KRS-One & Saul Williams compose Ocean Within. Metaphors relating the city to an amusement park are versed. Being from Ohio, where the #1 amusement park in the world is located and having lived in the city-I can relate.
...a major city/ laden with concrete, metal, advanced modes of transportation/ shining buildings and fenced in parks.
...too many people live in the city struggling day to day for mere existence/
...cities are like amusement parks with high prices and temporal satisfaction/
Below is the link to the song and the lyrics to the full verse.
Intellect is like a major city
Laden with concrete, metal
Advanced modes of transportation
Shining buildings, and fenced in parks
Spirit is the mountains’ forest wilderness
and vast countryside that surrounds it
Too many people live in the city
Struggling day to day for mere existence
Most have forgotten how to live off the land
They only experience nature on class trips
and short-term vacations
For those that live in the country
Cities are like amusement parks with high prices
and temporal satisfaction
At the end of the day, they are tired
and ready to go home, and relieve their ringing ears
