Stop the Madness

Young brothers and sisters 
                    out here living the streets
                wondering what tomorrow will bring.
                 Who will die from another gun shot, 
                wondering will the killings ever stop!   

                   Don't want to go to jail, or to hell
                          mothers and fathers 
                         constantly paying bail!
                                For what??? 
                           Stop the madness,
                            It's really sadness                                   

                      Our future going up in smoke
                         Kids out here selling dope  
                           Instead of educating
                            we're  perpetuating
                             A life without hope
                             Stop the madness
                             It's really sadness

                         This world is going insane, 
                        when we can stop Bin Laden
                            but not others gangs 
                            It's time for a change
                             Stop the madness    
                             It's really sadness                                 
                                                                                   
                    Our eyes swelling, our minds dwelling 
                            won't hide the blindness
                          fallen trials and tribulations 
                              constantly behind us
                               Stop the madness, 
                                it's really sadness
                      
                            Jesus Christ sacrificed
                         and then rose from the night
                     just so that we all could live a better life.
                                 Stop the madness!!!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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