fight and struggle,
enslaved by greed.
freedom by color,
freedom by class.
equally unequal,
the future is past.
under the flag,
under the Bible.
strike out, lash out,
kill for survival.
and the children die
the day they’re born.
citizens of the wasteland,
left bare by the storm!
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wars, wars, and rumors of wars…
people still cringe at the color of skin,and religious people crucifyanyone who thinks different.unemployment lines not moving,soup lines getting longer.shutting down the battered women’s shelter,funding cut off….food stamps dont pay light bills,and lovers face discrimination.the clothes you got at Goodwill,made in an Asian sweat shop….dumping oil in the oceans,the price of gas rising…and vacant houses…
the jaded sky
painted by an orphan brush….heroin ghost nightmareslost in the voidbetween time and flesh…cold steel revolverbeneath the pillow-the line between fearand ‘i dont give a damn’!and the eyes of the childrenstare like poison inkon the pages of what’s left…cold iron barsblurr the vagabond nightwith feelings that tastelike death….karma rips the night asunder….and you’re left praying…for clear…
you stole their lands
buried their desecrated womenin open graves.shouted, ‘long live Bush,and weapons of mass destruction’.grovelling in brick houses,with chevrolet drives.sent your sons to executions,sold your daughters on the block.and prayed at night for white redemption,beneath the flag that bore your name.long live America,close the borders, patrol the skies.eating day old bread in empty rooms,shuddering at the sound…
line in the sand…
the needle of debtexacts its cost.men are just men,dreams are made for sipping.the spirits of dead loversinhabit bodies at night.and the light flickers,grabs, taunts, is lost.we write bibles,coughing in the night!
the truth is
and tastes like vomitin the mouths of the hungry,the homeless, and the hopeless.‘make them hate each other,because of color or creed,make them afraid of each other,tell them they’re differentand that anyone different is dangerous’keep them fighting each otherwhile you steal them blindso easy, so easywake up, dammit!we are all human beingsmore alike than differentmaybe if…
houses burning, stolen earnings,
take their food, take their dreams,just how much do you need?equal rights, stand and fight,you got nothing left to lose.sell your children to the lie,put your heads inside the noose!and the hands on the clockcrawl like justice spurned…tick tock, tick tock,mercy gives what mercy earns!