The Root of All Evil

"The root of all evil is that green paper that we often chase

Trying to quickly make as much as we can like if it's a race

But is that really the goal in life?

What about having kids and a happy wife?

Whatever happened to the real goals that truly matter

This isn't a knock to those workaholics

But might as well call it 'workaholism' while we're at it

People literally killin' themselves for a bigger check

It's like an addiction that we have that we can't shake

Trying to get as many zeros as we can to fill our banks

While missing out on time we could've spent with our loved ones

Too busy with work not realizing what we've become

More focused on meeting deadlines than watching our children grow

We mix up our priorities because throughout life work is all we know

It doesn't have to be this way though

Why do you think so many are clamoring for a revolution

They don't mean an actual one with guns and violence

They have more sense, it's seen more like a solution

To this issue of the high cost of living

Wouldn't it be nice living comfortably with not having to worry about late bills?

Or even better live comfortably and even partake in giving

To those that aren't able to afford the bare necessities

This isn't an earth shattering idea of mine I'm not saying anything new

Canada has universal healthcare and we need that it's true

Reading these crazy stories of people being denied healthcare while they're dying

While the families are pleading for help crying

Don't you see how this economic structure is all wrong?

These big wigs and CEO's don't want this 'Obamacare' bill to pass

Instead of wanting to help their fellow citizens they prefer to turn their back

All because it means a little less money in their pockets, it's integrity they lack

They complain that these tax increases will be too deep

All while having lifetime businesses and enough money for their children's children to keep

Greed is what fuels these people in high places

All for a green piece of paper with dead presidents' faces."

Misguided

"We're often in tough situations where we don't know where to turn

Searching for the answers but we play too close to the fire and end up getting burned

But what about those that don't have a family as good as one should be

The ones that turn to gangs in search of a safe haven

But little do they know doing that only gets them closer to heaven

They mix with this family of "brothers" when all they really needed was their mother

I don't fully blame these people who lose their life over colors

They just never had the proper nurturing like others

I'm just tired of all these people looking down on those involved in gangs

They don't get it that they're just a misguided group of people

Involved for the right reasons but are only seen as evil

That's why they say that thugs cry too

They have a heart just like "normal" people do

The same people that complain should extend a helping hand

Rather than adding fuel to the fire they should just be a part of the plan

To help each and every person we can

People might say I'm hypocritical because some in my family are involved in one

But even then I've never turned my back, not once

I've tried to help and set a proper example on how to live

My sweat and hard work is what I have to give

Even this that I write hits me right at home because of what I've lost

My childhood friends were caught up in this vicious cycle, and they're no longer here walking this Earth

Is that what we want to happen? To lose these innocent lives & endure all this hurt?

I've never been to a place or seen a color with that much worth."