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lyrics
Verse 1
They teach us that we need it, so we eat it when they feed
Construct our brains and bodies like a mediated fetus
And it's freakish, how we relinquish all control
But it's hard to be aware when you're never ever told
So we grow, hand in hand with these message
Before we're old enough to understand it, we're digestin' it
Media, society—the two are not synonymous,
But connections run so deep that sometimes the well seems bottomless
But the problem is not just the media we're seeing
It's the subleties that we don't even realize we're believing
Deceiving, changing up the reality we're perceiving
'Cause TV truths can cultivate the world that we're perceiving
And it's constant, accomplished through false cultural confidence
Profits with no conscience for the subconscious consequence
Barrages of nonsense, comin' right through that straw fence
A nation taken hostage by what we don't know how to process
So we're pimped by a symphony of sensations and imagery
Distort the way that we think and we see, from the way that we eat to our intimacy
The media tropes in my immediate scope are so close they feel like kin to me
It's 'bout time we wise up and protect ourselves in the brand new age of literacy
Chorus x2
They teach us that we need it
(They teach us that we need it)
We don't want it but they feed it
(We don't want it but they feed it)
The spoils have been spoiled
(The spoils have been spoiled)
But we'll reap it if they seed it
(But we'll reap it if they seed it)
Verse 2
East Asian, Latina, white, brown, black
Got thick girls, skinny girls, right on tap
Thick thighs, round eyes, big chest, tight ass
It's funny how these screens make the real world feel flat
But with a million at a click you've got a world's worth of clips at your fingertips
No need to make trips to date chicks
But at least you know exactly where they stand
Waitin' at the ready for attention from a man
Baskin' in beloved media, they teach us each our roles
The man's the one to get it done, the woman's there for show
And if she's got some power, then she's just a bitchy trope
'Cause otherwise we'd have to think critically, that's a slippery slope
And homely man gets lovely lady, based on personality
The only thing she's got to offer is her physicality
Hand-picked casts reinforcing this duality
No trace of veracity in a scripted reality
Chorus x2
Outro
One clear channel cut through, the rest faded
Too few view points, consolidation unabated
Four to eight corporations got each field dominated
Thirteen hours a day with media we're saturated
I got twenty-four hour news, how much could I digest?
Three hundred channels, how many could hold my interest?
A thousand commercials got my finances on stretch
I'm overstuffed with media, excuse me while I wretch
credits
from Critical,
released May 22, 2015
Produced by Fricktion
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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