Oh, Saddam, dear Saddam
now you are dead
trouble we started in Iraq
may come to a head.
Bin Laden, Bin Laden,
says kill the infidel—
this kind of attitude
takes him straight to hell
About Israel and Palestine,
I cannot stop a grievin'
That trouble won't be over
'til the body count is even.
War on drugs, war on crime
war on terrorists—
War on war on war!
Anything been missed?
He has since denied it,
though what was really meant
when Alfred E. Neuman said
I'm a war president!
Set up screens, check IDs,
stop them at the borders
Anything else frighten you?
Issue executive orders.
Consume, consume. Pollute the air,
we're proudly capitalist!
Yeah, right, that's what we are,
like Stalin was a socialist.
Capitalism is the norm,
but if you're really wise,
and really want democracy,
some things you socialize.
Our politicians suffer
the corporate disease.
These ridiculous rising prices
are caused by subsidies,
We subsidize all right,
the poor give to the rich.
This is a form of socialism
with a capitalist twist.
I'm scared, I'm really scared.
Fear has invaded my thinking.
Eating something might settle me,
or I might keep on drinking.
I might just buy something,
take a trip in my SUV,
count my blessings but worry,
is there enough for me?
Who created this nation?
Not those welfare mamas,
without a penny to keep
offshore in the Bahamas.
Wealth there is away and safe,
from the sick, lame, and dying,
No one stops the establishment
from covering up by lying.
You are a commodity,
like stocks, money, or bacon.
People are a commodity,
more so the less they're makin'.
About a real issue,
Kennedy got the vote,
saying that a rising tide
raises all the boats.
Don’t worry ‘bout a thing,
I hear that you’re insured:
but avoid getting injured:
Your case can be deferred
The entire medical field
on insurance and drugs is hung:
in most medical ratings,
we’re near the bottom rung.
Think I’m over-reacting?
Think I have twisted views?
My philosophy comes
from watching the evening news.
I want peace—I breathe peace:
to some I seem naive.
They say if you don’t like it,
exercise choice and leave.
You have to wake up early
to see both right and wrong
not automatically play
some dogmatic song.
You must choose sides:
don’t straddle the fence—
The strongest men in history
used nonviolence.
Ready answers are for those
who face problems head on
Through extermination,
they think the problem gone.
Denial and prejudice:
that’s the name of the game,
creating the kind of policies
that, at their best, are lame.
And here we go again,
using the language of war!
Let's honor those who keep peace
not those who merely keep score.
Do you want honesty?
First, find a steeple.
Then don't ask the priest,
always ask the people.
How long will we accept
these politics of contention?
Creating reasonable answers
is not a new invention.
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