How Can This Be So

I turn on the news Scroll all day on my phone The first words on my tongue Are how can this be so I walk down the street And see those without homes I ask once again How can this be so I hear people talk Of our great country so bold But still the words on my tongue Are how can be this so The people with power Spit on those down below I cry out the words How can this be so Those around me are bleeding While their pockets grow I beg them to tell me How can this be so The whole world is on fire And still we work to the bone I get tired of asking How can this be so They would fall from their perch If we all threw a stone The system is broken That I do know

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