Song Description

A cool commentary on the way things are today.

Lyrics

The Way It Ought to Be

People say I'm old school
Brought up on the good book and golden rule
They can call me what they will
That's fine by me
I let people live their way
But when what they do don't keep mine safe
Then there's gonna be hell to pay
That's just what I believe

We're all so afraid to throw that first stone
I think it's high time evil reaped what it's sown

Cheatin' and lies, shootin' to kill
Brother hurtin' brother over a dollar bill
What happened to trust
Guess we lost that
We took 2 steps forward and 3 steps back
Progress don't seem that good to me
That's the way things are, not the way it ought to be

I know it's gone too far
When someone grabs a kid playin' in the yard
Find out he's a five-time loser
Out on Parole
Weapons sold cheap from the back of a truck
To the lowlife, misfit, drug-lord, thugs
Now they want to take ours from us
They call that gun control

Don't take a village to raise a man
Just his mama's sweet love and his daddy's firm hand

(Repeat Chorus)

Everywhere I look they take God away
But they can't take Him from Judgement Day

(Repeat Chorus)

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