Tellin It Like It Is 2b

Tellin It Like It Is

Verse 1

I'm tellin' it like it is, whether you cheer or not,

Some folks love the truth... till it hits a tender spot.

We've all been sold a story with a shiny coat of paint,

Then years go by and suddenly... they say, "Well... maybe it ain't."

Trust the headlines, trust the crawl,

Trust the expert down the hall.

Every channel sings the tune,

Morning, night, and every noon.

Pre-Chorus

One side says, "Don't question us."

The other says, "We're right."

Meanwhile common sense is sitting

On the porch all by itself tonight.

Chorus

You've been played... maybe so have I.

Sometimes truth takes years before it sees the light.

Yesterday's "conspiracy,"

Becomes today's documentary.

So ask a few more questions—don't just pick a team.

Think before you borrow someone else's dream.

Verse 2

Remember when they laughed out loud

At things that couldn't be?

Then years went by and quietly...

The headlines changed their key.

"We never said it quite that way..."

"Here's the updated view."

Funny how the story changes

When the facts come walking through.

The Iran war will take just a few days..."

"Prices soon will fall."

Turns out history likes reminding us

Predictions aren't gospel after all.

Chorus

You've been played... haven't we all?

By polished words and talking heads six feet tall.

The louder someone's certainty,

The more I check the warranty.

'Cause confidence and truth don't always ride the same train.

Bridge

Remember when your phone was "just a phone"?

Now it knows more places than you've ever roamed.

Remember when your TV watched... only you?

Now it asks if you'll accept the latest terms before the news.

Remember when the internet

Was going to set us free?

Now everybody's arguing...

With somebody they'll never see.

Verse 3

Some ideas sounded crazy,

Some deserved a second look.

History's a funny teacher—

Read more than one book.

Sometimes the crowd gets something right,

Sometimes wrong instead.

That's why borrowing somebody else's brain

Can leave your own unfed.

So don't worship every headline,

Don't reject them all as lies.

Wisdom lives between the extremes—

With open ears and eyes.

Final Chorus

You've been played... and so have they.

Truth don't care what channel's on today.

Keep your humor, keep your grace,

Leave a little room to change your place.

Ask the questions, test the claim,

Don't let fear decide the game.

The truth don't need a shouting match,

Or twenty-four-hour news.

It simply waits for honest hearts...

To follow all the clues.

Outro

So if tomorrow's headlines

Contradict what they said today...

Don't be shocked.

History's been editing the story...

For a mighty long time.

Just keep your eyes open...

...and don't surrender your sense of humor.