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EPISODE · Nov 18, 2015 · 3 MIN

"The Only Thing Left Is Religion"

from CLIFTON · host CLIFTON

i can't sing but i'll sing for humankind premiere : http://www.basementmade.com/2015/11/21/beef-questions-american-religion-on-latest-single/ Prod. @djvictorygf101 Rec. Beef Mix. @Michael-Alan-Cooper Lyrics. "As I sit and listen to the 11 o'clock train, I can't help but think back, about what's at the center of it all. Lately I've been hearing a lot of pseudo intelligence from the pulpit And excuse me but I don't got the two stomachs for bullshit Both the Pope and his opponents deserve Tony's for that Am I the only that's noticed this Game of Thrones for proponents Attention, the Bishop of Rome needs more indulgences ASAP And your hometown priest needs altar boys to casting couch So of course Dawkins will blame Christianity When in reality, my and the Catholic Church are 2 completely separate families All these racist, elite, atheists, and fake, Abrahamic, classists Keep telling me to quit hallucinating and join the masses Oh, you mean capitalist fascism? The means to an end faction? Well fuck that, I'd rather live out my life in back taxed passion I will say though, I've been jumping the border between gangland and priesthood At times it's the lord, and others it's the devil in my corner So you can call me bipolar, but I maintain the same core It's been God, family, crew, city, in that order Some nights I, I, I, I can barely close my eyes But really what's a Jew without jewelry? A Muslim without hijab? If we took it all away, what's God? Take away the money, take away the fame Kill the politics and discrimination And the only thing left is religion How do we know who we are, who we are For me, it's rolling lefse in the kitchen and Burke My grandma, ma, and brothers at work It's Earth Planting a forest of furs behind church And picking up trash out of ditches In cold rain and wet dirt When my aunt was murdered It was love for those it hurt (love) A teacher/activist beat to death We prayed for her worth God is my old neighbor, and baptizing pastor Showing up 18 years later, as my pledge educator I can't help but consider history, present And transcendent in my decisions When who we are at the start, is who we are at the end I mean, I can't be quick to dismiss what our antecedents did Just cause where modern science is at Universally, nothing is fact Underneath it all, we are what we believe Through all the lies and facades, you'll see When the only thing left is religion Everything left is religion Take away the money, take away the fame Level education, and everything will change The only thing left is religion It's how we know who we are, we are It's how we know who we are, we are It's how we know who we are, we are, we are"

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