Our air and water are tainted
There's flooding in our streets
Doin' shimmy, shake shuffles
scroungin' for somethin'' good to eat.
But, the food's all bad,
GMO and MSG.
There's somethin' not right around here.
Crusty kids sprawled out
on sleeping bags
over cardboard mats
Navigatin' like lost sail boat captains
amidst menacing deck rats
Camo fends off rabid tweakers
and the repo man.
There's somethin' not right around here.
Park patrol sniffs around
for another cat on a wire
One more crab for their buckets
and into the fire.
I'll tell you straight up
best be a real good liar. '
Cuz. there's somethin'
not right around here.,
More drugs are being plopped
than raindrops
business is booming
and it's pouring non-stop.
The music is blastin;,
The bars keep on bangin''',
Since, the needle found the vein
The bells won't stop ringin'
There's somethin' not right around here.
I'd love to tell you
I've seen it all
But, every day's
a new one on me.
The art of the deal
wrought the working man's grief..
Bossman's
a lawyered up
Indian Chief.
There's somethin'
not right around here.
Another toy soldier
succumbs to the lash
Found his hands in her cookie jar
where her cookies weren't stashed..
We know what we know
Better move in real slow
Cuz,
there's somethin'
not right
around here.
Buddy Bee Anthony
re-edited 12/04/2022 @6:53AM Pacific Standard Time
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