Positions of Strength - Heiruspecs

At school the teacher always stands up, we all sit down

Positions of strength, listen at length

See the desire for change of placement

Write fight poems in the basement

There’s no place like home, there’s no place like home

There’s no place like anywhere else, let me roam

If I find myself between a hard place and a rock

That rock better move, it’ll have to mace me to stop

I walk my block like a decorated general

Talk my talk like I have big genitals

Is there any other way for me to do my thing?

Yes, but any other way seems to make stress

Examine your position, see where you stand (stand)

Most want power and never take a hand

Land worth money, money worth work

Work’s worth blood, sweat, and tears on your shirt

Pursue it like a policeman chasing a cop killer

Do it all together and make life iller

Aspirin' to politics, lie and serve

Let the bipartisan car roll in and strike a nerve

It’s funding, finding ways of unbinding

Power, money, headaches, and resources

Is people, people in unfortunate places

Want to lash out but don’t know where the fucking recourse is

In this system, our system, or any other system

There’s leaders, followers, and victims

Shift them all around like some pieces from a game

It all stays the same

Positions of strength

The actor on the stage, the teacher at the desk

Celebrity, paparazzi, stalker, bum

The soldier with the gun, the robber with the mask

Leader, follower

Go ahead and join the army, what a selfless act

Put yourself at the bottom of the chain like that

Wait, selfish?

Wanna climb the chain of command?

What’s it matter?

At the top, you will understand

Protect the peace, protect my piece

I’ve been working on defying my leash

At least you’re free to join up;

I’m free to go out and play

We’re both free to work our asses off any day

So you worked against the normal, boring

Find alternative ventures and start your exploring

Morals imposed, don’t let them stop you

From doing what you gotta do to get new clothes

And Al Capone thought like that, it worked for a while

Enjoyed his 15 minutes with a gun and a smile

Shoulda been a Coke but times were too wild

Power’s pretty dope, any means anyhow

There’s always the small ones, leads to road rage

Mad 'cause my cage is uglier than your cage

Pave the way for balance and equality

Now everybody else, follow me

Positions of strength

The actor on the stage, the teacher at the desk

Celebrity, paparazzi, stalker, bum

The soldier with the gun, the robber with the mask

Leader, follower

Sometimes it’s clear, like a pimp to a whore

Sometimes it’s effect, don’t know the cause anymore

Big fist, little fist, red fish, blue

Power and resentment, nothing’s really new

O’er the land of the free and the home of the slaves

Many brave souls have changes the old ways

There’s still pride in my step, they’re hypin' my rep

Which is all you’ve really got these days (these days)

Hustler, make your money;

mayor, run your town

Winners, make your speech and don’t ever fall off (down)

Losers, make your peace, don’t ever get clowned

The teacher always stands in a position of strength

The actor on the stage, the teacher at the desk

Celebrity, paparazzi, stalker, bum

The soldier with the gun, the robber with the mask

Leader, follower