a different type of cage

Curriculum comes directly from the state

But if you think about the options, it most all will take the blame

And here it sounds another censor off the tape

Though most go to public schools, life in private schools is great

Inequitable facilities, improved teaching staff

And their communities accept extra tuition with impunities

First you pay for education, then your children's marks are better

But did you ever stop to wonder if these kids are more clever?

Independent tests administered are suppose to guarantee

That across all education impartiality is the key

But actually, the fact that some schools see fit to take fees

Results in marking pressure on their teaching faculty

This shit is obvious, it's plain for all to see

Intelligence devotes the natural aristocracy

The opportunity to spend time with peers is priceless

That early social interaction can advert future crisis

The start of adolescence holds in store many lessons

None of which, chances are, will resort in convalescence

But the essence must remain deep within the human spirit

And as you start to reach secondary school you might just feel it

But to stay more in to kill, with they pressures to conform

To an established lifestyle said to constitute the norm

Believe that and it's on, in these days you get taught

That without tersely, secondary schooling is forgot

You must wait to get a job, that means to pay taxes

To follow these rules and stay closely to the pack

Or maybe you learned to trade enough with formal education

Unlike those loony kids, you're getting paid for education

Right, but don't you see that at the end of that day

You're still getting boxed into a life in the same way

So here you are, ready to graduate and start

Perhaps you don't feel compelled to join the real world that much

But for now they say it's time for you to step up and shine

Put that bullshit into practice you been learning all this time

You got to pay the bills, maybe your girl gets pregnant

Maybe you felt the heat and now you wishing that you'd kept it

There's a million and one ways for you to open up that door

But in the case you 9 to 5, now hell, maybe more

Life proceeds, at first maybe a struggle

The same strip that you stumble

Of course you've got buy the house, along to fit the car

Why not do it all with penance so accountability is far

Around 30, if not already, then you need a spouse

Someone else to be your compliment around the house

And soon enough you can have some kids too

Demonstrate the proper caution, know damn right they'll be seeing you

Send 'em off to school, if you're lucky it'll be private

If you stray outside your marriage, chances are that you can hide it

And every week, your pay check is that much less for all this tax

So instead of thinking smarter, you work harder for what you lack

So complacency is ripe, now you in middle age

You should be pacified if your help hasn't caved

If your thoughts aren't deranged and your spouse is on the same page

So what began as a full deck is now becoming close to played

Career wise, things are comfortable

You had your spot for 20 years, nobody is under you

About this time, maybe it's time to make a will

Organize the funeral and a home for when you're over the hill

And yet still, maybe about this time you start to think

“What if my life was over suddenly in just a blink?

What did this all mean and whom did I really serve?

What was the point now that it's just a downward curve?”

So for everyone, the same insole, on and on it goes

9 of 10 are guaranteed to live a life they never chose

With the opportunity, you'd never buy into a system

That equates to spending one's life within a prison

Just think it's human, with a multitude of gifts

You're designed to spend the best years of your life working for it

Don't be deceived, for soon there's no reprieve

And then there's no tomorrow for those that won't believe

Maybe a moment of pleasure, maybe a moment of pain

They guaranteed after this moment ain't gonna be no refrain

So think about it, life waits for no man or no plans

So ready yourself for the world which is to com