You Gotta Defend It

by Maryee

No matter what it is, not matter what you do,
the thing which you submit to, will then take control of you

If it be truth, you will fight for what's right
If it be a lie, you now will entertain strife

You gotta defend it
Yeah, you're gonna defend it
especially if you've taken sides

One fights for justice
the other runs and hides

One seeks to expose truths
The other entertains lies

Let's say you smoke, now and you know it ain't right, you won't give money, time, nor support to the American Heart Association because that would be the height of hypocrisy. You know it's deadly affects on you and anyone you come in contact with but say things like, "Hey, I gotta die of something" or "everyone has a bad habit they need to kick", or "no one's perfect." Classic lie to yourself and deception to everyone else. You know it's damaging, but can't get from under it's yoke. The bad part about it is, now everything that is remotely connected to smoking, you will defend.

For instance, you will, say to a fellow smoker who's struggling with his 12 yr old son/daughter who's dabbling in pot/weed, "Well, you know...or...Hey, what can you say, you smoke, too." What you can't say is, "Friend, we've overcome this and we can help...I know what I did to fight this..." See, no matter how wrong it is, because you are under it's control, you will defend it. It's natural. Defense means you are against something or someone, like playing football.

If you are a smoker who's dealing with friends or family who smoke, you won't entertain the real truth and say, "It ain't right!" The only proof that you are against something is you are on the other team, opposite, going in another direction. See defense is on one side and offense is on the other side. They don't work together and cohabitate. You'll defend smoking anything til you decide that defending it is a lie. A lie to the truth and a lie you've been living. A lie like, in the Denzel Washington movie, Fallen that you will pass on to as many weak unsuspecting souls as possible, killing their truth to match them up with your lie.

My blog post is not about smoking cause you can replace smoking with anything that's not built on truth. It doesn't have to be an act, but it can also be a way of thinking.

See, if you think being verbally abusive is OK then no one will and can convince you the wiser that it is damaging to whom ever receives verbal abuse from you. You will defend it, cause doing anything other wise will be a lie unto the lie you live.

That's why it's hard for liars to tell the truth. They've been defending so many lies in their lives that to turn their back on it would mean they'd have to die.

You Gotta Defend It

No matter what it is, not matter what you do,
the thing which you submit to, will then take control of you

If it be truth you will fight for what's right
If it be a lie, you now will entertain strife

You gotta defend it
Yeah, you're gonna defend it
especially if you've taken sides

One fights for justice
the other runs and hides

One seeks to expose truths
The other entertains lies