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A World Made of Hate
Posted  on June 11, 2008 at 3:38 PM
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Men sent far away,With big guns.Men sent far away,In uniforms.Innocent men,Sent far away,To murder,And slaughter,Innocent men. What has this world come to?When everything ends, and beginsWith a gun shot?What has this world come to?
When all we hear are screams?What has this world come to?When tears have permanently replaced our smiles? An innocent child loses his father,In a war over nothing,A war about hate,In a world made of hate.A loving mother loses her son,To a killer, simply doing his job.And what does his mother feel,When he’s shivering behind bars? We walk down streets, down hallways,False smiles pinned to our faces.We walk down streets, down hallways,Patiently waiting,For the day that the guns kill us instead.
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Strange Fruit -Billie Holiday
Posted  on June 08, 2008 at 10:50 AM
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This is a Billie Holiday song called "Strange Fruit". It's an amazing song so if you get the chance please listen to it! It's about lynching. Here are the lyrics:

 

 

Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze
Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees

Pastoral scene of the gallant South
The bulgin' eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolia sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burnin' flesh

Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather
For the wind to suck
For the sun to rot
For the tree to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop

 

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Wake Up, Hate
Posted  on June 07, 2008 at 9:31 AM
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Sun gently burns my skin as I walk down the street

Surrounded by art, I wish I had more money.

Stepping inside, the smell of used books kindly welcomes me

I eagerly await my escape into alternate realities.

 

Insomnia, keeping me up all night, all day

Tossing and turning, wishing the world would fade away

Staring at the ceiling, my stomach grumbling

The lack of sleep always seems to make me hungry.

 

Dark, early, Tuesday morning, my alram clock sounds.

Wind whistles, blowing tree branches against my window.

Opening my blinds, I expect to be blinded by morning light.

But instead I am greeted by rain and clouds.

 

Everyday is the same routine

Wake, work, sleep.

Nothing new, nothing different

Nothing stands out in this mechanical world.

 

Death, murder, rape, hate

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Tags:  war   peace   sex   Hate   fear
 
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