RE: a Song my son wrote in 2001 (at 17) ......... 'Rat Race'

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From: frEE faLL - magnet vacuum
Date: Dec 15, 2007 11:42 AM


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Rat Race


This Rat Race, can leave everyone in last place,
you gotta run just to keep up with the fast pace,
the most advanced race maybe needs to slow down,
and get their heads o straight and take a look around



I see conflicting views in the media/
Leading to eating disorders just like bulimia/
Cause we believe in the things we see in magazines/
How sad it seems living life with shattered dreams/
So we try to shape out bodies to fit/
Using liposuction, tummy tucks, and augmented tits/
When its these things that create bad self esteem/
Using material things to try to help us dream/
And that’s the prison that the media makes/
These evil and fake people are as deceitful as snakes/
They feed us lies for there personal gain/
And as a result, we feel discouraging pain/
I guess its do or die, fit the mold or get crucified/
Americas the number one cause of suicide/
We’ve got the highest rate of kids doing stupid crimes/
Cause they got our minds locked up like we’re doing time/
And you and I just encourage this shit/
Not on purpose but because we lack the courage to quit/
So we sit back and just follow the crowd/
Searching for identity were it will never be found/
Forever were bound, shackled, lynched, harnessed and chained/
Abusing alcohol to help us tolerate pain/
Till all that remains is an empty shell in the main stream/
Why do we all fall victim to the same thing?/



This is a crazy world, starving African to lazy girl/
Sitting on her ass devouring a pastry swirl/
It almost makes me hurl, the shit we take for granted/
Consuming everything we see until we make it vanish/
Sometimes I hate this planet and the human race/
We turn everything we see into polluted waist/
Not just creating pollution but were pollution its self/
Just take a look at distribution of wealth/
People in India can live for years on a hundred bucks/
While Americans get face lifts and tummy tucks/
I wonder what’s the reason for this/
Millions walk around and believe were the shit/
But if you take a look were just peaces of shit/
The people who sit and do dick while people are sick/
Depleting the bits of hope for a nation that’s great/
Christopher Columbus made the greatest mistake/
When he set sail, his wake left a nation of fake/
Consumer terrorists who done replace what we take/
But take what we want, and I’m amazed that were not/
Getting bombed more often cause of the way that we flaunt/
This terrible thing we call the American dream/
Pursuit of happiness through material things/
My lyrical rings a bell cause you know that its true/
We’ve got so little time but there’s so much to do/



This Rat Race, can leave everyone in last place,
you gotta run just to keep up with the fast pace,
the most advanced race maybe needs to slow down,
and get their heads o straight and take a look around

So take a look at the nation I see/
People try to block it out but its amazing to me/
Superficiality and hate are the nations back bone/
The government has put our country in attack mode/
And we act so proud of this great land/
And walk around in our shoes, which are name brand/
Made by slaves who spend lives in sweat shops/
I’m through with this rat race I think I’ll just walk/



It’s like a maze on this crazy trail/
Your stuck in the circle just chasing your tail/
You can’t tell the truth from the lies/
The lows from the highs, your soul’s compromised/