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Thoughts and Prayers
Here come the thoughts and prayers
Which feels more like an insincere common phrase nowadays
It’s like watching some officials take a brush and dustpan
Sweeping the mess under the rug
Until it happens again
It’s become a lifeless expression
From those who profit from it when they’re the actual enablers
Then they wash their hands to be guilt free of the situation
Like good old Pontius Pilate
History repeats itself
I live in a great nation
That prides itself on freedoms and basic human rights
But the price of admission can come with a great cost
If it’s at the wrong place and time
Good luck on the card you draw
And the irony…
Some call themselves children of God claiming they love Jesus
But the pro-lifers like to pose for pics with instruments of death
Like they’re going to war
Screaming “Come and try”
So, do I feel safe? The fuck I do
Not when some extreme votin’ gun totin’ maniac lingers in the shadows
For whatever the odds or circumstances or statistics may be
Thoughts and prayers won’t do shit for me
Because it will happen again
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