Over and over
the world shakes its head
rolls its eyes
and can't believe
it's inhabitants are barbarious
full of hate,
envy,
and greed
destruction, deception, and misperceptions
become frustration, rejection
and no concentration
in this world of opportunity
in this land of the free
who is free?
somebody sure fooled me
who is free?
is it the brothers in jail
who can't expand their minds
or those dealers out there slangin' quarters
nickels
and dimes
is the students
paying back loans
til they're six feet under
the families paying thousands in mortgage
just for a place to slumber
it's murder
over and over
the world shakes its head
rolls its eyes
and can't believe
it's inhabitants are in a state of war
a state of disease
it's justified they say
but in actuality, it's just a mentality
like that of a child
hit me
and I'll hit you back
a life for a life
so if you shoot me,
I'll shoot you back
without looking back
without thinking ahead
to the consequences of this mass execution
it's justified they're still saying
it's murder
I'm saying
how is a slaying justified in their eyes
because in mine
all I see is the suffering
the pain
and the fight
torture in Abu Ghraib
school bombings in Russia
classrooms with no teachers
families with no parents
making minimum wage
barely getting by
millions smoke a pack a day
just to ease their minds
this is life
this is the bed we have made
and as we lie in it
we slowly die in it
over and over
the world shakes its head
rolls its eyes
and can't believe
-eh
....did that today at work...probably will add a tad more...
