Jamie Firestine

Welcome to our society

Where we judge others by their sex and their race
By their clothes and appearance
By their size and their face

Where sex is more common than love
Where people are pressured by alcohol and drugs

Where mental illness captures all but a few
It's hard to understand but I'm sure you already knew

Where being gay is considered anything but human
Be who you are and you'll end up ruined

Where children are pressured to either live or to learn
Getting them through this life, should be our main concern

Where being yourself is just not enough
Where people will look at you with hatred and disgust

Where money and power decides who we'll be
Where the political parties only divide and deceive

Where families are being separated and put in cages
Where workers are denied basic rights and given unfair wages

Where the police bring more fear than relief
A place with never ending war, instead of peace

The earth is dying, this isn't a game
There's no one left, but us to blame

Here everything is becoming dark and grey
Where our happiness and hope is all fading away

Running out of time, we're in need for a breakthrough
The desperate need for change is well overdue

We blame society for being unjust
But it's funny because the society is us