When I read Amendment One -- those words speak to anyone Who's free to live in peace -- equally as citizens But we bow to corporate whores -- who'd throw free speech out the door To profit off a war -- despite Amendments Two through Ten There's more to defense -- than for or against You vote with rest -- or you're Communist? That's not how it is -- there's a lot more than what we see On TV How can church and state ever claim to be separated When Heaven knows it Takes an act of God to keep government regulated Can you call this democracy? When you breach what you preach And defend what you spend of our taxes On the backs of working class poor too afraid to be emancipated? I don't know. . . We hold anger in our souls, until cancer takes control. We won't -- let it go. We need more prayer not Medicare! We'll take any pill they give. Get hooked, lose our will to live. Can't die. Can't pay our bill. So any dope can buy our vote. If doctors have proved the spirit can move Our bodies to heal then why do we deal With drugs from the pharmacy that can never treat us? Sweet Jesus! How can we expect to keep church and state separated When Heaven knows it Takes the grace of God to afford to get medicated? And you call this democracy? When you pimp any wimp Who pretends he's a friend to the common Man while he's collecting better benefits than half of the population? I don't think so. I wish schools would tell the truth -- and quit selling out the youth. I know more would pass -- by putting kids in smaller classes. But we pack them wall to wall -- till they can't behave at all, Locked up in study hall -- while tests are run to get more funds. More African males -- are sent off to jail Where they learn to read -- after they plead. They get their degrees -- while children are on the street. It's crazy! How do we expect to get anyone educated When crime is costing Us twice as much to keep people incarcerated? In a backwards bureaucracy Where we breach what we teach And defend what we spend of our taxes On the backs of working class slaves too afraid to be emancipated? No, no -- How can church and state ever claim to be separated When Heaven knows it Takes an act of God to get anything legislated? Can you call this democracy? Where you breach what you preach And you pimp any wimp who will campaign In a game of playing both sides just to try to get higher ratings? I don't think so . . . |