Desperate State - Excessive Force

I’m just a Chicago cab driver, and I prefer the neighborhoods

'Cause you seem to run into a more interesting crowd

Of people in the neighborhoods

But we got guys out here

So mesmerized by television and drugs and superficial things

(Laugh)

They’re fucked up

A lot of kids just aren’t looking at the future

As really a bright point in their life

When you have a bleak outlook

That would lend itself to alcohol and drug abuse

Our country is self-destructing from within

Some say Russia is not dead at all, it’s gonna come back

Who gives a fuck about what’s happening

Overseas at this point in time?

I’m not worried about a Russian soldier

Walking down State Street any time in the very near future

I am worried about my daughter or son

My girlfriend walking out getting hit over the head

For ten dollars in her purse

I am addressing the issue of guys going out there

Sticking you and me up to get our money

So he can pay for his drug fix

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

Where do you think America is going?

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

I worry about that

I mean, we’re, we’re such a materialistic society that uh

We’ve reached, uh, a level of diminishing returns

I think, now and nobody wins in a situation

Like that there are no winners

The only people suffering, as usual

Are the little guys, people don’t even smile

You know, you walk down the street

And you look at these couples

They don’t even embrace each other anymore

Everyone’s living in a perpetual state of fear

Something has to be done

Our country is self-destructing from within

In two or three years it’s gonna be mind-boggling

I’m just a Chicago cab driver

I have a feeling that we elected some people

Up there to represent our needs and aspirations

That don’t seem to be doing a damn good job

Bush, former head of the C.I.A., you know

A guy like him kinda puts the nail in the coffin

It’s like big brother’s trying to push his weight around

At least Clinton came from somewhat meager means

He can relate to the common guy

He knows what we’re going through

(Laugh)

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

Where do you think America is going?

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

I worry about that

There is no perfect system

No such thing as a perfect system

But there certainly could be a more equitable system

Where the average worker could make

A decent living and support his family

Give them a good education, adequate health

And some, uh, hope for the future

There is no hope for the future

We’re not talking that far in the distance any longer

We have the technology at hand right now to self-destruct

We’ve got these people that elected these politicians

That appoints this guy that appoints this guy

And they’re all of the same narrow ideology

And they’re trying to promote, push their values onto you

It doesn’t seem to be too difficult

To see that that’s not gonna work

We’ll be at each other’s throats forever

I think that the Rodney King beating

Just brought it all out, no peace without justice

I have a feeling that we’re walking on thin ice in that area

There has to be a type of value system here

And we’re all gonna have to come up with a meeting

Of the minds in the very near future

It’s up to you

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

Where do you think America is going?

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

I worry about that

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

Where do you think America is going?

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

I worry about that

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

Where do you think America is going?

Desperate state, desperate state of affairs

I worry about that