Adam Lives In Theory - Live

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A lot of this songs too
 Some of 'em you know
 They don't even really have titles yet you know
 So if you had any suggestion you know
 Just raise your hand
 So I call 'em like a line in the song you know
 So this one 'em
 We refer to it as 'Adam Lives in Theory'
 And when I refer to Adam I'm really speaking to all of humanity, you know
 Without an exception of anybody, you know
 And I, I know that alot of the content of this songs
 Is very heavy you know
 But ermm, fantasy is what people want but reality is what they need
 And I'm just retired from the fantasy part
 Because I realized that
 Y'all gon' make me cry
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 Adam lives in theory
 Tryna turn stone into bread
 Masquerading like he got it figured out
 Cut off from the sunshine, only smart in his own head
 Leaving his descendants to hope and doubt
 Left to his devices, those worthless sacrifices
 Praying to the alter of himself
 Making pilgrimages, thinking he's religious
 Like he's got all the light, and no one else
 He takes the unsuspected
 'Cause he knows they're not connected
 And he shows them how to be just as he is
 Virtually real, and commercially appealed
 To the lust of all the people where he lives
 Eve was so naive, blinded by the pride and greed
 Wanting to be intellectual
 Drifting from the way she got turned down one day
 And now she thinks that she's bisexual
 Caught up in emotion
 Burning up in her devotion
 To the king of explotation in the field
 She handed him her virtue
 'Cause he told her "I won't hurt you"
 So she lay with him to see how good it feels
 Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Now can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Now after the sensation, and the empty fornication
 She brought affection home into her bed, quickly multiplying
 Now the three of them are dying by the poison she perceived to be good
 Now Eve and her husband are perverted in their judgment
 'Cause everything appears to be the same
 They entertain suggestion
 Next time just use protection
 Desiring to cover up their shame
 But much to their demise, poor decision closed their eyes
 To the very antidote to their dilemma
 Burning in their lust
 Both of them adulterous
 Destroying the original agenda
 Praying to the sky, in order to maintain a lie
 They exhausted every possible conclusion
 They can't even entertain the solution in the brain
 Are filled with vain information and pollution
 Hiding from the truth
 He provided an excuse to explain away his desperate situation
 When confronted, blamed his wife
 Giving birth to carnal life
 Refusing to acknowledge what he done
 Now if we can't agree with who created us to be
 Who says we're guilty everyone before his eyes
 Making no exceptions, since the day of our conception
 Predisposed to hating truth, and loving lies
 Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Then can you tell me, what, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 Stop walking in pride, let the thief be crucified
 Un-learn everything you know, and let him teach you
 Line upon line, every step upon pre-step, say goodbye
 To this decaying social system
 He wants to know, how far we're willing to go
 If we love him like we say we do
 He will try us
 Just don't regress
 Or slip into hopelessness
 Once he's satisfied his love
 He won't deny us
 And then he'll tell us
 What, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 And then he'll tell us
 What, what we gonna do now
 Where we gonna go now, what we gonna say now
 I'm telling you, telling you
 I'm telling you, I'm telling you
 I'm telling you, I'm telling you
 He's gonna tell us, tell us, tell us
 Ooh ooh, eh!
 

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Duration
07:26
Key
6
Tempo
88 BPM

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