State of the Union
Politicians speak on what they plan to do
I’m here to speak on what we’re going through
Unemployment, homelessness, same–sex marriage
A soldier’s deployment… his wife’s loneliness and despair
Teenage pregnancy and abortions no longer a shock
The crime rate in cities reaching all time highs
They blame it on hip hop like they blamed it on rock
People getting high just to get by
The same people in debt up to their eyes
Minimum wage is not nearly enough
And you wonder why people look to the skies
When the going gets rough
Public school system is way below par
Standardized test scores are even lower
Don’t think that degree will get you too far
Yet they tell you we don’t have far to go
They might be right because the end is near
According to Revelations the end is here
I scratch my head trying to figure out what to do
And this is the land my niece was just born into… damn.