Life these days  can be so complex  we don't make the time  to stop and relfect  I know from first hand experience  one can go delerious  seriously it can be like that  But before I put my foot in my mouth  'cause that's what I'm about to start  talkin about  please let me confess before all the rest  that I'm afflicted  by this addicted like most in the US  It's tough to make a living when you're an artist  It's even tougher when you're socially conscious  Careerism, opportunism  can turn the politics into cartoonism  Let's not patronize or criticize  Let's open the door and look inside  Pull the file on the state of denial    Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury  Raise the Double Standard    The bass, the treble  Don't make a rebel  Havin' your life together does  AMERICA  has an image of a young one  fast livin' not give an expletive  no respect for his  or the lives of those around him  Suicidal, homicidal or at very least  extremely unbridled  How convenient for those  who would like to destroy him  The problem has never been our political logic  but the way we enact it  We can imagine a perfect society  but can't maintain a decent relationship  The failure found in the luxuries  not in the hardships    Hypocrisy is the Greatest Luxury  Raise the Double Standard