distractions (draft)

i need to separate 'tween my wants and my needs

my wants, draining a life source my pockets can't feed
lost in this brand name world, it ain't even legit

letting these glossaries tell me what is and ain't hip,
watch yaself ya might get swept up in this .......
i ain't got no riches but damn i'm a millionaire,
imagine being wealthy from God's whisperings in my ear
not reading through the lines of the black and white,
we are too within ourselves.

we run from it but the real word cannot be polluted
in any language it is holy divine
who is getting stronger while we're busy being distracted.
playing hide and seek with our minds
my eyes, my eyes, what they see is all lies
all the riches? still ain't happy? oh my what a surprise!
at the end of the day it's our inner enemy we despise
getting mixed up in materialism and losing sight of what is
we are slowly losing ourselves.

i've been searching for a while, lost in this fog of mistrust
lost in this sphere of artificial symmetry and lust
i fear God, how will he punish me? for yearning my designer throws
disguising the sista soul neath these designer clothes
back to dust, i can't take these things to the grave
slaving myself to the maze that is this designer craze.

i was lost for a long time but slowly i emerge
a kinda rebirth for this naked spirit bird
i realize i was chosen, this life didn't chose me
took a while for me to recognize my divinity
commonly, love is not a mystery
it is the I in you and the you in me
and we are.