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Blessed with the brains to achieve the unthinkable,
Blessed with the minds to create the most beautiful,
Blessed with the smarts to build the sustainable,
but it's overpowered by greed and a lust for control
Instead we build death machines to capitalize on ultraviolence,
Instead we invest in death machines painted pretty with propaganda
When all we are allowed to hear...is fear, fear, fear
it comes as no surprise we spend our days afraid.
Is this what life is about? Trading our time for some dollar amount;
feeding this economic monster, that will never be fullfilled
Breeding perfect citizens to consume and follow blindly
poor kids die over resources, they will never acquire;
We passify our minds
with alcoholism, religion, and TV,
so go ahead and pick your poison
Many choose all three.
Waiting impatiently for the sleeping giant to awake
and turn this question I've been asking myself into a statement
"When will enough be enough?" (Enough is enough).
As wealth concentrates in the hands of the few
As the gap between the global rich and poor widens
I let these material desires slip
from my hands and pick up these bricks
Think globally, and act locally
I know that I can't change the whole world
but I can keep it from changing me
We've taken all our lives
and now it's time to give
We must live simple so others may simply live.
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5464505634137914176&q=trading+spouses
Blessed with the minds to create the most beautiful,
Blessed with the smarts to build the sustainable,
but it's overpowered by greed and a lust for control
Instead we build death machines to capitalize on ultraviolence,
Instead we invest in death machines painted pretty with propaganda
When all we are allowed to hear...is fear, fear, fear
it comes as no surprise we spend our days afraid.
Is this what life is about? Trading our time for some dollar amount;
feeding this economic monster, that will never be fullfilled
Breeding perfect citizens to consume and follow blindly
poor kids die over resources, they will never acquire;
We passify our minds
with alcoholism, religion, and TV,
so go ahead and pick your poison
Many choose all three.
Waiting impatiently for the sleeping giant to awake
and turn this question I've been asking myself into a statement
"When will enough be enough?" (Enough is enough).
As wealth concentrates in the hands of the few
As the gap between the global rich and poor widens
I let these material desires slip
from my hands and pick up these bricks
Think globally, and act locally
I know that I can't change the whole world
but I can keep it from changing me
We've taken all our lives
and now it's time to give
We must live simple so others may simply live.
PLEASE WATCH THIS VIDEO
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5464505634137914176&q=trading+spouses