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The Shape of Society
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The shape of society
Is not how it should be
We’ve got so many problems
Why can’t you see?
We got racism, intolerance
And hatred all around
Even the bile that you scream
Tends to offend me now
Got ignorant ignoramuses
Spreading all their hate
I’ve got one thing to tell you
This change it cannot wait
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
It’s time to do something about it
It’s time to change things now
Now all these privileged people
Sayin’ it ain’t me
Causin’ all these problems
That you have to see
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
If you ain’t doin’ somethin’ about it
You’re the problem now
Now you might be askin’ yourself,
“Where did I go wrong?
I only lived in a society
That’s been biased all along!”
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
We live in a messed-up country
We’ve got to change somehow
Now you should be askin’ yourself,
“What now can I do?”
It’s time to have a stern talk,
Straight from me to you
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
It’s time to open up your mind
And face these problems now
The shape of society
Is not how it should be
It’s time to change these problems
It starts with you and me
We got racism, intolerance,
And hatred all around
Every single insensitive thing
We’ve got to end it now
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I’ve gone through
The depths of blue alone
The ocean surrounded my home
In the end, there was nothing
I could do
Does the answer still elude you?
The wind flows
My skin blows away
My fiery eyes
know brighter skies decay
Back then, there was something
We could do
Was stagnation the right path to choose?
Don’t close your mind,
Get on your knees and pray
All your money
Can’t ease this pain away
Remember when,
These seas didn’t brew
Death in these waters
Red and blue?
When did people
Let these things
Go to waste?
Our whole world
We once knew
Has been erased!
We’ve gone through
These tragedies alone
Screwed by rich men
Upheaval now we’re thrown
In the end, these things
Will come and pass
As the Earth
Chokes out a final gasp
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This here’s the story
Of a man named HAL
He was born way out in Cal
I forn –I—A
He moved on down
To New Jersey
It was there he seemed to be
At home, yet so far away
Went to study at K-5 school
Learned about the Beatles
Thought they were cool
To his father’s dismay
Later on in 6-8 school
Got bullied, made fun of
Might have been a fool
And on that subject, that’s all I have to say
Flash forward now
He’s seventeen
Writing songs on the teenage scene
Trying hard not to be obscene
Tried to get with girls
Got rejected thrice
Well whatever, just trying to be nice
But what you don’t want from him will suffice
Spends all his time listening to Bob
Dylan of all people and looking for a job
In some kind of
Business thingamabob
He’s got some friends
And is in some bands
He’s got some really huge big plans
But no one really understands this man
Onward upward
Twenty one
College student having tons of fun
Writing songs angry at everyone
Got a girlfriend now
And she’s quite nice
Spending time together day and night
I sure hope they’re meant for each other right
He’s been active on the protest scene
Aghast against these people so mean
Who are oppressing other people
Through a colorblind smokescreen
Studying accounting
And this and that
Audio production too, plays with cool cats
Might even consider becoming a bureaucrat
No you might wonder
What happens next
You might be sitting there all perplexed
It’s complex, but not what you expect
He’s going to write down some more songs
And hopes that you will grove along
It’s a crackpot dawn,
On the scene he hopes to belong
Also shout-out to his friends
DVOJR, Sunshine, Doug and Ben
Coming up next on the EP
Is a track called, “You are my only Friend”
That’s the story
Thanks for listening, pal
Oh and also, HAL
-le-iu-I—A
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You Are My Only Friend
02:54
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You are my only friend,
Until the end, and then
You are the only one
To depend upon, for so long
You are so beautiful,
Suitable and tunable
You are the only way
To be okay, today
You are my one true love
Fly like a dove, above
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Hal Guitarist New York, New York
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