Somethin' Ain't Right

 

 

New Orleans thru

Mississippi

Still look torn

Folks can’t return

To places they were born

FEMA money been burned

One thing we've learned

They are clearly not colorblind

Ignoring talks of race

Its green they continually chase

 

Somethin ain’t right

 

Politicians

Printing made up dollars

Breathing more death

Into a recession

Millions unemployed

More than

The Great Depression

So what should we call these times?

 

 Society is stressing

Check those numbers for suicide

The Chocolate City is being gentrified

Why…

Is Obama is being vilified?

There is no economic plan

To erase trillion dollar debt

How bad will things get?

Talking heads have much advice

About what’s not right

They don’t want

The President’s job though

Silence

You political puppets

Political pundits

Go play hop scotch thru land mines

Sick of Fox News poison

CNN cyanide

The Bentley pushers

Are getting bail out money

We tryin’ to deal

With rising bus fare

While our kids are still hungry

 

Somethin ain’t right

 

When you can embezzle

Billions

Never seeing the inside of a cell

Vick financed dog fighting

They tried to put him

Under the jail

How can we ever prevail?

Overcome

The hidden hate

Revealed

Thru police dashboard cameras

Just say it to my face

No wonder we don’t feel safe

I love this place

 

America the beautiful.

 

Author's Note

Just some observations I made while watching the News one day...

Reviews

[Masq]

Brilliantly profound.....This piece is the truth! America is the land of double standards. There's law for the rich & law for the poor. The rich gets richer while the poor gets poorer.

"When you can embezzle Billions
Never seeing the inside of a cell
Vick financed dog fighting
They tried to put himUnder the jail"

AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH....I am a dog lover, but I think that it's really a shame when people are more outraged about dog fighting than they are when they hear of black man being viciously murdered like in the case of the man who was dragged to his death. There was no uproar in the media about that!

This piece really struck a chord....Outstanding writing!

[Lepadah]

Very conscious of the real deal. I enjoyed this piece.

Peace one Lepadah

[cest la vie]

My friend, you are indeed very observant.. reality bites, right? You wrote this brilliantly, with clarity, non-judgemental vision.. truly gives us all things to think about more deeply. thanks fo sharing this piece.

[LisetteCanWrite!]

Wow.. so much truth here.. I don't watch alot of news but I read alot.. printing money is right.. it is money that not only does not exist there is no tangible backing either.. since 1971 when they removed the gold standard.. the let the bankers take over and companies that can make numbers do such fancy tricks .. they can fool some of the best advisors! (brought the banker side of me out).. enough of that said .. every person has done damage in one form or another some in more than one form.. the question now remains what in the world will be done about it all .. and what of the future?Baby boomers are just starting to retire... who will back the insurance companies and pension funds? I could keep going here as you have brought up so many topics that are troubling many ... in this crisis.. it is what is bringing out the dreamer in me again.. I simply don't care anymore.. about anything.. I plan on living life to the fullest regardless.. I have been poor all my life.. family and people in general has always come first with me.. nothing to change there.. thank you for sharing.. and I can relate to all you said here and more! =)

[Thunderlyrics]

I'm loving the message...and the visual!!

Outstanding my brotha! Speak on it!!

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