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THE LIE DETECTOR TEST

The questions may be many––but the answers are few.

Some are hard to find; same are right in front of you

what’s the difference between a lie and the truth?

Tell too many lies and you’ll end up confused.

Examples .... examples....ok-I’ll give you a sample:

The odds are 500 to 1, but you still take the gamble.

it’s when your lips play a game of Russian Roulette

And your words yield results that you know you’ll regret

it’s that credit card bill you conveniently forget

then you wonder where in the world came this debt...

yes this is a test, though, I don’t think you hear me---

let me break it down so that you get it more clearly:

it’s in the speeches you preach on the pride of black skin

and how battles of race should be fought from within...

you claim that skin color should be used never to judge

so ask yourself why you chose cafe au’lait over fudge.

and whether your hair is kinky or straight

Bantu or Silky – natural or fake

ask yourself to whom you’re trying to relate

because the knottier the dread does not a conscious man make

and speaking of declarations of con-scious-nessssss

while you conjure up ways to get me out of my dress....

and here i thought that you were impressssssed

by the truth I’d professed

but your eyes seem to ressssst on the swell of my breastsss...

but – i digress....

Now, back to the test...

it’s in the things you think you don’t even do

but guess what? they’re right there staring at you...

cut someone off on the highway – and call yourself kind

but when your tire goes flat––they’re gonna leave you behind

it’s the promise of love for the promise of skin

it’s infatuation, before friendship begins

it’s a ruthless scheme disguised as fate

it’s the Snooze on your clock when you’re already late...

it’s trying to be tough, when you’re fighting back tears

it’s playing silly games when you’re past your teen years

it’s one more Hennessy when you’re already bent

it’s telling the LIE when the TRUTH is what you meant.

it lives and breathes beneath words and sound

it’s on Mainstream FM and that stuff underground

it’s on movie screens and in your dreams

in clouds of smoke from natural “greens”

it’s in your paycheck, your credit, and your job application––

it’s the gossip, the rumors, and false accusations

it’s your conscience, your daydreams,

and the hate in your eyes.

it’s the beautiful, extravagant and sweet little lies.

it’s seeing the crime, but turning your head

unless Channel 5 News is offering some bread...

it’s that ugly feeling in the middle of your gut,

when you tell a lie, by keeping your mouth shut.

tell it or smell it––hear it and fear it

the lie will cut deep whenever you’re near it.

i could go on and on, but my ink’s running dry.

for this world’s overcrowded with beautiful lies.

We think they hurt most when told to someone else

but the BIGGEST LIES, we tell to ourselves.

And by the way, in case you haven’t guessed.

There’s no way to cheat on this

Lie Detector Test