Adam Lives In Theory

Adam lives in theory,
Trying to 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 his self.
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 exploitation 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 3 of them are dying,
By the poison she perceived to be good health.
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 a brain 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, precept upon precept, 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.

-Lauryn Hill.


Note : Adam and Eve are meant to convey mankind and womankind, not the first man and woman, but all of humanity.