Push
Did we miss the goal?
Was it all a dream?
Did we count the cost
Or are we countin' CREAM?
Did we forget the part about sacrifice?
'Cause we treat it like a crime
Then we flee the scene...
Now, a lack of affluence
Becomes a nuisance
And we get p*ss*d
When our personal peace
Suffers intrusions-
Step one:
Get a gun
Enough with tryin' to rise
And overcome
Overwhelm 'em in a hail of bullets;
You better do or you get done
By any means necessary
Humanity is secondary
It's beastly on these streets
So my aim has gotta be legendary
A King without a crown -
You'll get laid down
Like the rest of 'em
When the 2nd amendment
Trumps forgiveness
You'll just die young
Like the best of 'em
Love versus a .45;
Bloody Sunday
When these worlds collide
It's a long way from here to kingdom come
Meanwhile, we're either killing comfort
Or taking lives
"Free at last..." -
I'll pass
Just a slave to the system
That got hooked on new math:
One in the hand
Is worth two in the bush
But there's plenty more
Out on the wire...
And all I need is a push.
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Submitted on December 05, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 990 |
Words | 203 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 5, 6, 4, 7, 6, 4, 4, 1 |
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