Where Is the Love
Decades down to years
Years down to months
Months down to days
Days down to hours
Hours down to minutes
Minutes down to seconds
No matter what time it is or how long you've been alive
You know at least one person or family that is on a dive
When will this economy of ours hit a thrive
We are in the passenger seat of this car
No one behind the wheel because we are too scared to drive
Let’s close our eyes and count to five
Eyes opening...WATCH OUT!!!
Almost falling off a cliff but we barley survive
No matter how many close calls we encounter the car is forever moving
We look out the windows and see the world as we pass by
Are you the one who will stop and give your last dollar to a homeless guy
They say the limit is the sky
But when you’re poor with no food or money all you want to do is say bye
Sitting there watching the news all I can do is cry
Families being evicted from a place the call home
Because the bank is worried about their own issues and can't even give them a $5 loan
You’re on your high horse riding and parading through the land
While that family you just evicted is looking for a place to stand
This is called poverty meaning having little possession and money
Yet the world around us is laughing
Please fill me in on what's so funny
Can you hear them crying
They are on that corner you pass by on a daily basis
Asking you for help
As the struggle form day to day
I’m gonna be on my knees and pray
Hoping that the world will take the wheel of these peoples car
But that’s like wishing upon a star
They live in darkness through all the pain
And yet we have the nerve to complain
Trying to climb over this wall
No one is their to catch them when they fall
Is opening up your hearts such a long hall
Why don’t you be their white little dove
Or are you to busy trying on that new pair of gloves
All I got to say is where is the love?
(C) Jeremy Fennell
Copyright © Jeremy Fennell | Year Posted 2010
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