we got the pundits and the University experts
pushing drugs/no drugs and the profilers, and hey, the sexperts
antigun/NRA, Sprigner, Montel, Oprah, Fresh, Today
pretty much all on TV, and Having Their Say

while families squirm and obsess about harm and derm
color, immigration, and the natural separation
of those who have, and the the ones that have not
well, let's face it, kids have been, no matter who was workin', shot

while we play some kind {pretend and bend) blind and stupid game
of where the ( confiscated ) money all goes
hello, it's taxed out of our ass and oh's
are the noises we make and still be quite tame

well, i aint for wack-jobs or0shooting psychos
but what can ( let's say did, kid ) you expect
when the world we all erect, pardon me, elect,
is based on google and you-tube and yahoo and lycos

Malls, Starbucks, E-Zines and Suburbia
Urban sprawl, and Gas Prices, that should ( Mos Def ) disturbi-ya
and the time you spend paying for power (Nod to TXU, and Allayalls
Crew) to run the toaster and in traffic-a jams
It Aint All Just a Spiral Cut Fed Ex Delivered Microwave Cooked Up Honey Ham

No, it's Government Misuse ( say C-Span, you don't watch that...) Of
Power and Time
And listening to Race Baiters ( Say Fox, Say CNN, You watch THAT? ) who
just happen to Rhyme
while they spit ( say satire, Daily, SNL, and fun, and then clutch your
gun ) out the lines
which continue to promote some real ( old, tired, but true, where were
YOU? ) crimes

That happened a long, Very LONG ( tried & true ) Time Ago
Doncha Know
It's a game, and you, all prozac ( doc, i'm shakin', you're bakin', so
write down the words! ) tame
try to keep it ( I'm payin', you're playin' ) sane and the same

while they grin ( THE SHERRIF'S A ---) on TV and put you to shame
you did nothing wrong
you still take the blame, hate isn't your ( My Ho) song
but it's on your TV and sound screen all the ( i'm tame on prozac ) same

professing, not blessing and all about dressing
you ( "I have never felt so white in my life" ) up as a criminal, confessing
your sins and bending your shins
while undressing for the Big ( you gonna get ) Messing

yes, you're tired, and mired
in government taxes, and social ground axes
from pissing people off, a real and present past, those Guns Were Fired
But not by you, please wake up and get a clue, before you get fired

>From the Job That You Know That You Have To Do
Again the world asks, while not clearly defining the tasks
And Leaving It All Up To You,
Save The World, Lead Us Forth, And Rip Off All The Masks

It's Now Or Never
and way past time to sever
the bullshit from the fantasy, for sure
And Don't By God, start to talk about Pure

That's what the weak do,
we tend to blend
when there is something important to do
we bend

But remain rooted and true
because, lets face it, what else is there to do, i mean
when it's all falling apart
and some crazy killer fills your screen

And the networks are all whores
and the rest of it just bores
into your responsible skull, like a flag unfurled
you realize it's just you... only you..... that's left to save the world.
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