as it burns

which one
will the choice be made
to bow down to those
whose ignorance prevails
they wear keeping them blind
ignorance reigns down to the bottom
of another cup filled
with the bullshit stories told and the lies
buried with the bodies of those who suffer
for the injustices done
and ignored what we are taught
to hate and learn to fight
join the army and see the world as you have never seen it
or whatever’s left after intervening
none of our business
as usual on the home front
lawn mowed and sleep well for tomorrow is another day
in the life of the family
struggles to get by on governmental assistance
wasted hoping to win the big one
dropped the big one
ended the war
in your mind
what they say and what they do
what they need a change of ideals
inbred and milk and enough to buy some booze
and smokes rising from the melting pot as it burns...

check in the square
where we assemble in hopes that angry cries are heard
the newsmen lie and damn right we’re pissed
all over the red white and blue rag of freedom
sounds more like a question
everyone is asking how to live the dream
won’t come true with complacency
the couch potato grows roots in the cushion
all the lies with blah blah blah
makes what we buy more appealing
off layer after layer
until the truth is revealed
the empty promises to do more before seven a.m.
then we do all day
sitting waiting for night fall
back another step or two
many greedy hands signing their own approval for raises
the sun rising smoke can be seen as it burns...

high life, low life,
but it’s just another our life
story retold to be more politically correct
the history books should be burned
in the mind as lies form mountains in our pathways
to truth be told
us too many times they are a-changing
for the worst case scenario that who knows
who created only to destroy those
who are inferior because our bombs are bigger
than the problem we thought we had
enough of the smoke blurring our vision
can no longer see the fire as it burns...

and can it wait another minute
years pass and innocent men imprisoned
sentenced to die
for their culture
for their minds
for their voice
for being revolutionary
when it’s how this country was formed
hypocrisy and racism
in the land of the free
guilty man goes free
bloody glove and footprints were not enough
evidently he was an outstanding citizen
either that or he had the funds to fool the fools
either that or the government didn’t want his land
either that or he wasn’t a threat to main stream America
back to the point of hypocrisy
and lies to cover up the green grass
has been cut
up the constitution
isn’t written for all
for some will realize
and start all over
may possibly offend those
who believe the stories told at bedtime
for a change
the system sucks blood out of those
who have hardly anything to take
the power into a raised fist
flashing a middle finger
ready to defy a government
built on stolen property
watch as it burns...