THE STATE OF THE NATION

THE STATE OF THE NATION

THINGS FALL APART WHEN THE CENTER CAN NOT HOLD

THE STATE OF THE NATION

SO WE'VE REACHED A POINT IN OUR SOCIETY

WHERE THE NEWS OF BLOODSHED DAILY IS NOW OUR NORMALITY

WHERE WE SIT PATIENTLY AND AWAIT

THE NEXT SET OF PEOPLE TO MEET THEIR FATE

YOU SAY HE'S NOT YOUR BROTHER HIS LIFE SHOULDN’T MATTER

FACT IS A CHILD JUST LOST A MOTHER OR A FATHER

WE HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON IT'S TWO DIFFERENT TRIBES

BUT WHY DOES OUR SKIN SAY OTHERWISE

FINE I DON’T JUST LIKE HIM HE IS NOT ONE OF MY BROTHERS

BUT YOUR DAUGHTER WILL BRING HOME HIS SON CLAMMING THAT’S HER LOVER

MURDERERS ARE WALKING FREELY ON OUR STREET

OUR LIFE IS LESS VALUABLE THAN THEIR MEAT

YOU BLAME THE YOUTHS I BLAME THE GOVERNMENT

SOME MAY EVEN SAY WE NEED BETTER REINFORCEMENT 

WE DO NOT LACK WE HAVE PLENTY RESOURCES

AND THOUSANDS WAITING FOR SPACES IN WORK-FORCES

WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS UNITE

BUT WE ALL STILL FAIL TO SEE THIS LIGHT

WE ACT LIKE WE ARE BLIND WE FAIL TO LOOK AHEAD

DO WE SIT AND WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR AGAIN THE WORD BEHEAD

WE SAY THE FATHERS HAVE FAILED

CLAIMING THEY ALL NEED TO BE JAILED

THE SWISS BANKS ARE GETTING FULLER

WHILE THE ECONOMY'S SYSTEM IS JUST DULLER

WE WANT CHANGE WE SHOUT WITH ALL OUR MIGHT

GIVE IT TO US IT IS OUR BLOODY RIGHT

WE PUT YOU IN WE GAVE YOU A CHANCE

BUT YOU ARE MOVING LEFT AND RIGHT IS THIS A DANCE

WE COUNT ON OUR CHILDREN AS OUR FUTURE

IN A PLACE WHERE THEY DON’T SEE THE REAL PICTURE

DON’T DARE BLAME THEM IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT

IT'S THEIR BASIC RIGHT WE TELL THEM THEY CAN'T AFFORD

WE SIT IN OUR HOUSES THINKING WHO IS TO BLAME

WE SHOULD BE WONDERING HOW TO PUT OUT THIS FLAME

THINGS FALL APART WHEN THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD

WHAT IS OUR CENTER WE NEED TO REMOLD

THE STATE OF THE NATION

KIISH