fifty in five
hilltop hoods
terror cleared the skyline and anger clouded judgement
so they spent a thousand nighttimes in the desert fighting something
that made it something that they couldn't fight
left us lamenting all the wrongs that they couldn't right
this is for the second time
neo-conservatives rose up like viet cong
their fingers on the trigger we won't be here for long
they killed mlk and they named a day after him
they killed jfk and named an airport after him
some guy shot a monster called reagan so he could bone
a girl named jodie foster
we tested nukes in the atmosphere
and they tested all these missiles just to see if they worked
states want 'em pointed at the taliban
orders from portable commands in armored caravans
serial killers built mini-cells in their homes
generation x and generation y
and the generation next will degenerate and die
cos we got holes in the ozone that we put there ourselves
now the poles are a no-go
and we can't look at ourselves so we got saline
can't afford it get it credit
getting fat? then you better shed it
thatcher the shifty iron lady
some say cos she got dodi there
of no children in poverty
wish that could have been honest
we had abbot and costello
they threw 'em both overboard
overwrought refugees thrown to a group home
or jailed for the crime of looking for a new home
all's fair in love and war
more work for the pallbearer
more unjust search and seizures
a tidal wave came and claimed the coast of indonesia
greenhouse gas turned the world into a sauna
to break us they bought us
third world kidneys for captains of industry
corruption in the ministry
a blowjob brought about the fall of a dynasty
and mp3's saw the fall of an industry
carved up resources and we starved the poorer nations
cold war ended but that didn't stop more shells
waco lit up the sky like burning oil wells
a world laid waste with addiction
tell orwell truth's always stranger than fiction
big brother's on closed circuit tv and on cable
remedies and penalties for failed ceo's. we had the enron collapse
investors they were taxed
the blue chip companies and blue-sky mines
we no longer choose sides we choose sidelines
gasses eating the minds of the vets that they bring home
the plague of agent orange
posttraumatic stress leave
std's cos the sleeve ain't sexy
grim reaper with a bowling ball
half past twelve on friday the thirteenth
dawn of the dead a nightmare on elm street
melanoma grow as we soak in the ozone
what happened to the love?
what happened to the cubs? they fed 'em to the wolves
set a trial for pedophiles
they let 'em in the schools
and everyone responsible should burn for what they did
and if they try to deny then an eye for an eye
the government and church on which we try to rely
both rob us till it hurts chasing lie after lie
like astronauts chasing a pie in the sky
they landed on the moon but can't seem to return there
makes some question if they ever really were there
and if they were there now and they looked back
could we look them in the eye
cos when we look back at what we have done
can you believe what we have become?
can you believe what we have become?