I heard you had a voice like an angelnI heard a strange talenAbout a saint that fellnMusic became jailnThese bars I hear you rapped in 'emnWove in the beatsnLike the clothing of sheepnWolves tracks - spin 'emnDJs, CDsnc-notesng's thrown on d'snwe'll be kings like T.I hopenI heard you even sang when you spokenAnd the emotion you evoked got you chokednWhen your beauty struck a vocal chord brokenBoatless dove overboardnLook upon the surfacenCaught your reflection before the Lord'snI heard you had a voice like an angelnStrange thoughnYou were blinded by the lightnShining from your own halonFell offnSort like a rainbow when heaven watchednYour faint glow fade slownI heard you had a voice like an angel...nnI heard that fame's a killer that can murder greatnPrinces like Kurt Cobain singing Purple RainnFrom a distancenHope home ain't a virtual gamenNor this cursed place earthnWhere the dollars and the karma don't circulatenThe world's a stagenAnd you know this play wellnGee I bet you even know how it ends, pray tellnHad a voice like an angel, now you score the drama scenesnThe comedy's the factnWe enact what you want to benHad some old songs still stuck in your memorynDistorted thoughnSo you sort of re-assembled melodiesnAnd fine-tune and turned em into single after singlenIn this industry you built so sinfully simple fornYou to write cuz, a song is what your life wasnThe destiny of stars is their light mustnFight dusknWith sparks of brilliance to ignite usnAnd of all the billions of starsnYou were by far the brightestnI heard you had a voice like an angelnNow it's just a light hush...nnNow you keep everyone's eyes on charts and schedulesnAnd the trends trying to stack gold bars and medalsnThey want vessels void and dark as spacenFools wanna make stars instead of music that's smart or specialnBecause art at a level that's real can be harder to peddlenBusiness prefers a market that settles for second ratenKill the true artists, martyr the rebelsnThat's the system and it's straight from the heart of the devilnSee merchants of dreams sold to souls eyes-wide shutnPassing the buck to purchase a pass to buy stuffnWorking in this circus get hired upnTo walk over have-(k)nots on a tight ropenTied-up in my gutnIt's a delicate balancenDeveloping talentnInto persons that we worshipnYo it's a hell of a challengenI heard you had a voice like an angelnAnd don't really sing no morenBut you still running the game sonIf you don't behave like themnThey call us crazynAnd if you wont slave for themnThey call us lazynLately I've started to see why you hate menHearing this voice it must be painfulnTo the ears when for yearsnYou had a voice like an angelnnIf you don't behave as themnThey call you crazynAnd if you won't slave for themnThey call you lazynWell I say...nThey wanna take your mindnTurn it into a prisonnLock you insidenThen they call that livingnWell I say...nnI heard you had a voice like an angel...nnSmile for the cameranSmile for the cameranWhile they take your childrennSmile for the cameranWhile we rape your womennSmile for the cameranWhile we make our millionsnSmile for the cameranWhile we make our buildingsnSmile for the cameranSmile for the cameranSmile for the camera...