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I Am Free

Society

By kat belairePublished 6 years ago 1 min read
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Get up and shower ,

Be ready in an hour ,

Work at a 9-5 pace ,

And be sure to know your place ,

Just play the part of the pawn,

And move along ,

Don't say a word,

And let society convince you nothing is wrong,

Now say it with me ,

I am free ,

Get a degree ,

Let your career tell you who to be ,

And don't let anyone see you're unhappy,

Because society needs functioning cogs in the machine ,

To keep things running good and clean,

say it with me ,

I am free,

Get married ,

Buy a house ,

Have kids ,

Be a perfect square in government made grids,

Don't question nothing unless you want to be called a conspiracy theorist ,

Just grab tight to the lies our world holds dearest ,

And say it with me ,

I am free ,

And in the streets poverty lets out silent screams ,

And wars in foreign lands echo out children's unachieved dreams,

As we sit plugged into our TV screens,

And the media twist the news until it represents what society thinks a good story means ,

You eat up the lies ,

And when it comes to to truth no one tries ,

Say it with me ,

I am free ,

You accept a false perception,

Of a bias perfection,

And believe what you're told ,

These rules are so old ,

Yet we accept them as true ,

And refuse to try anything new,

In order to be successful you gotta have a high paying job ,

Even if it makes you sad ,

Because money means more than the happiness you could have had,

Now say it with me,

I'm free

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