MUZIC SOCIETY

Lyrics

### Verse 1

You tell me work a little harder
Then you move the finish line again
Tell me keep my head down and stay patient
While you're changing all the rules to win

You want my labor, not my opinion
Want my talent, but not my voice
Want me grateful for the crumbs you're offering
Like dignity ain't a choice

You smile when the cameras start rolling
Talk fairness when the room gets loud
But behind closed doors you're still deciding
Who gets lifted and who stays bowed

### Chorus

You keep moving the finish line
Every time I get close enough to touch it
You keep moving the finish line
Then act surprised when I discuss it

How long you think people gonna carry burdens
While pretending everything is fine?
You keep moving the finish line, baby

But the truth keeps gaining ground with time

### Verse 2

You build fences around opportunity
Then wonder why frustration grows
Lock the gate, hide the keys, raise the prices
And ask why nobody's smiling anymore

You call survival an attitude problem
Call struggle a lack of ambition
Never mentioning the weight some folks inherit
Or who profits from the conditions

I've watched mothers stretch miracles from paychecks
Watched fathers break themselves to make ends meet
Still somebody sitting in comfort and privilege
Claims the race has always been equal on the street

### Chorus

You keep moving the finish line
Every time I get close enough to touch it
You keep moving the finish line
Then act surprised when I discuss it

How long you think people gonna carry burdens
While pretending everything is fine?
You keep moving the finish line, baby

But the truth keeps gaining ground with time

### Bridge

See, this ain't bitterness talking

This is observation.

This ain't anger without purpose

This is testimony.

Because people can only ignore reality
For so long before reality starts speaking louder

And when it does...

Everybody hears it

### Verse 3

The blues taught me how to recognize patterns
Church taught me how to stand and endure
Life taught me that silence rarely changes anything
And courage often makes people uncomfortable

So don't ask me to shrink my perspective
To protect somebody else's ease
If the truth rattles the room when spoken

Maybe the room needed shaking

### Final Chorus

You keep moving the finish line
But eventually folks stop chasing it
You keep moving the finish line
And start questioning who keeps placing it

The same voices you tried to overlook
Keep rising stronger every day
And no amount of denial can forever hold back

What was always finding its way

### Outro

So keep your excuses

Keep your polished explanations

Keep your carefully crafted distractions

The people living the story

Already know the story

And sooner or later...

Everybody else will too

You keep moving the finish line...

But history has a way

Of catching up with the truth...