Lesson Four

The greatest trick was never hidden

It walked you home, then locked you in it

They didn't lie, they told it slow

Fed in smiles and status quo

They dressed the cage in job descriptions

Sold you dreams with strict conditions

Called it growth, called it grind

Then owned your body, clock, and mind

They said you're free, but only if

You're selling skin to buy a myth

Told you college meant escape

Now you're educated in silent hate

Told you war was over there

Then trained your nerves to split and tear

Labeled trauma discipline

Taught you rage was masculine

They made you praise the ones who break you

Call them leaders, let them shape you

Built a nation off your labor

Then blamed you for asking for paper

They printed money from your breath

Then taxed your grief and filed your death

Called it justice, if you're white

Called it incident if it's your life

They broke your father, crushed your brother

Then asked you why you hit each other

You bled together in their games

Then died divided, different names

You speak in memes, forget your tongue

They robbed your stories, sold you one

Rewrote your culture, pixel-fed

Now truth is doubted, lies are led

Then why they rhyme with all their stores

You seen, you call it peace, it's packaging

You trust the screen more than your mother

You swipe past pain to chase another

They sold you lust and labeled it love

Then made you feel like that's enough

They said work hard, but never told

The winners cheat, and grace is sold

You can't out-hustle stolen land

You just get tired, while they expand

You call it normal, but it's mold

You call it yours, but it's controlled

They made the floor feel like the sky

And laughed each time you reached too high

There is no plan, it already ran