Common Ground by Zipporah Lomax

'Common Ground'
by Zipporah Lomax
 
everything has gone awry
a great divide has grown
between the hands that hoard the pie
and the measly crumbs we're thrown
 
they enjoy their privileged lives
while our homes are foreclosed
they're keeping us in line
with all the wealth that they withhold
 
they profit off our ignorance
expecting us to play the part
of obedient indifference
robots, with shopping carts
 
well-designed to distract
and keep us misinformed
the media's been hijacked
by those who bank offshore
 
they've poisoned our sea and sky
through oil-driven greed
they contaminate our food supply
with their modified seeds
 
they've stolen our autonomy
and our right to choose
they perpetuate inequality
through narrow-minded rules
 
they've made health a business
selling pills to those in need
they benefit from illness
growing rich off our disease
 
we know it won't be long
before they try to buy our souls
before our lives have been withdrawn
exchanged, for fool's gold
 
they've kept us on our knees
believing change would never come
but down on wall street
the revolution's just begun
 
we're waking from our slumber
it's time to stand up strong
take back what they have plundered
we've held our tongues too long
 
we'll shout until our cause is heard the whole world 'round...
they may tie our hands, but our voices cannot be bound...
something's gotta give...the wall has gotta come down...
...we all deserve to live on common ground...