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Stuck In A Rut


Its a sick sad world but I am the cure Inject me into your veins just to be sure Do you feel it now? From my periphery I notice junk Of society walkin’ backwards With lost causes chained around their necks like lanyards Why I’m strugglin for the dollar while conservatives do the opposite of conserve what we need to preserve just for profit so they can spend on objects they prolly don’t deserve And it’s a trial to earn, when to spread the wealth, big bosses and corporations ain’t even concerned Well I’ma spread the wealth of my riches donated to you with these words Run through what I perceive as life cause I live through verbs But if there’s a lack of initiation and there is no action, We the minority only become fractions in this percentile of 99 Leaving us with false values and the increase of crime Is there a world we can live in Or are we just gonna sit here dyin’ Our waters so vast, I suggest we all just dive in To the dead sea where maybe we can all stay afloat. Or will we crash like the Titanic in the Atlantic. Only rich, powerful men and women on this boat How bout our skin? Racism instituted into sanctions. And of course it still exists In the places you never hear cause that news stays hidden Until the common people magnify their voices Headstrong enough to stand up for all their choices. Sick sad world, this rhyme can’t even sum it up It’s only a paragraph in the book titled “Society—Stuck In A Rut” And some of y’all claim to, but never really gave a fuck So I’m reachin’ out to the people ready willin’ to stand up If you livin’ comfortably with no sight of humanity then you can stay seated. That’s embarrassing, yea I said it go ahead and be mad When you hear the other side, like a debate that’s heated Or maybe this will open up your eyes, To hell on earth which shouldn’t be much of a surprise
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