Filth

Spray paint on the curb 

Slow peace but you try to escape

The rape coming from a steroid nerd

The firearms just keep firing 

As the guys that are being played are admiring 

The girls that lick pennies off the street 

And the guys that pee blood into the creeks

The old people yelling "GET OFF MY LAWN!", 

are having their possessions stolen from starving children and cons

 

The young people saying "SHUT THE HELL UP!", 

are being told to clean the streets, 

and by their parents to "GROW THE HELL UP!"

Old chewed up gum stays within the pavement, 

while the ones chewing on them starve 

because they didn't interact with their payments

Gays versus homophobes 

Signs saying anti-gay and people yelling it's a mismatch of chromosomes 

 

Yelling there is no connection 

Yelling they will rule and it's a worldwide infection 

Is this the world we want to live in?

Is this what we call attempting perfection?

Ripped clothes and terrible odors 

Do we want to see our own family weeping like it's over?

Do we want them to starve?

Do we want to see them curse?

Is it really worth the trouble so that you can have the thirst, 

of success, food cooked from a chef, or a night without gunshots, a silent bed rest?

Should we let the world burn?

Or let the world learn,

about filth in the streets

or gangsters, YOLO, and "MILF"'s kissing feet

Low fades and dark shades 

"Hood-rats" and their dumb ways

 

Stand up to stop the filth

To stop the drug addicts from taking pills

To stop the murderers from making kills

To stop the careless teens dropping trash in the rills

It leads to the teens creating wills

It leads to people losing their skills

It leads to aduls ripping up bills, 

but most importantly,

It leads this earth turning into filth

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