Deception — The Method
Had to go back,
Thinking of a throwback, yeah
Food for thought, thinking of the cost
Expensive consequences, but cheap to break the vault, yeah
Easy to see it’s so easy to fall
A word from one with the means can be deceiving to all
Ain’t nothing new though it looks that way to the masses
A virus has always needed a host to wreak some havoc, yeah
That’s what it seems,
No ghost in the machine,
Bait on the hook is where it’s expected to be
An expert fisher already knows what they’ll catch
They’re just waiting for the time to cast the reel or a net
And now it’s easier than ever to keep the malice on deck
Takes a minute to plant a seed, taking over The Net
Info out, doesn’t matter if it’s real or it’s not
People quick to click the bait surely hooked on the spot
And once started it’s hard to stop,
Highly contagious, it spreads
Point of infection, we’ve all been affected by the Google effect
Quick to forget what has already happened
Remembering to fall for old tricks again
A new dog might’ve learned ’em but they still work in the end
Leaving some to think their fight is right
When it’s really rooted in sin
The passion spreads even more, a wildfire ablaze
To some it’s a desired reaction while others stand watching in shock and amazed
At the followers who are oh so fervent
But the tool of universal mind control is a common occurrence
Often used throughout time to achieve personal goals
At the expense of both the guilty and the innocent soul
Those guilty in jeopardy of being caught in a sinister game
Those innocent of any intentions left bearing the pain
Still leaving the oppressor to lose more than they ever could gain
Losing control of the tongue is a dangerous thing
Deceives the heart,
Causing the pure belief you claimed to have to be in vain
Every hearer should be a doer, understanding in love
Instead eyes set on things of confusion and not on things above
Grown-ish in ways, a character cast liked Doug
More so childish only playing for the cameras, using situations to your advantage — I should call you Doeg
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Sort of looks like a typo, maybe meant to again say Doug
But no mistakes made here, you are the original thug
A Doeg, a deceiver, twisting the story to get your way
Knowing fear coupled with an immature, insecure jealous rage,
Can do much damage as you make your evil strategic maneuvers
Plenty skilled, maybe you learned from a divisive G-man named Hoover.
Although no laughing matter, it’s funny and strange to see
How people throughout time remain convinced they still hold the keys
As if they’re doing what’s right
Believing they carry the torch, the epitome of light
Truth is they’ve set their own trap
Masters of deception walk the darkest of paths
So dark they can’t even see what’s become or has always been
Masters of deceit bathe themselves in sin
Still again, we see deception distorts the truth, only resulting in lies
Funny again how Frederick Douglass implied the same in 1845
Slavemaster and Christian oppose each other in name
You can only be one of the two, they could never be the same
But again the masters of deceit somehow convinced themselves,
The wielder of cowskin whips,
The profiter of families split,
The “breaker” of young slaves to get them trained,
The believers in the saying that “it’s worth a half-cent to both kill and bury a slave”
Could all be considered one of the twelve
Convinced they truly were the standard as Disciples of Christ
Just like the Klan who banded together behind that same Jewish man
Too bad they all missed the memo as the antithesis of Him
As a warning, hit the woe, a tick tock is a trend
Not the app everybody knows but the sound of the clock ticking within
The time of reckoning will come fully guaranteed
Not my words, but word to some from Matthew 23
Back to deception, surely the method often used to distract
Proven to work in a world of things which often seem to get hacked
Sure the viral code of computers can hack from the start
But the depths of deceit hurt most when it reaches your heart
Often debated was the hack of elections going back to 2016
A wave of code rushin’ into the voting machines
Truth is it wouldn’t take all that to get in the way
All it takes is that thing called deception to once again get in the way
Ask Eve who convinced Adam it was still safe to enjoy as they pleased
Eating from the hands of both deception and a forbidden tree
And if that simple instruction couldn’t even be followed back then,
It says much about the power of deception again.
Makes it easier to see that if man could fall for that harming himself,
He could too fail in following the commandment to love thy neighbor as thyself,
Falling for the lies birthed by deceit over time.
Searching for answers causing more problems is what they may actually find.
And deceit never needed the assistance of Python or C.
It’s been here since the beginning of time.
Deception has always had the cunning ability to hack the human mind.
