Pound to the Beat
Lyrics by Mary Lemanski

Verse 1
Nothing to do and nowhere to go
Been working this job with nothing to show
The bills pile up fast. The money trickles in slow.
I wish my pockets were as rich as my flow.
I'm clever as sin and never again
Will I ever let anyone else try to win
Over my conscience and bring my soul down
True confessions like Usher, I'll go 'round with them clowns.
Just revealing my mind and revealing my life
All the happiness, pain, joys, sorrows, and strife
Come out through my music, connect with your heart
Hit your head like a shovel, hit your soul like a dart.
Sometimes I come off a little too strong.
I just care about things like civil rights and wrongs.
Now I'm not here to brainwash your mind.
I just want everyone in the world to unite for human kind.

Chorus
Pound to the beat, pound
Pound to the beat
Pound to the beat, pound
Pound to the beat
Pound to the beat, pound
Pound to the beat
Pound to the beat, pound
Pound to the beat

Verse 2
Ever since I was born, I've been fighting for a new life
Ever since I was born, I've been fighting the good fight
People talk, "What she know? She's just a little white girl."
Color don't matter. Only love will save the world.
See the problem with religion, politicians, and the system
Is that no one seems to care or even seems to listen
To the helpless and the poor, no matter what your race
They pay you lip service and then laugh in your face.
They use intolerance as a tool to keep us divided
Because they know they can't stop us once we are united.
Tried to play by their rules, kept slipping through the cracks
Jumping through the circus hoop with The Man on my back.
Now I'm done through playing their ruthless, little mind game
Because no matter what I do or say the outcome's still the same.
I'm like Van Gogh, the painter, never noticed while alive.
I'd rather cut off my own ear than sell my soul to their lies.

Chorus

Verse 3
All my life, I thought at my age
I'd be happy, content, and wise like a sage.
Instead, I feel like I'm trapped in a cage,
Helpless and seething, unquenchable rage.
All I've experienced in the past
Should have made me a stronger person at last,
But the bumps and the bruises and the heartache came
And the years went by way too fast.
Hurting and hating, they just want to scream.
Someone wake us up from this terrible dream
Where nothing is sacred or so it seems
Where everyday is more like a movie scene
Where everyday something bursts our bubble
We just need a break away from the struggle
Away from the pain, away from the trouble
But all of the troubles just double.

Chorus

Verse 4
Sometimes I don't know what I say the words just come out
They fly across the room and then they punch you in the mouth
And then you don't know what to say because nothing comes out right.
Your tongue is all tied up and your lips are swollen tight.
Your heart gets heavy. It gets hard to breathe.
You try to spit some words, but all you do is wheeze
But that's how I hit you time and time again.
You thought the ground was steady. Then your world starts to spin.
Another blow, I open up the side of your closed mind.
The vacancy dispenses and the sun starts to shine.
It's just one of my talents. I'm here to enlight
And once we're all enlightened, won't be afraid to unite.
One people. One planet. One race that's human.
No violence. No terror. No hate. We're through with 'em.
At peace with ourselves, at peace with each other
Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers.

Chorus (3x)