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By: Cedric McClester Wall Street execs plundered Everything in sight Then the banks went under That got everyone uptight There’s something to be said For experience But that might well be ******* By judgment and common sense Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been But what is it they plan to do If they want to win Folks can’t pay their mortgages Or their grocery bills They believe in country first But that won’t cure their ills Attacking the opposition Doesn’t provide an answer That can actually address This ever-growing cancer Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been But what is it they plan to do If they want to win One side’s throwing mud At the camera screen The other offers no solutions You know what I mean Desperation brings out insanity But it don’t do a thing For folks like you and me Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been But what is it they plan to do If they want to win Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been While suggestions and solutions Have been paper thin The question shouldn’t be Who is he or she All I want to know Is what they’ll do for me Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 2015 at 7:04 PM UTC
THINGS ARE GETTING NASTIER...
By: Cedric McClester Wall Street execs plundered Everything in sight Then the banks went under That got everyone uptight There’s something to be said For experience But that might well be ******* By judgment and common sense Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been But what is it they plan to do If they want to win Folks can’t pay their mortgages Or their grocery bills They believe in country first But that won’t cure their ills Attacking the opposition Doesn’t provide an answer That can actually address This ever-growing cancer Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been But what is it they plan to do If they want to win One side’s throwing mud At the camera screen The other offers no solutions You know what I mean Desperation brings out insanity But it don’t do a thing For folks like you and me Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been But what is it they plan to do If they want to win Things are getting nastier Than they’ve ever been While suggestions and solutions Have been paper thin The question shouldn’t be Who is he or she All I want to know Is what they’ll do for me Cedric McClester, Copyright © 2015. All rights reserved.
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Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 2015 at 7:04 PM UTC
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