The world doesn’t want to pressure you,
It’s just that’s the only way to survive,
This world doesn’t want to sniffle out your fire,
But there are rules we all have to follow,
This world doesn’t want to use you,
It’s the bad people you hear about on the TV.
Good people want to bring creativity to school,
But only if you have enough money to attend it,
Good people want to give food to the hungry,
As they have too much of it,
Good people want to fight child labour,
It’s just that finding someone to accuse is complicated.
And you try every day to be yourself,
Just a little bit, so you don’t offend anyone,
You look over your shoulder at night,
So, these tv villains don’t become your reality,
You know some of them, were friends with them,
You’ve seen good people’s companies turn them bad.
And when you see them on the TV you start to wonder,
Whose fault is it,
Are the children to blame for a place of birth?
Or a mother left alone to tend for them?
A man smiles to you from a screen
Is he a villain or a hero?
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