DEFEND OR DEFECT

AS A MAN I STAND TODAY IN THE VALLEY OF LIFE
BORN AN ATHEIST TODAY I WORSHIP
THOUGH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE FIGHTER WHO NEVER GAVE UP
NO MATTER HOW DEEP THE SEAS WERE I ALWAYS STOOD UP
EVEN WHEN THE TIDE SWEPT ME AWAY I NEVER GAVE UP
STRUGGLING ON MY KNEES BUT HELD MY HEAD HIGH UP
SOME TIMES IN DEFIANCE SOME TIMES IN SELF RESPECT
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE I AM A SOUL, SO THEY SUSPECT

I BELIEVED THAT A MAN IS ALWAYS BORN FREE
AS LONG AS HIS THOUGHTS ARE ON A RUNNING SPREE
FOR A MAN WHO IS ISOLATED IN HIS THOUGHTS
IS NONE BETTER THAN A MAN KEPT UNDER LOCKS

LIFE IS ALL ABOUT SACRIFICE THEY SAY
ONE NEEDS TO COMPROMISE THEY SAY
YOU WILL LEARN ONE DAY THEY SAY
I REMAIN DEFIANT LIKE AN EAGLE HIGH IN THE SKY IGNORING WHAT THEY SAY

DEFIANCE IS NOT ALWAYS EGOISTIC
NEITHER DO I CALL MEN WHO DEFECT AS SCHOLASTIC
FOR IT TAKES COURAGE TO BE DEFIANT OR DEFECT
COURAGE NOT OF MUSCLES BUT BRAINSAND HEART AS I SUGGEST

HISTORY STAND TESTIMONY TO THE FACT
MEN BORN DEFIANT OFTEN TALKED FIRE AS THEY SPAT
BUT MEN WHO DEFECT ARE LIKE SERPENTS LIVING BELOW
MOVING HOWEVER AWAY BUT ALWAYS RATHER SLOW

I AM NEITHER AN EGOIST OR A DEFECT
I AM ONE WHO HAS ACCUMULATED BOTH TRAITS TO SOME EFFECT
WORLD TEACHES ONE TO BE POLITICAL
NO MATTER THE THOUGHTS REMAIN PHILOSOPHICAL
PHILOSOPHY DOESNT NOT FEED THE TEAMING MILLIONS
NOT PROGENY BUT THOUGHTS WHICH AWAIT THE OBLIVION