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WHO
IS
RESPONSIBLE
? |
It’s
all happening out there To
somebody you don’t know They’re
being killed or raped Or
maimed with a violent blow They
are faceless strangers You
read of in the papers as news You
shake your head and turn the page To
dwell on such thing’s no use You’d
rather dwell on stock prices And
Kenny G playing the blues Or
look at the advertisements And
wonder which AC to choose Till
the day your daughter comes home Hiding
her face in shame Or
your son collapses in your arms By
a hockey stick turned lame Your
sister had her necklace snatched And
you wife has lost all her gold Your
indifference has lead to this And
criminals have turned ever bold You
turned away from your civic duty Insulated
in your lofty flat There
was no one out there to stop the rot Or oppose the crime lord’s diktat |
You
thought you’ve done enough By
earning for your own needs Stayed
at home and watched TV And
played with your prayer beads You
believe in your democratic rights Read
the manifestos they wrote Yet
when the voting day arrived You refused to cast your vote
You
rue criminals joining politics It’s
such a crying shame Now
look honestly within you Did
you vote against that name? You
always hid your true income And
refused to pay your dues Yet
complain of deterioration For
your neglect, there’s always excuse You
go to all sorts of lengths Your
children abroad to send Then
sit back and pontificate That
this land will never mend I
beg of you please do tell Who’ll
set things right in this decay? The
best of talent deserted this land And all those who could, just ran away |