The newspapers are not what they used to be
Slave to some indignity 
And they do not report on the crime 
I watched the man do hard time 
And no one listened 
My teardrops glistened 
And I saw the female pulverise
It is right under our eyes
And yet no one looks 
Everyone’s too busy on face books 
Liking tutorials about how to paint the sky 
Or do a smokie eye
And I lie
When I say that it’s okay
That we spend our time this way
And all the chicks call me out 
For putting a hand over their mouth 
And telling them they cannot spend their days
As they like but there are so many ways 
They are influenced by outside forces
And the thing is they love divorces 
When they’re spread all over shiny pages 
Coz the part of them that rages 
Tells them it’s normal, okay
Everyone else is doing life the same way
Just don’t go looking or you will find 
A much darker side to the human mind 
And your being on a marionette
Does nothing to ease the regret
Of those who took a step too far 
In an empty room or a crowded bar
And I don’t mean to spill the tea 
But there are deeper dragons than me 
To lady up a storm 
And it would make you wish you were never born 
To roll in that sea 
I looked at the gross debauchery 
Under the cover of a sheet 
And I’m dying to meet
A man who could protect me 
But they all reject me 
When they see I am not for the string 
I’ve got a scissors and I cut everything 
And it’s like woke Barbie in the movie 
But there was a point when Greta lose me 
Coz I’m not buying all that is sold 
And women don’t do what they’re told
They do what they’re made to do 
And I must say the change starts with you 
Getting informed 
But be warned
The bed of roses is full of thorns 
And the darkness is a storm 
You cannot quench with water 
There is an ungodly slaughter 
Going on 
I watch the sunset til it’s gone  

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