**PALS**

LET ME APOLOGIZE TO BEGIN WITH

LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY

BUT TRYING TO BE GENUINE WAS HARDER THAN IT SEEMED

AND SOMEHOW I GOT CAUGHT UP IN BETWEEN

LET ME APOLOGIZE TO BEGIN WITH

LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY

BUT TRYING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE WAS HARDER THAN IT SEEMED AND SOMEHOW I GOT CAUGHT UP IN BETWEEN

MY PRIDE AND MY PROMISE

BETWEEN MY LIES AND HOW THE TRUTH GETS IN THE WAY

AND THINGS I WANT TO SAY TO YOU GET LOST BEFORE THEY COME

THE ONLY THING THAT'S WOSE THAN ONE IS NONE

SICK OF THE DARK WAYS WE MARCH TO THE DRUM

AND JUMP WHEN THEY TELL US THAT THEY WANNA SEE JUMPIN'

FORGET THAT I WANT TO SEE SOME FIST PUMPIN'

RISK SOMETHING

TAKE BACK WHAT'S YOURS

SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW THEY MIGHT ATTACK YOU FOR

CAUSE I'M SICK OF BEING TREATED LIKE I HAVE BEFORE

LIKE IT'S STUPID STANDING FOR WHAT I'M STANDING FOR

LIKE THIS WAR'S REALLY JUST A DIFFERENT BRAND OF WAR

LIKE IT DOESN'T CATER THE RICH AND ABANDON THE POOR

LIKE THEY UNDERSTAND YOU IN THE BACK OF THE JET

WHEN YOU CAN'T PUT GAS IN YOUR TANK

THESE JOKERS ARE LAUGHIN' THEIR WAY TO THE BANK AND CASHIN' THERE CHECK

ASKING YOU TO HAVE COMPASSION AND HAVE SOME RESPECT

FOR A LEADER SO NERVOUS IN AN OBVIOUS WAY

STUTTERING AND MUMBLING FOR NIGHTLY NEWS TO REPLAY

AND THE REST OF THE WORLD LAUGHIN' AT THE END OF THE DAY

IN THEIR LIVING ROOM LAUGHING LIKE

WHAT DID HE SAY??..

IN MY LIVING ROOM WATCHING BUT I AM NOT LAUGHIN'

CAUSE WHEN IT GETS TENSE I KNOW WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN

THE WORLD IS COLD THE BOLD MEN TAKE ACTION

HAVE TO REACT OR GET BLOWN INTO FRACTIONS

TEN YEARS OLD IT'S SOMETHING TO SEE

ANOTHER KID MY AGE DRUGGED UNDER A JEEP

TAKEN AND BOUND AND FOUND LATER UNDER A TREE

I WONDER IF HE HAD THOUGHT THE NEXT ONE COULD BE ME

DO YOU SEE THE SOLDIERS THEY'RE OUT TODAY

THEY BRUSH THE DUST FROM BULLET PROOF VESTS AWAY

IT'S IRONIC

AT TIMES LIKE THIS YOU PRAY

BUT A BOMB BLEW THE MOSQUE UP YESTERDAY

THERE'S BOMBS IN THE

BUSES

BIKES

ROADS

INSIDE YOUR MARKET

YOUR SHOPS

YOUR CLOTHES

MY DAD HE'S GOT A LOT OF FEAR I KNOW

BUT ENOUGH PRIDE INSIDE NOT TO LET THAT SHOW

MY BROTHER HAD A BOOK HE WOULD HOLD WITH PRIDE

A LITTLE RED COVER WITH A BROKEN SPIN ON THE BACK HE HAND-WROTE A QUOTE INSIDE WHEN THE RICH WAGE WAR IT'S THE POOR WHO DIE

MEANWHILE,THE LEADER JUST TALKS AWAY

STUTTERING AND MUMBLING FOR NIGHTLY NEWS TO REPLAY

AND THE REST OF THE WORLD WATCHING AT THE END OF THE DAY

BOTH SCARED AND ANGRY LIKE

WHAT DID HE SAY

**WITH HANDS HELD HIGH INTO THE SKY SO BLUE AS THE OCEAN OPENS UP TO SWALLOW YOU**

_FOR YOU GUYS,CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU_

...=)...

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