2020 BC

Anyone absolutely certain that they understand everything  Hasn't lived enough to know it's impossible to come close Seek the good in humanity, right?  Even if it's a struggle most times  Is hate natural or were we trained to fight like some pitbulls? We've been locking jaws into each other's backs well before Christ  Is that what it takes to survive? Who taught us how to survive? F*ck your neighbor to survive  Eat your neighbor to survive  We were hiding our faces long before pandemics arrived  Many have broken backs working for some charismatic demigods  Who raised minimum wages to build company loyalty  Watched their employees die left and right  Bosses profits grew off of lost lives  As they smiled for media commending philanthropy  We've been glorifying wealth and greed and sociopathy  It was packaged and sold to us as the American dream Splintered working class people to weaken our communities   Fed us our sibling's meat and convinced us that it was healthy  Then told us that we were born free  We were born free  To kill each other as we please  We were born free  We were born free to spread incurable disease  So much history manipulated by mythology  The crowds are growing larger  Frothing at the mouth  Gasping for air  Dogs barking in unison  Bursting throats open  Though no one hears We are all  Entrapped by fear   Of satan and god and fascist billionaires  Of gangs, pedophiles and radicals with beards  It's hard to calm down all of them  Reactionary friends  Making funeral arrangements  50 years before their deaths  I know it's true  The world they knew  Has changed  And it's strange  To face what's new  We have been grossly underfed for domesticated pets Craving love and attention  Satisfaction's hardly met  I know it's true  The world we knew  Has changed  And it's painful  To face what's new  So each generation  Complains of the youth  Saying things were much better then  Please Show more proof  Am I wasting my breath   Trying to Say Something?  When apathy's held me in  Captivity  With the rest of the pets  Growling at nothing  As long as we're fed and entertained  We'll sleep Our brains all crave dopamine    Pounded by information shared endlessly Between ephemeral memes Sexual fantasies Conspiracy theories Videos of bodies  That were killed by police  Trained to protect the power of ruling elites No justice on these streets Just more people screaming  Screaming screaming Are we wasting our years  Putting faith in something  When we've always torn apart all that we've loved? From our hearts to our arms  To movements  To families  To each other  To the planet we all live on  This ain't no song about peace  Those are easy to sing  But hard to believe  It's tough to trust human beings  But don't blame us  For how we were trained to be  We were only BORN free We were only born "free"