D'Angelo — The Charade Made In America Festival 2012

[Intro] Philadelphia, how y'all feel? Alright, everybody put the Black fist up in the air Put your fist in the air This for Trayvon This for Trayvon, Sean Bell, everybody else coming from the struggle, all the fallen soldiers It's called "The Charade" [Verse 1] Crawling through a systematic maze (Crawling through a systematic maze) Crawling through a systematic maze to demise Pain in our eyes Strain of drownin', wading into your lies Degradation so loud that you can't hear the sound of our cries (Ooh, ooh) All the dreamers have gone to the side of the road which we will lay on Inundated by media, virtual mind fucks in streams [Chorus] All we wanted was a chance to talk Instead we only got outlined in chalk Feet have bled a million miles we've walked Revealing at the end of the day, the charade [Verse 2] Perpetrators beware, say a prayer if you dare for the believers With a faith at the size of a seed enough to be redeemed (Doo, doo) Relegated to savages bound by the way of the deceivers So anchors be sure that you're sure we ain't no amateurs [Chorus] All we wanted was a chance to talk Instead we only got outlined in chalk Feet have bled a million miles we've walked Revealing at the end of the day, the charade [Bridge] With the veil off our eyes we'll truly see And we'll march on And it really won't take too long And it really won't take us very long (Doo, doo) [Outro] Revealing at the end of the day, the charade, yeah Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh Instead, we only want a chance to talk Revealing at the end of the day, the charade But we only got outlined in chalk, yeah Revealing at the end of the day, the charade But we only got outlined in chalk, yeah Revealing at the end of the day, the charade But we only got outlined in chalk, yeah Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Uh, y'all see it, help me out Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Revealing at the end of the day, the charade (Ow) Revealing at the end of the day, the charade (Hey, hey, yeah, hey) All we wanted was a chance to talk and play Revealing at the end of the day, the charade But we only got outlined in chalk, yeah Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Feet have bled a million miles we've walked, yeah Revealing at the end of the day, the charade (Ow, ow, ow) Feet have bled a million miles we've walked, yeah Revealing at the end of the day, the charade (Yeah) Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Revealing at the end of the day, the charade Revealing at the end of the day, the charade (Revealing at the end of the day, the charade)