It's No News To Me

Ok I’m awake 
It’s a new day 
Presidents up to his same old ways 
I don’t know how much Iraq war cries I can take 
Please bring ‘um back the war was a big mistake 
If Bush thinks he’s dreaming, First Lady please shake him wake him up
On the news all I see is corruption and destruction
Politics always bluffin’
Police always hand cuffin’
Funeral Homes making a big profit 
 
Another John Doe 
Gun now and days are like pens in peoples pockets
A dead girl or boy on their sibling’s pins or in lockets 
Robberies cause people can’t get money 
‘Welfare just isn’t enough for me”
Kids in Africa got diseases and they’re hungry 
“AID’s took mommy and daddy from me”
Over there carving how many relatives they lost out in a tree 
Innocent blood shed
In Iraq you got to make sure theirs not a bomb under your hotel bed 
 
People supporting abortions
But throwing a babies out the window 
It amazes me to see cruelty this harsh 
Home of the free
 Yes to show homosexuality on TV
Children growing up confused in this twisted world 
Turned inside out outside in 
Turning my stomach I think I’m getting sick again
Child molesters, Gay protesters 
Everyone has their own thing going on 
In this world something’s always going wrong 
 
I tried to block it out, shut my mouth 
When I thought about what happened down south 
People were in wet circumstances 
Took chances to stay 
Houses, pets and families just washed away 
People praying and hoping for a better day 
When it happened I wish a big towel could fall from the sky
To soak up every tear that was cried 
 
All these things are daily on the news turn your tv on and see 
It might be news to you but  
It’s no news to me
Copyright © | Year Posted 2007

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