Soap Box

song i wrote a few weeks back...

and like that, we uncorked our concerns

  and laughed in the faces of the lessons we'd learned

 is this enough of a spark to ignite your fire

       or do you think we're just commiting conspiracy to conspire

     and if you haven't figured it out these reporters are liars,

                               and when they tell the truth they get fired

                       there isn't anything holy about war,            

         but you're probably busy checkin the world cup scores

       while the real problems are drifting down slowly

 and if i said this in the street you might pretend you don't know me
  
       the people, that create these problems won't solve them

     we've been given these lives but it's up to us to evolve them

         revolve them, turn this mess around, put on the brakes and slow it all down
              

     stand up and speak out, choose love over violence
 

         i want a be a voice cause i don't feel right remaining silent

           and if you watch enough T.V. you'll probably say i'm childish
        
  but it's not childish to want to live outside this

 and the darkness spreads til you're just floatin in space
      
      but if you're light's bright enough things start to take shape
    
           there's still sleep in my eyes but i'm starting awake

         9 to 5 job means 9 to 5 slave


 
              i'm having trouble seeing how it makes sense 

     for me to do a job just so i can pay someone rent

 i've been living in a tent, and that's enough for me

          in some countries, that would be a luxory
              
    in some countries kids ain't got food to eat

              in some countries they don't have freedom of speech


 so since i'm blessed with this ability
             
                  i feel compelled like it's my responsibility 
                 
    to spread the message of my so called ideology

               but the last time i checked ideal was a good thing

                    for the people out there who can't speak up
                    
I'm standin on my soap box sayin enough is enough
    
 it's not us versus them, it's us versus ourself

            things get out of hand when our ego swells

          and the darkness spreads til you're just floatin in space

       but if you're light's bright enough things start to take shape

                there's still sleep in my eyes but i'm starting awake

         9 to 5 job means 9 to 5 slave

                            9 to 5 job means 9 to 5 slave

                                           9 to 5 job means 9 to 5 slave

Reviews

[TLK]

There's a good refrain here, and I enjoy the repetition. However, I don't see how the poem adds up to being about modern indentured/economic slavery.

[Working Class Scarecrow]

it's more about a general shift in consciousness. it's actually a song, the "and the darkness... 9-5 slave" part is the chorus.

i wanted something that made people stop and think for a second. attention getter.

"is this enough spark to ignite your fire, or
do you think we're just committing conspiracy to conspire" is kind of meant to be a jab at people who think that they aren't affected by politics etc.

"the price of apathy toward public affairs is to be ruled by evil men" -Plato

one of my favorite quotes lately.

thanks for the reviews!

[Onlyme]

Love it! Outspoken, loud and proud, And speaking up for what is wrong. In society and life in general. How the underdogs get kept down. And out of sight. They tune into the tv. And close their eyes to the real truth about. Robots in a robotic world. With no eyes to truly see with!

[Cindy Marietta]

Last three lines are fantastic..these would be stellar song lyrics but they are so deep and insightful they still have power as a poem itself. Totally dig this