Jealousy

Imagine if all your enemies were your friends
 Legends were only lies
 Stories that you were told
 Double as alibis
 Family that you love, sold you out to the feds
 Lovers that you once trusted had others inside your bed
 I'm spinning in circles and tumbling in my sleep
 Beware the voices you hear, the company that you keep, will tell
 All of your secrets the minute they get upset
 Fingers twisted behind their back
 While they pinky swear you to death
 They putting' it on they mama, eventually they betray
 The father you idolize got a bastard on the way
 Your brother said he'd protect you, your sister that you adore
 Now you sufferin' from neglect, they not here for you anymore
 The jealousy
 Envious of the gift that you were blessed
 The jealousy
 Hate simmering deep inside their chest
 The jealousy
 Stemming from resentment never addressed
 The jealousy
 Reason for why empathy is suppressed
 The jealousy
 Couldn't see it before but now I see
 The jealousy
 When all I want is reciprocity
 The jealousy
 Arch nemesis of loyalty
 The jealousy
 Difference between... you and me
 It's the jealousy
 Imagine if you were blessed with abilities unforeseen
 Divination came easily, message inside your dreams
 You were given a secret language, communicate with the Spirits
 Savage beasts were tamed, but mortals, they only fear it
 Instead, they whispered rumors you dabble in Dark Magic
 Hated your independence, converted you to a Catholic
 So you, you could be guilted for sins never committed
 And said, you were hysterical, spiritually-conflicted
 The lies they circulated, they punished you severely
 All in the name of God, to serve the Patriarchy
 So you, were beaten and humiliated on the daily
 Gaslighted and slighted, telling you that you crazy
 The jealousy
 Reason why women hide behind religion
 The jealousy
 Men have for never bearing children
 The jealousy
 Mother Nature facing annihilation
 The jealousy
 Destruction threatening our creation
 The jealousy
 Tired of being threatened on the daily
 The jealousy
 Worth more than wages that they pay me
 The jealousy
 Bottomless pit of envy, it's a shame
 When you hear them singing my words and chanting my name
 It's the jealousy