Princip

Think of the first world war
think of young Princip
his mud floor house 
with stones for walls

Poverty and shame
it was hard to make an existence
it was hard to make a life
the food that they were growing

Went to overseers 
Princip watched his family starve
he fought to overcome
the poverty around him

It simply was no fun
profit went to empire
Monarchs sang and danced
as the children of the poor died on the streets

It was not by chance
he came to hate existence
he came to hate his life
he killed the Prince of Austria

It was a freedom fight
he fought to overcome
the poverty and strife
it was a simple billet

that started up the war
and millions died from suffering
the world took up his fight
think of Karl Marz 

with communism plans,
he was also wanting healthy worlds
I think it was his plan
to build a better living 

the dream of every man
when you live down in poverty
and watch your children die
you learn to hate this living

your gangs then build our wars
the streets become our battlegrounds
society at war, the shops 
and agriculture lie broken on the floor

people flee in terror people flee in pain
they become the refuges 
now full of anger's pain
with grief, they want to blame

The rich they won't give money
America they blame
the worlds building anger
a dark and angry mote

The more you give in charity
the more you play the game
as poverty creates people 
that steal it away

The grief's created anger 
they blame and blame and blame
without the jobs and future
it builds the blaming game

If we invest in companies
get them to understand
we can all work together 
to make a better world

workers don't get charity
they just want decent pay
the money for their family
to feed them every day

you give our people charity
the dole you pay each day
they also learn to cheat and steal
it seems to be that way

granted when you have lost a job
you need the helping hand
but that should not be always
it's work that helps us mend

if you are stuck in wheelchairs
you just need different jobs
it doesn't matter, who you are
disabled young and old

We all feel more successful
when we are earning gold
when you can feed your family
when you can buy your home

when you can feel you matter
you carry better loads 
it does not build your hatred
it does not build your pain

If we all work together 
if we all build your jobs
we make a better planet
a planet full of love
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020


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