GREED
by Sweet Honey in the Rocks
I been thinking 'bout
how to talk about greed
I been thinking 'bout
how to talk about greed
I been wondering if I
could sing about greed
Trying to find a way to
talk about greed
Greed is a poison rising
in this land
The soul of the people
twisted in its command
It moves like a virus,
seeking out anyone
Greed never stops,
its work is never done
A creeping, killing, choking,
invading everywhere
There really is no escaping
greed's tricky snare
Nothing seems to stop it
once it enters your soul
It has you buying anything,
spinning out of control
Not partial to gender,
or your sexual desire
All it wants is for you to own,
to possess and to buy
It rides with the culture,
touching us all
Greed really isn't picky,
it'll make anybody fall
It's been around a long time,
since way before we began
Before this was a nation,
greed drove people to this land
Greed driven people
created slavery,
Black men, women and children became
somebody's property
Greed is a strain of the
American dream
Having more than you need
is the essential theme
Everybody wanting more
than they need to survive
Is a perfect indication,
greed has settled inside
Maybe you don't really
know just what I mean
Maybe you don't want to
know about your and my greed
You may wonder whether
you're infected by greed
If you have to ask, then
this song you really need
Greed is sneaky,
and hard to detect in myself
I see it so clearly in
everybody else
I can see it in you
You can see it in me
We can see it in big corporations
See it in the government
See it in the banks
I can see it in the Congress
See it in the military
I can see it in my neighbor
I can see it it the church
see it in the factories
It really shows up clearly,
you, and you and your greed
I been thinking 'bout
how to talk about greed
I been thinking 'bout
how to talk about greed
I been wondering if I
could sing about greed
Trying to find a way to
talk about greed |
