WAKE-UP SLEEPING FRIEND,
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD,
TIME TO RISE FROM THE ASHEN,
LIKE PHOENIX THE MYTHICAL BIRD.
BASE OF CHEMATICS,
HACKING INTO YOUR SYSTEM.
WAR-MINDED TACTICS,
POWERS QUICK TO CONDENM.
RISING EMINENT-DOMAIN,
POOR FAMILIES' GRIEF.
MAN-MADE ACID RAIN,
FOOLS CRAVE FOR RELIEF.
CYBERNETIC CONSPIRACIES,
PURE POLITICAL JARGON.
MILITANT MERCENARIES,
MISSING CRUCIAL CALLING.
MIGHTY STANDING REGALS,
ALIEN DOMINATION.
UNLOCKING HIDDEN POTENTIALS,
MONUMENTAL MISSION.
FLUNKIES' VOICE RESONATE,
EQUAL WAGES DENIED.
MASTERMINDS ENERVATE;
LESS-FORTUNATES' PRIDE.
SHORTING INNOVATIVE STOCKS,
DISHONEST INVESTORS.
SUDDEN MAJOR GRIDLOCKS,
POWERS EVIL GESTURES.
FACING DREADED BLIND WALL,
WHO WILL PASS THROUGH?
SPEAKING OF PROTOCOL,
MAYBE IT'S ME AND YOU.
WAKE-UP SLEEPING FRIEND,
LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD,
TIME TO RISE FROM THE ASHEN,
LIKE PHOENIX THE MYTHICAL BIRD.
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