Things Ain't Changed - L.A. Salami

In the context of knowing the winds

And the vortex of growing pains

The games seem larger

The more knowledge you obtain

That changes the stage

Not the crude rounds of the actor’s brain

Things ain’t changed

The plays' the same

And you just have to play your part

And if life’s the aim

In a decent way

Indecent in all its ways it starts

It isn’t age

It’s neglection

When intersectionality turns to rage

The infection which seems to consolidate every age

Like rereading the same page

About a different complexion

And how position rules the day

And how separation ain’t the way

But bonding takes a lot of affection

Things ain’t changed

Except which master reigns

And the master has you play your part

It’s all the same

When you strip away

The progress that dictates where you start

Through the subsequent notions

Of what it really means to turn a page

Without gauging the sincerity of your disdain

In a different way

The status is obtained

But to be alive is playing the game

The players change

But the rules remain

So maybe you should play your part

My will’s my bane

From which I could ascertain

That maybe I should make up a start

Things ain’t changed

Except which master reigns

And the master will have you play your part

To the lives we aim

In a decent way

But indecently in all its ways it starts