High Up In The Ground

We climb mountains, cross seas and oceans
Like birds we soar the sky in man-made crafts
Yet we have unnatural fear of succeeding through our own might
Stepping on others has become the only way of climbing up the ladder
There can be no winner without a loser
Even the universe seems to agree
Carelessly picking one by one to crush and forget
There can be no world powers without the lesser beings
No developed countries without those third world nations
No white supremacy without minorities
We have turned earth into a battleground
Going to war in boardrooms wearing designer suits
Trading in those guns for money
As we buy off other’s freedom and free will
Exploiting children, the old &
Anybody who is ignorant is fair game
After all it is Survival of the fittest
We attest our faith to a God only remembered in church
Facts have become the enemy of truth
Using profits to justify destroying lives
Going to war has become a matter of logic
Every evil has become necessary
Declaring its lives we’re saving by gunning down a few people
We’ve become accustomed to the sight
Of hungry teenage girls begging for food to feed their babies
Accustomed to the sights of little boys carrying guns
In a world that is supposed to be so civilized
In a society where love thy neighbor is the Golden Rule
We have become cruel and primitive
Focused on rising higher while we’re actually digging ourselves deeper.