First Fruits
[Intro]
Some count fortunes
Some count fears
Some count victories
Some count years...
[Verse]
I spent years beneath the surface
Learning how to transmute pain
The Roman empire came and went
While their song remained the same
Few people celebrated truth
Even fewer applauded facts
Yet all the hidden work was waiting
for the ocean to react
[Pre-Chorus]
What looked like silence
What looked like loss
What looked like aimless wandering
Carried me across
[Chorus]
Know them
Know them by their fruit
Taste it
And you’ll know the truth
Don’t listen to promises
Don’t be fooled by lies
The system will try to steal
Every joule in your crown
While you remain hypnotised
[Interlude]
[Verse]
Some pursued the spotlight
Some pursued a crown
Some spent years pretending
To be a lion taming clown
But the circus keeps no ledger
It doesn't care to judge
It simply bears the consequence
Of every hidden grudge
[Pre-Chorus]
The winter wasn't wasted
The wilderness didn't berate
Every storm was teaching branches
How to carry extra weight
[Chorus]
Know them
Know them by their fruit
Taste it
And you’ll know the truth
Don’t listen to promises
Don’t be fooled by lies
The system will try to steal
Every joule in your crown
While you remain hypnotised
[Verse]
A jewel is just an innocent
That survived the test of time
Pressure turned to substance
Experience turned to rhyme
A song is just a harvest
Of a field you cannot see
Evidence that something living
Was unfolding naturally
[Final Chorus]
Know them
Know them by their fruit
Taste it
And you’ll know the truth
Don’t listen to promises
Don’t be fooled by lies
The system will try to steal
every joule in your crown
While you remain hypnotised
[Outro]
The tree never speaks
It doesn't have to
The fruit does all the talking.
Copyright Taun A. Richards 2022