The Sake of Conversation Lyrics

I know you're in a tough position

Over worked, under paid

To the left you're a soldier

The right you're a slave

They act like they know you, you're told to behave

You're the quick little fuck that they never gave

It's crazy you're meant to be ashamed

Or mentally deranged as a remedy for pain

Wonder anything will change

Woman everything will change

Mother Earth never set in her ways

I know shoulders ache and tolls are paid for darker days

But that's a cycle that's hard to break

The damn planet gonna quake when your palms will shake

Hands down, bear arms and it's our mistake

I'll miss this

Armistice or Armageddon

And we got half a heart and a half a weapon

And I got half a mind to try the second

Other half still knows me better

I call that a blessing

Hey Sake

Just a little bit of rice wine, little bit of sunshine

Living in the good times, get them while they're good

Give a fuck about the knife crime, miss me with the rent hikes

I guess hate is epidemic in the hood

It wasn't always black kids, used to be the Irish

Wasn't always track suits, usually was stylish

I grew up in Thatto and I been to Glasgow

You know the truth, something funny in the findings

Listen, poorer kids the greatest risk

And putting blame on the background takes the piss

'Cos aged 5

Miss D Alli did her GCSE Just fine

So she's from London

But if she got expelled or went pen then she's not from London

Maybe it's hard giving traits to races and erasing the roots they come from

What you call that

Hey Sake, what you call that

Said if knives are black then what's Scotland or Croxteth

If times are bad then what problems we solving

We ain't got the energy, have you seen the bills

Cheers BP, guess it rains when it spills

Record profits something like 20 billion

And all the gas rates got us in the ice age

So if I see Sid I'm telling him that sloth's a sin

And try walking a mile on my wage

I'm out of outrage so let's talk about it

Can't silence anybody till there's chalk around it

Can we give just the gift of patience

Of raising a glass, this a toast

This is conversation right here

Hey Sake