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By: Cedric McClester You know how it is Out on the block Sumthin’ goes down Nobody wants to talk So we long-step Right over the chalk That marks the spot Where somebody got dropped We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we’re not gonna talk To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive It’s us that’s dying Everyday Heart conditions (diabetes) Get in our way We use emergency rooms To make us okay But we won’t visit doctors No matter what I say We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we won't go to doctors To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive It’s planned obsolescence And we cooperate Because we’re the very ones To whom we show our hate And while I’m at it Let me also state That this topic isn’t Open to debate We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we’re not gonna talk To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive Garbage in And garbage out We’re killing ourselves And there’s no doubt About our ignorance Or the things we sprout Conspicuous consumption Are the things we tout We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we’re not gonna talk To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive You know how it is Out on the block Sumthin’ goes down Nobody wants to talk So we long-step Right over the chalk That marks the spot Where somebody got dropped Cedric McClester, Copyright (c) 2016.  All rights reserved.
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Apr 17, 2016
Apr 17, 2016 at 2:25 PM UTC
OUT ON THE BLOCK
By: Cedric McClester You know how it is Out on the block Sumthin’ goes down Nobody wants to talk So we long-step Right over the chalk That marks the spot Where somebody got dropped We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we’re not gonna talk To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive It’s us that’s dying Everyday Heart conditions (diabetes) Get in our way We use emergency rooms To make us okay But we won’t visit doctors No matter what I say We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we won't go to doctors To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive It’s planned obsolescence And we cooperate Because we’re the very ones To whom we show our hate And while I’m at it Let me also state That this topic isn’t Open to debate We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we’re not gonna talk To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive Garbage in And garbage out We’re killing ourselves And there’s no doubt About our ignorance Or the things we sprout Conspicuous consumption Are the things we tout We have mothers, fathers Children and wives But we’re not gonna talk To save our lives It’s a jungle out there Where no one survives Or the few that do Learn to connive You know how it is Out on the block Sumthin’ goes down Nobody wants to talk So we long-step Right over the chalk That marks the spot Where somebody got dropped Cedric McClester, Copyright (c) 2016.  All rights reserved.
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Apr 17, 2016
Apr 17, 2016 at 2:25 PM UTC
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