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The Evil is Within


We blame everything else

But that is not the evil

It's us

We blame our government

But that is not the evil

It's us

We blame our peers

But they are not the evil

It's us

We beg for change

But refuse to make it

We beg for truth

But refuse to find it

We beg for love

But refuse to give it

We need to change ourselves 

Not what's around us

We blame everything else

But that is not the evil

It's us

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