Are you in it for the long haul....you sure?
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Slow Drip, Please
When I look back to when I was young
I cry when I see what we’ve become
Now we tell jokes about Ward and June
Forgot the magic of man on the moon
Maybe then we were all to naive
It sure seemed like we had reason to believe
We’d grow up the world would be ours
There’d be peace amongst global powers
Live in a world where we cared for each other
Got past the hate and called our enemies brother
Some 30 years later as I see what we’ve lost
I can’t get past the final cost
We’re still killing each other on a daily basis
Liberties are dispensed according to races
Half a million children right here not eating
Probably twice that number taking a beating
Kids that used to play and run in the street
Turned out and into spy boys for the heat
No parks no playgrounds nowhere to go
Their first job is looking out for five-oh
Neighborhoods ruined with each departing owner
Every youth a potential organ donor
Subsidized housing they call Section 8
Another government apology that turned out great
Half of all somehow someway addicted
Pricey accountants say it’s all self inflicted
A panel of cronies your life in their hand
So sorry your malady doesn’t fit into our plan
I know I wasn’t perfect and didn’t follow the rules
But explain to me the killing at our schools
We had our gangs and hung out at the park
It was sports and scouts and you were home by dark
Now as nightfall sets there’s no one on the street
And if so they’re probably packing heat
We trusted cops priests our so called leaders
Not knowing they were scum more bottom feeders
Corporate fat cats with their accounts swollen
So many hands in the till so much of it stolen
Cold hearted bastards stacking the decks
So our elders never get to see their checks
Old folks homes dubbed assisted care centers
Half the staff filled with vile tormentors
How can it be we allow this to continue
I’m scared to think what will be on my menu
No longer are we shocked never too surprised
Every value we had has been compromised
Can’t say why I expected more from mankind
Call Dr. Jack and hook me up on the line
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YIKES T....I wrote this 8 years ago and never saw the to(o)...thanks...and the comma works