ck:   we’re all too busy to see problems we’re facing   starvation numbers in impoverished nations   think of everyone you’ve ever met in your life   gotta be in the thousands, probably around five   if that sounds right, times five to find the rate   25,000 people starve to death each day    people don’t get what we have as consumers   the markets are ours to direct and maneuver   if the diamonds you’re buying are killing the children    you’re accessory in the murder of millions   if a person has morals but is turning them off   you’re starting the cycle like the Nuremburg Laws   would you buy a killer a knife, gun for a convict?   why do you pump money into the midst of a conflict?   free economy, spoiled rotten with options   it’s up to you to choose if you’re part of problem      these things don’t happen in the nation we live in   we won’t take note cos their religion is different   skin’s darker in pigment so it’s harder to care   their burden is one we’d prefer not to bear      ck:   uncomfortable with living in our class divisions?   try being an untouchable in the Indian caste system    if that doesn’t get the blood rush to your spine   imagine apartheid, or living in genocide   it’s hard to accept so we just turn away   easy to forget events in Darfur today   think that we’re progressing amidst all the tension?    religious conflicts turned into ethnic cleansings   the UN’s got plans to save these people   before it develops to Rwanda the sequel   two million homes gone with no purposed intention   and we still think it’s not worth our attention?   people are killing, no room for justice   children are willing to pay dues for nothing   if it were our kids we’d be up in action   but it’s over there so we pretend it hasn’t happened      kane:   the German Holocaust makes me sick to my stomach   and the US knew about it but just wouldn’t touch it   cos we were already guilty of genocide   when we marched the Native Americans through the countryside   but the Trail of Tears here was just the beginning   Smallpox blankets, so-called righteous Christians sinning   think it’s in the name of God, that’s all a crock   they did it in the name of the white race, what a shock   now they enforce racist laws with a nine and a glock   keep blacks on the block dealing government crack rocks   this shit is too big for just a verse or a song   so we just scratching the surface of what’s going on   cos you’re kept in the dark, like skin you’re taught to hate   either think it’s fixed or it’s too late to make a change   if you listen to this track but take nothing away   then indifference and ignorance are one and the same      ck:   this stuff is what the history books won’t publish   and what we don’t see in the media coverage   it’s covered with cluster bombs that didn’t explode   that kids find in alleys outside of their homes   they draw with the crayons images that they witness    the plane drop was way off so pictures is sickening   is this a method to avoid asking question   like why is kids disfigured to find chemical weapons?   we get in our heads that there’s no second guessing   but step back and ask if the threat is that threatening   now the west is sensing the need for attention   destroy the city and setup an election   create a candidate, a puppet government   photo op the handshake, direct the news coverage   the public loves it and eats it right up   believe in what we see when we keep our eyes shut