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from Critical by Fricktion

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My lines burn so hot, they could boil the water in your pot
You'd sell out sons and daughters just to blast it from a lot
Taint the air and poison perfect strangers just to get it
Then charge 'em in the winter to fill their furnace with it

Exempt from the law, 'cause your CEO made it so
Ignored his moral compass and just followed the paper flow
'Cause my wells run deep through this land like an aorta
And a shale formation doesn't know a thing about your border

Control sought after, souls rot faster
Than the carbon fueling this unnatural disaster
Fractures brushed over with a fresh coat of plaster
Small wonder there's no medium at large under this master

Petroleum's grip, fumes strangling the nation
Draning coffers and patience, and restraining innovation
Instead of pro-gress, I guess we're stuck with opposite
Con men and women just keep diggin' like it's bottomless

The same way we're taught to spend it now and sweat it later
Don't mind the down sign, just step up this escalator
Got a grater to your cheddar, but they're tellin' you you're better off
If you let 'em do their thing they'll keep you livin' nice and soft

Just keep your eyes straight forward and step over the refuse
No need to negotiate, just take what we've left you
'Cause crumbs beats a belly full of emptyness
Plus we've even got a say in what your MD says

So just listen up, sip the sickness in your cup
All the mirrors and smoke got it hazier than coke and indica
And we're in the cut, laid back, 'bout to make some major plays, yeah
All with your permission or at least your reps would say that

But now how they got you livin' isn't feelin' so cushy
Execs have finesse, but man chemicals are pushy
It gets harder to ignore it when it's flamin' out your faucet
But most are far removed from any sign that they support it

So crackpots crack black rocks just to hit the jackpot
All so we can burn it up quicker than a crack rock
And it's not their legal duty to call out these black ops
An addition to our addiction as deadly as a gat pop

But more subliminal, not even seen as criminal
When unnamed chemicals are brimmin' in your swimmin' hole
If only it ended there, rest uneasy that it doesn't
Uncle Sam droppin' bands in the hands of those who've done it

With new injection sites poppin' up by the hundred
Tracks mark the poisoned well while we shell out funds to run it
And they're not quick to relent, dukes up from the get-go
Fat cats would run a marathon before they'd let this shit go

Legislative lap dogs heel, fetch, sit, go
Foundations just won't be at peace as long as this fluid flows
X on the spot, rapidly tappin' the last drop
And if it don't stop, we'll all be buried in one mass plot

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from Critical, released May 22, 2015
Produced by Fricktion

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Fricktion is an MC/Producer based in Bloomington, Indiana. While hip-hop serves as the greatest common denominator in his songs, numerous influences, from punk rock to electronic, have helped to shape his style.

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