Babylon

Differences in color, so who decided
Country without soul and so divided
Can’t we bridge the gap, a corporate plea
Hatred makes us blind so we can’t see

History is before us, nowhere to hide
Is anarchy the path, including pride
Your voice cannot be heard above the cries
The silent government and all their lies 

Nowhere to turn to, no place to go 
Vandalism looting, stole the show
We’ll never understand from where we’ve come
Fear is what was reaped with pain for some

The poor and the oppressed down through the times 
The butchery involved, what’s yours is mine
And lest forget the misery, add up the cost 
We cannot right the wrongs, the children lost

We cannot understand what we don’t know
Indignant, black and white, the only show 
And what have we accomplished as a race 
And what about being human, takes its place

For what we’ve lost, our faith in God is gone
We’re born in this abyss and don’t belong
Our lives are taken, our right to speak 
Intolerance embolden, our future bleak 

So, who’s to say what’s right and what is wrong 
The country made for privilege and the strong 
There’s no flag can unite the hate we have
There’s no hope left to save us, aren’t you sad

The chosen few did conquer, did not take long 
Created for themselves, like Babylon
The marginalized are trampled, set aside
No one to see their future, in whom confide 

Millions that are rotting, bring more prayers 
The people at the top, they do not care
Whatever love inside them surely died 
The poor left on the streets, nowhere to hide

Answers that are given, in hope, arise
Solutions from “big brother,” in disguise 
A house of cards delivered, year after year 
Dreams are faded, gone, no one to hear 

As promises fly by, the people tire
Convoluted talk, filthy quagmire 
And all pretense to care to get your vote
It doesn’t really matter as you choke

Nothing that is said, whoever says it 
Can make it go away, it doesn’t fit
We’re human, all the same, from God we came
We only have ourselves, so stop the blame

The only one solution, God above 
He showed us on the cross, in giving love 
Example that He set was His decree
The only way to love, to be set free

Is sacrifice your cost, throw down your hate
The cost of freedom sown , before too late 
There will always be injustice, sinful manner
Please raise the flag of love, that is our banner