Our Selfish Ways

It¡¯s such a shame and we¡¯re all to blame
For all the hatred and the blood-shed

Man¡¯s inhumanity towards another man
Man¡¯s injustice to those who are different

We¡¯re so consumed in a world without peace and so obese
We¡¯re molded by society made ignorant without intent

No intent to see the truth
For their unwillingness to make the change
No intent to make a difference
For the selfishness of their own pleasures

It¡¯s a catastrophe overlooked
By the ignorance of human beings
Untamed to the world, ignoring the pleads
Of the outbursts, outcries

Animals
There are world¡¯s commodities
Wasted and used for our egocentric needs

Selfishly using them as our lab rats
Selfishly using them for our own good
Selfishly keeping them stuck in a cell and living in hell

Sweatshops
Oh the poor kids
Dried up bruised hands like a battered bat
Endlessly working, when will it end

Their just a tired worker bee
Striving flower after flower
Trying to please the queen
Their just a tired worker bee

Progress not expected
All their sow they cannot reap
Enslavement to the bitter cell
Deprived of their full liberties

Come on guys
It¡¯s just our society hypnotizing our views
Our government shattering our freedom

Telling us what¡¯s right and what¡¯s wrong
And how to live our lives
To be in a normal crowd
To be cruel to the inferior
To be a dense, beef headed, blear-eyed, pinhead

I¡¯m not going to be one of those
I¡¯d rather be hated on by the jealousy of others lacking difference

It¡¯s time for a change and hopefully that¡¯ll be today
Stick up for yourself, pull the tide in, don¡¯t ever let go

4-22-03 Ashley Lauer

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