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 what is virtue if it's just another in a long list of standards [defined by humans] that take them farther from their innate "virtue"?

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 Respect and reverence for others is always needed. This is why the world is. People are used to predatory behavior & many are working to make it more equitable. The great apocalyptic world 🌍 

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My American why’s 

A long, long time ago, I can still remember
How the U.S. used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance 
That I could make those people prance 
And maybe they'd be kinder for a while

But the Persian Gulf made me shiver
With every news source I’d devour 
Bad news at our doorsteps
I couldn't take one more death
I can remember how I cried
When I read about Americans pride 
But something changed me deep inside
The day the people chose sides
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So, why, why, this American cried!
Drove my Heart to The World, but The World was  blind
And them not so good boys were spittin’ in my eye
Singin', "This'll be the day that she dies
This'll be the day that she dies.”
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Did you see the looks of judge?
Did you shoot for faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in love and soul 
Can humans save our morals, Bro
And can you teach me how to Breathe real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with Him
Cause I saw you preaching of the sins 
We both clicked off the news
Then I live those chasms and views

I was a lonely teenager humpin’ ruck
With a pink complexion & an Army Truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day my battle buddy tried 

I started singin', "Cry-Cry -Miss Liberty dies
Drove my Scary to The Friendly, but The Friendly was dry
Them good old boys were speaking
 Freedom Inside

I was Singin', "This'll be the last day that I cry
This'll be the last day that I cry"

( transition ) 

Now for many years we've been on our own
And WEALTH grew fat on a spinnin’ stone
But that's not how it used to be? 
When the FESTER sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from Times Obscene 
And a choice that came for you and me

Oh, and while the Queen was looking down
The jesters grew its corny crowd
The boardroom was concerned
No perfect was discerned 
And why Freedoms Bled, dumb like a Fox
Puppeteers practiced in the dark
And we watched movies in the park
The day human Kind died

And do you have love in humans above
If the logic tells you so?
Do you believe in lock 'n' load?
Can politics save your tormented soul?
And can you PLEASE 
teach me how to Breathe real slow?

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Hellish Belchers on the world shelter
the banks flew off with a bailout schedule 
Rates sky high and climbing fast 
It branded scowls on the middle class
The day traders tried for a forward mast

With the “FESTER” in the boardrooms in the past 
Now, the half-wits BLAIR was sweet perfume
While the PLAYBOYS played a CHARGING tune
We all got up to parlance
Oh, but we never got the chance

‘Cause the PEACEMAKERS tried to take field
The launching HATE refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day HUMAN KIND died?

I started SCREAMING', 
"WHY WHY -Miss Liberty dies
Drove my Scary to The Friendly, but The Friendly was SLY
Them good old folks were speaking Freedom Inside
Singin', "This'll be the day that WE DIE 
This'll be the day WE ALL DIE!
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Oh, and right now , we are all in one place
All Generations lost in cyberspace
With no time left to start again
So come on, Attack be nimble, Attack be quick
Attack Trolls rage on a constant uptick 

Cause hate is divisions best friend
Oh, and as I watched them on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
My heart broke open in hopes to engage 

No angel born in Hell
Could break MISS Informations swell
And as the Claims climbed high into the Sites
to light the superficial spite 
I saw Evil laughing with delight 
the day my free speech died 

He was singin', "Bye-bye, Miss American Spy"
Drove my words to The online, but The online was sly
Them good old boys were 
Spittin’ shadow bans & lies
And singin', "This'll be the day that she dies
This'll be the day that ONE die"

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I am a girl who has worn Army Blues
And I freely gave all some happy views 
But wealth just smirked and pushed me away 
I went down to that sacred store 
Where I’d known MY truth years before 

But the pain there said the 
humans wouldn’t stay

and in the boards, the children dreamed 
Unkind bothers lied and the poets unseen 
But no human word was posted 
The brain cells all were broken 
* And the three things I admire most
* The You, Me and the We
They took the last brain for the roast 
The day Human Kind died 

* And they were singin’ Hi-High, Miss Love A.I. 
* Drove my brainy to the Query but the Query was a lie 

And Them good old rich were drinkin water in the sky
Singin', "This'll be the day that they die
This'll be the day that Earth dies” 

They were leaving’: “Bye, Bye Blue Marble Sky” 
Road my wealth to the rocket, where to space we will fly 
Them good old boys were drinkin' whiskey in Rye
Singin', "This'll be the day the poor die"
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