The Betrayal
Now you look down on your people
As you drive pass the street full throttle
Cos' the brothers you have betrayed
You dare not look up into their eyes
Your kinsmen, your friends
Together you once drink and dine
Who voted you into office
To represent them in government
The same you demolished their houses
And you took over the land
The same you tax so heavily hand
But left the road potholes turn deep gullies
Yea yeah, you emptied the treasury
And you snatch away their wives with luxury
With flashy cars and mansions
Bought with the tears of your people
Haba! To think of the things men do
Men who sit on the seat of power screw
Feeling they are gods
But have sold their heart to the devil
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Power corrupt absolute power! How politicians even turn against the people who voted them into power. What a betrayal!
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