Some People

I am not a soldier, but I'm looking for a war

We all gotta die somehow, this much I know for sure

And I am not a rich man, but blessed are the poor

Why do we settle for less and cry and beg for more?

Beg for more

The newspaper is singing a song to wash your brain

Like the internet and the radio, they both do the same

And Christian television, it has to take the blame for reasons why your mom and dad are filled with so much hate, filled with hate

Some people got nothing and some people got it all

Some people rise in power, some people die and fall

Some people are sinners, some people are saints

But everyone is somebody even if they're told they ain't, even if they're told they ain't

Well there's only so much music a one man band can make

There's only so many wrong turns a blind driver can take

And how much good is good enough to say for goodness sake

Is it a sin to help someone who only knows to take, knows to take?

The bankers all got money while everyone is broke

I think they think it's funny when they've got you by the throat

This rat race that you're running ain't nothing but a joke

We all gotta play the hand we're dealt, I guess that's how it goes, how it goes

'Cause some people got nothing and some people got it all

Some people rise in power, some people die and fall

Some people are sinners, some people are saints

But everyone is somebody even if they're told they ain't, even if they're told they ain't

My friends are college graduates, but they can't get a job

They can't pay they bills they have; they have to steal and rob

From country club members asleep down by the pool

They may not get to heaven, but they ain't nobody's fool, nobody's fool

And I can live forever in a basement or a loft

Wealth has nothing to do with how much your things cost

A brand new car or an old one still die in the junk yard

Greed and debt and showing off just make your heart hard, make it hard

They make it hard

Jesus Christ didn't die for you to be an asshole

He didn't come to take from the poor man's plate while the rich throw their food in the garbage