Eyes Wide Closed

"Eyes Wide Shut" (Inspired) [Verse 1] They said the ladder of success is a pyramid scheme, Masons build the structure while we struggle in dreams, Whispers in the dark, coded scripts in between, They tell you sell your soul; I told 'em, "Keep it pristine." Hieroglyphic messages etched in my melanin, Legacy of kings, but they claim it’s irrelevant, Heard about the brotherhood, circles and the rituals, Lambs to the slaughter while they live indivisible. Million-dollar meetings in the shadows of the moon, Hidden hands pulling strings, orchestrating the tune, I’m just a poet from the Springs trying to light up the gloom, But they’ll label me a prophet, or a prophet of doom. [Chorus] Eyes wide shut, I see through the disguise, They say the power’s in the money, but it’s really in the lies, Keep your head up high, don’t let ‘em hypnotize, Illuminated truth buried deep in the skies. [Verse 2] Ayo, they told me knowledge is the price of admission, But what’s the cost of ignorance when they control the vision? Media’s the weapon, lies cut like incision, Fearing what you can’t see keeps you locked in submission. Eyes on the dollar, pyramids on the note, The eagle’s got its wings clipped, but still it floats, Freedom’s just a concept they sell to the broke, While the rich sip blood, toastin’ to the joke. I heard about the lodge, secret handshakes and cloaks, Where they toast to agendas while the world’s provoked, But let me set the record straight for the chosen and woke: We the people got the power if we break that yoke. [Chorus] Eyes wide shut, I see through the disguise, They say the power’s in the money, but it’s really in the lies, Keep your head up high, don’t let ‘em hypnotize, Illuminated truth buried deep in the skies. [Bridge] My pen’s a sword in a battlefield unseen, They drown you in streams, distract you from dreams, They say the devil’s in the details, soul in between, But I’m a rebel with a cause, fightin’ for the redeemed. Call it conspiracy or call it survival, Either way, my Bible's not their revival, Symbols in the shadows, rival after rival, I see through the veil, they can’t match my arrival. [Outro] So if the brotherhood’s watching, tell ‘em I’m here, Etcetera Ledgerdemain, fearless pioneer, They can’t silence the truth when the message is clear, Illuminate the darkness, let the people adhere. Eyes wide shut, I’ll never compromise, Their power’s an illusion, just smoke in the skies, Keep your soul intact, let the fire arise, We’re the architects of truth, the builders of the wise.