This is the world we live in:
Women’s wings clipped by the men who exploit them.
The cries of a revolutionary silenced by a single bullet.
Defiance of the privileged solved through genocide.

The cries of a revolutionary silenced by a single bullet.
People buying clothes they can’t afford for jobs they won’t get.
Defiance of the privileged solved through genocide.
Babies are screaming, stomachs are empty, wallets only used to collect debt.

People buying clothes they can’t afford for jobs they won’t get.
Humans stalked, beaten and murdered--just for their mere existence.
Babies are screaming, stomachs are empty, wallets only used to collect debt.
Women clench car keys in their fists, travel in groups, live in fear of the dark.

People stalked, beaten and murdered--just for their mere existence.
Bombs kill thousands of innocents because outsiders are afraid of those innocents’ oppressors.
Women clench car keys in their fists, travel in groups, live in fear of the dark.
Young men and women fight for their country, then come home to empty streets and closed doors.

Bombs kill thousands of innocents because outsiders are afraid of those innocents’ oppressors.
Pollution mutes the sun and turns the rain to acid.
Young men and women fight for their country, then come home to empty streets and closed doors.
Those in need are ignored.

Pollution mutes the sun and turns the rain to acid.
The cries of a revolutionary silenced by a single bullet.
Those in need are ignored.
This is the world we live in.