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The System

Kids Speak Out 

Here I am
Trying to slate
Too many hot airs
In this bloodthirsty life.
Don’t know how. What, or where to start
All through the way stands the system of crap.
All I see is racist mugs.
Blokes in power,
Women in captivity.
Christ is being crucified
While “Mohammed” is associated
With terror.

They say it’s no biggy
Smoking a cigy
While crack is banned
They claim that children have rights
While they’re bred only to fight.

It’s starting to sound like a crime
Saying I’m from Palestine.
They grill you once
And search you twice
While real killers are sitting
On velvet chairs
Sipping wine.

They talk about human rights
They talk about world peace
They call for serenity of mind
While they slaughter the sheep.


The time has come
For the dawn to break
To fathom what’s transpiring
And liberate our fate.

By Leena