This Shouldn't Be

So much madness

Let alone sadness

Longing to fix this

But ignorance is bliss

Living for the weekend

Boozing near the deep end

Numbing the vacancy

Cruising for currency

Drinking the pain away

People dictating the ways

Bruising and stammering

Alas I’m hammering

Logic in to your head

Before I see you dead

Stronger than this

Faster than this

I know you inside and out brother

I’m not one of these phony others

I see you, you see me

It’s fairly simple to see

That this shouldn’t be

Told a story one time

A boy goes, searching for a dime

Stomach the size of a casket

Hopes of fame by a basket

Wishing for money for all the right reasons

Education, food, a safe change of seasons

The voyage is more treacherous than anticipated

Promising, he sees a scrap but, what a shock, he’s baited

Hated, jaded, faded, masqueraded

The cop comes with ambition in his mind

His skills are lagging behind

But the badge is all that’s on his mind

When will this story be one of a kind?

Cause I’m fucking sick of all this lying

As the police state starts buying

Its time and the problems increase

All I want is peace
Cease the violence overseas
Especially in the Middle East
As the mighty empire continues to be a beast

The stars and stripes meant the most to me

Now I realize what I was blind to see

(We are)

Stronger than this

Faster than this

I know you inside and out brother

 I’m not one of these phony others

I see you, you see me

It’s fairly simple to see

That this shouldn’t be

About the time for the close

As I’m continuing with these woes

All I want is love, a simple revival

Without it there’s a slim chance for survival

2Pac wanted changes

So let’s rearrange this

And restore his mission to this broken world

Stronger than this

Faster than this

I know you inside and out brother

I’m not one of these phony others

I see you, you see me

It’s fairly simple to see

That this shouldn’t be